Models 1950's
Barbara Goalen, Bronwen Pugh (Lady Astor), Pagan Grigg, Nina de Voe and Jenny Hocking (became Fashion Editor for Harpers) Followed by Wenda Rogerson (became Parkinson's third wife in the early Fifties) Sue Abrahams. Parks said at that time, she was the most beautiful woman he had ever known. Enid Munick 'Scutty' Boulting who married Roy, one of the Boulting Brothers, directors, making classic British Films and Ingrid Boultings parents. All wonderfully 'free spirits' who represented the 'wind of change' and independence. Sandra Paul (later Michael Howard's wife and author), Suzy Parker and her sister Dorian Leigh, who started the first Model Agency in Paris). Lisa Fonsangrives (wife of Irving Penn), Carmen dell' Orifice, whom he called 'his greatest friend'. She began modeling at the age of fifteen and continues still into another millenium. Carmen 'In the Bahamas' on water skis, under water in a diving bell and famously, when asked to stand in a swamp of flamingo guano to get one of Parks most iconic shots (agreed only if "he promised to 'Kiss Carmen's Arse' as she emerged!) Wonderful images of Dolores Wettach and Carmen in Rio, Ann Gunning in India, followed by a new discovery whilst he was in Sweden, Nena von Schlebrugge, a schoolgirl of fifteen, who later married Timothy Leary, then married Professor Thurman and had a daughter called Uma.

Models 1960's
Parkinson discovered Celia Hammond and worked with Jean Shrimpton and Sue Murray, (both David Bailey's girlfriends) Pattie Boyd who appeared in The Beatles film 'A Hard days Night' and married George Harrison. Melanie Hampshire and Jill Kennington (who appeared in Antonioni's seminal film of the decade 'Blowup'). Tania Mallet who appeared with 007 Sean Connery as Tilly Masterton in 'Goldfinger'. . . Pat Booth and Jill Kennington later both turned to photography, Pat also becoming a fictional writer in Los Angeles. Catherine Pastrie 'Every Glance a Gaughin' in Tahiti and Nicole de la Marge,'one of the most versatile faces in modelling', with the 'angelic' looking Stones, showing "How to Kill Five Stones with one Bird".

Unknown Models
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