Arts & Entertainment
August 29, 2019
On Texas Time: Harper Watters, Houston Ballet Soloist and Internet Sensation
The ballet standout dishes on viral stardom, modeling for Ralph Lauren, and becoming a queer icon.
Modeling
Texas History
May 31, 1997
Sloane, Alone
Dallas’ Sloane Simpson was a society queen who enchanted New York, seduced Mexico City, and turned Acapulco into a jet-set getaway. But when she died last year at age eighty, she was almost completely forgotten.
Style & Design
June 30, 1996
Wende, Becky, and Kelly Parks
There haven’t been many successful sister acts in the world of modeling, but don’t tell that to the Parkses. Farm girls who grew up near Arlington in the tiny community of Webb, 20-year-old Wende, 22-year-old Becky, 23-year-old Kelly, and 26-year-old Kimberly piled into the front seat of a pickup truck
Style & Design
September 1, 1994
Bridget Hall
Only sixteen, and very much in Vogue,
Film & TV
June 30, 1993
The Making of a Sex Symbol, 1993
How did Vickie Smith, waitress from Mexia, become Anna Nicole Smith, world-famous face? It’s anyone’s Guess?
True Crime
January 1, 1993
Scarred
Not long after she made her trek from Texas to New York, Marla Hanson saw her modeling career end at the hands of a razor-wielding thug. Six years later, the cuts on her face have healed, but the emotional wounds remain.