Martha Ann Blunk (February 28, 1965 – August 11, 2007) was an amazing runway and editorial model from the 1980s.
She attended Louisiana Tech University and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City before moving to Paris in 1985 to pursue a modeling career.
In Paris, she was represented by the agencies Glamour and Java.
She appeared in Vogue Italia and was a regular in runway shows for Claude Montana, Jean Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler, among others.
In 1991, she returned to her hometown of Little Rock for the birth of her daughter and dedicated the rest of her life to being a full-time mother.

Comp cards 1986 - 1988:

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Vogue Italia January 1988

"Tinte Tenui e Fiori 'Ricordo di Venezia'"

Photographer: David Seidner

Hair & Makeup: Kushnir Félix

Originally posted by @Vogue Girl here

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Preview - CliC Sweden March 1986 #3

Scanned and originally posted by @missparker7 here 

Martha at Azzedine Alaia F/W 1986

Photo by Marc McCourt

Christian Dior Eyewear - MADAME Germany April 1987

Scanned and originally posted by @missparker7 here

With Claude Montana in his Paris apartment - also showing Madeleine Robinson, Christine Bergstrom, Natalie Bachmann, Suzanne von Aichinger
Photographed by Jean-Claude Deutsch for Paris Match (credited as March 1988)

UP' Magazine Spring 1986

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I didn't know she passed away so young, she was so beautiful!

Le Tanneur 1988 - PH. UNK - WEB FIND

RANDOM CLAUDE MONTANA IMAGES - PH. UNK - WEB FINDS

Emanuel Ungaro 1987 - PH. DAVID SEIDNER - VOGUE US ARCHIVE

Just now, RocketQueen said:

I didn't know she passed away so young, she was so beautiful!

I was shocked by this information too.
Very young indeed. Her daughter must have been no older than 16, or even 15. This is heartbreaking...

Harpers & Queen February 1987

"Reflections"

Photographer: David Seidner

Martha with Francine Howell

devorahmacdonald.blogspot.com

Hello all this is my beautiful mother who passed away in 2007 at just 42 years old. Thank you for carrying on her legacy, I hope to be able to do her story justice one day ❤️