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This is very beautiful, and yes! is Meredith Priestley!

" No more Chanel in the Seychelles. Concrete in Chicago is more to Patricia McHugh`s liking these days. The daughter of contractor James McHugh has forsaken a full-time high-fashion modeling career to join her father in the family construction business. Although the real estate industry has drawn its talent from a variety of other professions, modeling seldom has been one of them. But for Patty McHugh the movement comes naturally. ''I did work as a technical engineer, better known as a surveyor, when I was 16,'' she said. ''That was my real introduction to construction. It was a great experience. The men were the best, and nobody was disrespectful. Nobody can say these people don`t respect a person who does a job well. ''I thought it was amazing that these things got built, and I really couldn`t imagine how it happened. But I learned that it is such a human business, that people build these high-rises with their own two hands,'' she said of her site work on the One Magnificent Mile project on Michigan Avenue. But the construction industry was part of Patty`s life long before that. ''Every night at dinner when we were younger I can remember Dad telling us what was going on that day in the business, what decisions he had made. I knew what I was going to do early on.'' The modeling career was a slight detour on that road. ''When I was 18 and 19, even though I knew I wanted to do construction eventually, I just felt I wanted to do something else first. To go out and see the world before I came back to Chicago to stay put.'' On a family vacation in Florida, McHugh was spotted poolside by a New York modeling agent. In show biz terms, she had been ''discovered.'' Since her best friend already lived in New York and she had been accepted at New York University, McHugh decided to give modeling in the big time a shot. ''I was very successful after the first year, working everyday. There was constant travel, to Europe, all over. I was meeting new people all the time, meeting foreign people. When you`re stuck in a European hotel where there are no dividers and one toilet, you get to know people.'' Despite the glamorous nature of the business, the modeling took its toll. The Seychelles islands did not look so hot once the giant centipedes started biting and the voracious ants stood knee deep in the sugar bowls. ''In the beginning it was exciting to be away from home, to be in a new world,'' she said. ''But it is the kind of thing you burn out on. After a year and a half I wanted to be home. Chicago is the best city in the world. and I love it. ''In modeling, you have no control over what goes on. You`re at the mercy of the photographer, the stylists and the company they work for. They tell you when to eat, when not to eat, when to wake up, when to get on the plane and when to get off the plane. ''It`s not like that here. I feel much more in control of what I`m doing. And people in construction are much more grounded; they`re capable of getting things done. In modeling you meet some of the neatest people, but also some of the strangest.'' She still does an occasional modeling job and still is the exclusive model for Chanel No. 19 in Europe. But after repeatedly saying no to new assignments, the offers are beginning to drop off. One that she is after, however, is the Lancaster tanning products job. It involves work in the Maldive Islands, a spot she has missed on previous travels. McHugh, 25, lives on the family`s farm in northwest suburban Long Grove. It gives her more opportunity to ride her saddlebred and standardbred horses and to pursue her cross-country skiing. As much as she likes downtown construction, she prefers suburban living. ''After New York and all the traveling, I appreciate the idea of no noise,'' she said." - Excerpt from Chicago Tribune by Steve Kersch, Jan. 1990: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1990-01-21-9001060963-story.html

Jill Haley Elle Japon Feb. 20, 1988 My scans

Eileen Cavanaugh (with Akure Wall and Patty McHugh) Elle Japon April 20, 1988 My scans

Akure Wall (with Patty McHugh and Eileen Cavanaugh) Elle Japon April 20, 1988 My scans

Patty McHugh (with Akure Wall and Eileen Cavanaugh) Elle Japon April 20, 1988 My scans

Patricia Van Ryckeghem Chanel Advertisement Elle Japon Feb. 20, 1988 My Scan

Hey @RocketQueen your thumbnail picture is gone for Amira, you should be able to pick a new one.

Amira Zanganeh Elle Japon November 20, 1988 Photos: Marie Laure de Decker My scans

Jo Kelley Loreal Advertisement Elle Japon Nov. 20, 1988 My scan

Patricia Van Ryckeghem Chanel Advertisement Elle Japon Nov. 20, 1988 My Scans

Hunter Reno Elle Japon Nov. 20, 1988 Photo: Pamela Hanson My Scan

Oh wow!! Gorgeous! Simone Guzman Natif Advertisement Elle Japon November 20, 1988 My scans

Claude Heidemeyer il-makiage Advertisement Elle Japon Nov. 20, 1988 My Scans

Roberta Chirko Elle Japon April 20, 1988 Photos: Gilles Bensimon My scans @chirkomania hoping these are a little different than French Elle also!

I know these Japanese magazine unknowns can extremely hard to ID, but I do get lucky sometimes because you guys are so awesome!! All these ones are from 1989 and from Japanese Elle:

Pam Piper Bernard Perris Advertisement Elle Japon August 5, 1989 My scan- sorry for the poor quality as the magazine page is quite damaged

Akure Wall Elle Japon August, 5 1989 Photos: Oliviero Toscano My scan

I can honestly say that I have not seen a model on a romance novel before! Fantastic covers!!

She has always looked to me like Paulina. Like Paulina's little sister with cropped, blond hair. They have the same bone-structure and jawline.

Wow. The first thing I see is the Twin Towers right behind her in the first photo...being American that took me by surprise for a moment. That aside, I love seeing Cathy look soft and feminine. She isn't usually styled naturally.

You did have more! Yowza! She is such a classic beauty. 💗

I TOTALLY understand. I actually find my scans from 10 years ago uncredited on Bellazon quite a bit...in the earlier years of many 80s model topics, they are my scans from another model site- posted here no credit. I can't help it but it does bother me too, some even still have a water mark of mine. lol.

Gorgeous!! Thank you for sharing these rare images!! That's a good idea to make post like that "private".