Stephanie Seymour took the traditional route to model stardom. Born to a real estate developer father and hairdresser mother in San Diego, she was doing part-time modelling for local newspapers and department stores by the time she was 16. From there it was just a matter of being a finalist in the Elite Model Management "Look Of The Year" contest in 1983, and her fate was assured.
But just because she doesn't have some crazy story full of coincidences and hardship, didn't make her any less of an incredible model. Working with Vogue and Sports Illustrated in the early 90s and late 80s, she also has the claim to fame as being pretty much the very first Victoria's Secret Angel - before they'd even thought up the name.