eileen ford had an eye for beauty and a head for business, and she used those skills to pioneer the modern agency. >> she's a good photographer, let me tell you that. >> ford and her husband jerry founded the ford modeling agency in 1966. eileen ford set high standards for her models, putting them on strict diets and firing them if they partied too much. and she told models 5'7" or shorter to find a different career but she helped those who made the cut. >> girls need to be nurtured. if you i don't tell them, who will. >> ford launched the modeling careers of candace ber again and others. she began with children including brooke shields. ford wasn't sentimental but said her success allowed her to raise her family the way she wanted. >> i don't know what else you need in life because your children and your grandchildren are what you did it all for in the end. >> jerry ford pass aid way in 2008. he said of his wife, she always loved to tell people what to do. in a statement ford models said eileen's contribution to the modeling and fashion industries are unmatched. eileen ford was 92 years o

eileen ford, the brains behind the beauty. the new york native built one of the most successful modeling agencies with her husband jerry. he ran the business. she was in charge of the talent. a power house spawned from necessity in 1946. >> see i couldn't get a job because i was pregnant. >> reporter: so ford took bookings at home for two models who paid her $65 a month. by the 1990s the ford modeling agency took in $40 million a year. a big business with a family touch. many of their young clients moved in with ford and her husband as she explained in this hbo documentary. >> i forget how many models lived with us. they had to live by my rules. it was like having a bunch more children. >> you had to be in the house by a certain time. >> reporter: ford's idea of beauty, long neck, long limbs and wide set eyes stretched all the way to hollywood. actresses candice bergen and ali mcgraw found their first work in front of cameras at ford models. ford's client list acquired an international flair with jean are shrimpton and elle ma

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yet ford believed a model's charisma was as important as her looks am eileen ford died yesterday. was 92. >> a memo now to the selective service. world war i is over. the other day the agency sent notices to 14,000 men born in the 1890s, ordering them to register for the draft. pretty tough to stand century after you have lived a century. selective service says it got the names from the pennsylvania dmv although the men shouldn't be driving either. turns out the dmv had mixed up the records of men born in the 1990s with men born in the 1890s. babe ruth born in 1895 enlisted a century ago with the boston red sox. in a moment we'll talk to his biggest fan. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain and stop fu

a beauty ideal defined by eileen ford and personified by her models. redefined the business of modeling. >> i think eileen ford really set the standard for what it means to be a professional model. >> reporter: she started out of necessity in 1946. >> i couldn't get a job because i was pregnant. >> reporter: so ford took bookings for models. within a year her husband jerry joined her running the business while she picked the talent. together they built a multimillion dollar agency with a family touch. their young clients often living with the fords as eileen and jerry hall recounted in this hbo documentary. >> they had to live by my rules. >> you had to be in the house by a certain time. >> reporter: hollywood liked what ford saw. candace bergen ali mcgraw, and kim basinger were all ford models first. eileen ford the brains behind a world of beauty. for "today," anne thompson nbc news new york. >> what a life and in so many ways she shaped the way we look at beauty in the country. >>> now to the star of showtime's hit series "ray donovan," liev schreibe

eileen ford the brains behind the beauties.f the most successful modeling agencies with her husband jerry. he ran the business. she was in charge of the talent. a powerhouse spawned from necessity in 1946. >> i couldn't get a job because i was pregnant. >> reporter: so ford took bookings at home for two models who paid her $65 a month. by the 1990s, the ford modeling agency took in $40 million a year. a big business with a family touch. many of their young clients moved in with ford and her husband as she explained in this hbo documentary. >> i forget how many models lived with us. they had to live by my rules. it was like having a bunch more children. >> you had to be in the house by a certain time. >> reporter: ford's idea of beauty long neck, long limbs and wide set eyes stretched all the way to hollywood. actresses candace bergin and ali mcgraw found their first work in front of cameras as ford's models. ford's client list acquired an international flare with el lep. her influence on models was a lasting legacy. >> i do thi

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eileen ford standing between two models. she died at the age of 92. ford, with her husband, created one of the most well-knowning models agencies. she created famous faces, some becoming stars. an industry legend. the top headlines in just a moment. alk to al jazeera. >> only on al jazeera america. >> oh my! >>> welcome to al jazeera america, here are the highlights of our top stories, the crisis between israel and gaz ez. -- gaza. president obama spoke with israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu by phone today, he offered to help broker a ceasefire and stood by the u.s. ally saying israel has a right to defend itself. >> the united nations security council held on emergency meeting. secretary-general ban ki-moon called for his israelis and palestinians to solve the crisis and diplomacy. this is the closest israel has come to a ground offensive in gaza since 2012. israeli leaders positioned troops near the border. this week he called up 20,000 more reservist troops. israeli air strikes killed 650 in three days. many are civilians and children. so f

. >>> and eileen ford has died at the age of 92.all." >> welcome back to "hardball." the notion of impeaching president obama has become happy talk on the extreme right. there is video of iowa u.s. senate candidate joanie ernst, the castration candidate, floating an obama impeachment. this is her in january running for her party's nomination. she responded to a hypothetical question about what should happen if the supreme court ruled president obama committed an abuse of power due to his use of executive order. here she is. >> he is continually using executive order. he is making appointments without authority. so, yes, absolutely he is overstepping his bounds. i do think that, yes, he should face repercussions. whether that's removal from office, whether that's impeachment. but as a u.s. senator, absolutely. as a u.s. senator though we have to push that issue. we can't be silent on things like that. he has become a the dictator. he'sning amok. he's not following our constitution. unfortunately we have leaders who are not serving as

eileen ford was 92 when she died.it was her eye that introduced us to legendary faces, including martha stewart. the agency is a $40 million a year empire. >> we are talking about fashion model, one of the world's most beautiful people gracing elle, glamour and cosmopolitan. she signs spotlight on the cries back home. >> anywhere she goes, the cameras are never far behind. one of the most successful models of the past two decades, she has walked the runway for leading design houses. the fashion word opened many doors. life wasn't always this glamorous. civil war in sudan shattered an otherwise peaceful childhood, her family forced to flee like so many other refugees, witness to the horrors of conflict. >> we were forced to leave our home with thousands of other locals in the small town to just literally walk toward the for you, seek safety, also going to fetch water at the pump where we normally get clean water, would start smelling, seeing dead bodies and people disappearing, my neighbors. it was really terrifying as