Known for:	Loaded Weapon 1 / Alien from L.A. / Gridlock
Birth name:	Kathleen Marie Ireland
Birthday:	20 March 1963, Glendale, California, USA
Height:	5' 10" (1.78 m)
Available Photos	1753
Wallpapers	100

She is like the girl next door, except instead of seeing her in the backyard sun bathing, we usually see her spread across a magazine frolicking in Tahiti on a photo shoot. Why can't we frolick too? She landed on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition 3 times, and totalled 13 appearances in the magazine. Her workout videos were best-sellers alongside Jane Fonda and Cindy Crawford. She is also a part-time actress.
Began modeling at age 17. Sports Illustrated's 25th Anniversary Swimsuit Issue cover model. [1989] 1995 marked the twelfth year Kathy has been a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model (including magazine covers in 1989, 1992, and 1994) Started her own annual calendar in Fall 1993 (1994 calendar) Son, Erik (b. May 1994) Has her own line of clothing at K-Mart. Has a fitness video: "Kathy Ireland's Total Fitness Workout" (1994) Her mother set her up with her husband. She's a contributing editor for FITNESS magazine. Attended San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, California while Anthony Edwards, Cady Huffman and Eric Stoltz were also students there. Has a son Erik (b. May 1994) and daughters Lily (b. 27 October 1998) and Chloe (b. March 2003). Measurements: 34B-24-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Wears a size 8 shoe. Daughter of John and Barbara Ireland. Her sisters are Mary Ireland and Cynthia Ireland. Mentioned, along with Vendela Kirsebom Thomessen and Paulina Porizkova, in the Sonic Youth song "Swimsuit Issue" performed by Kim Gordon. Former lifelong surfer. She has authored several best-selling children's books including "What Do Mommies Do?" and "An Angel Called Hope" along with the book "Powerful Inspirations" which now is in its 5th printing in paperback. She has been Chair or Honorary Chair of such major national causes the March of Dimes, PTA, Feed the Children and City of Hope campaigns and as Campaign Chair for Dream Foundation, the Barbara Ireland Walk for the Cure, Project Inform and Athletes and Entertainers for Kids. She is the Ambassador for Children for the Entertainment Industry Foundation and for the Department of Agricultures wild land fire prevention organization, Firewise, and she recently established the National Family Reading Night campaign. Her KIWW brand passed the billion dollar a year retail sales mark in its first decade. Her initial venture was her design and manufacture of socks ( her company having recently celebrated the sale of its 100,000,000th pair) and quickly expanded to furniture, lighting, flooring, kitchenware, carpeting, window treatments, landscaping accessories, watches, tableware and bedding, as well as her early-established success in apparel and her partnership with Dame Elizabeth Taylor for whose House of Taylor Jewelry, Ireland designs the accessibly priced jewelry product. By adhering to the mission statement she created for her Kathy Ireland Worldwide products, "finding solutions for families, especially busy moms," she won the endorsement and title of "best friend to working mothers" from both Associated Press and the London Times. She is founder, CEO and Chief Stylist for the Kathy Ireland Worldwide product empire. She began modeling at 17 and was cover model for the most Sports Illustrated Swim Suit Issues. She left modeling for lifestyle designing, establishing the Kathy Ireland Worldwide brand, when she realized the fashion wear she modeled was unsuitable for most buyers. Lives in Southern California with her husband, an emergency room physician and their three children, Erik, Lily and Chloe. She enjoys being a full time mom and continues to be a Sunday school teacher as well. She is the only woman in INC. Magazine's list of the top five celebrity entrepreneurs, which included Paul Newman, Magic Johnson and Francis Ford Coppola. Is the highest grossing (over $l billion in annual retail sales according to Forbes magazine in 2004) Lifestyle Designer in the world, with a brand name that has achieved industry-leading success in over one dozen product areas. She was dubbed super-model-turned-super-mogul by Forbes Magazine and syndicated columnist Liz Smith. Friend of Cindy Williams and Brooke Shields.

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