a closeup of Shelley from a spread
for the JCPenney Christmas 1978 catalog
Shelley was discovered by publisher and heir to the A&P supermarket fortune Huntington Hartford at a debutante ball in the 1960s. With the help of her mother, a former Conover model herself, she met Eileen Ford and became part of her bevy of in-demand models, initially part-time and later full-time after graduating from college. She quickly rose to one of America's top models and in the mid-70s catapulted to Supermodel when she signed an exclusive contract with Revlon as their signature Charlie Girl. By 1978, she retired from modeling to pursue an acting career - but retained her contract with Revlon, which she kept until 1982.
Shelley in a spread
for the JCPenney Christmas 1978 catalog
