a closeup of Shelley
from Woman's Day magazine, Oct 1974
Shelley was one of the busiest models in the 1970s. After graduating from Smith College in 1970, she signed on full-time with Ford Models Inc. and began her rise to Supermodel-dom. Shelley's deduced, "I was a success because I was hard-working, professional, bright. I looked at the business and identified the markets. I knew the key was that they always wanted someone new. I decided to hit one market one year, then cut my hair and hit another. Then let it grow and hit television. I thought it through. The game plan can apply to any business, but especially to one where you're the product. You just have to become objective about yourself."
Shelley in a spread
for Woman's Day magazine, Oct 1974
Shelley was featured in a spread entitled "Shop The World Without Leaving Home" for Woman's Day magazine back in October of 1974. She showed readers how to easy it was to shop by mail and how wide the variety of fashions could be found. She modeled a Guatemalan woven cotton jacket that was perfect for finishing an outfit. And Shelley looked just lovely in it.
