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Lucy Le Ball, a Model, Modeled in New York
Lucy became the chesterfield cigarette girl. She posed in a blue chiffon dress and matching picture hat with two russian wolfhounds. Lucy was still modelling, and she made extra money by posing for illustrators whose drawings became popular advertisements around town. The women featured in these ads were called poster girls. One very hot july day in new york, lucy was off to go shopping, and she ran into an agent. How would you like to go to hollywood? It was sylvia hollow, a theatrical agent on the lookout for models to send west for the movies. Lucy said yes immediately and signed a contract. Four days later, all of
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