Elaine Irwin Mellencamp

Elaine Irwin Mellencamp (born August 26, 1969) is an American model, and formerly worked as the face of Almay Cosmetics and Ralph Lauren. Elaine Irwin was born in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania. At 16 she left home to pursue a modeling career. After her photo appeared in Seventeen in 1985, the Boyertown honor student and varsity letter-winner in track and cross country was a much sought-after face for magazine covers, advertisements and commercials. In 1989 she appeared in New Order´s video Round & Round. Within a few years, she became one of the Ford Models and had graced the cover of dozens of fashion magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Self and Elite. Her American Beauty Vogue cover was shot by Richard Avedon. She made her move...