ency ▁only ▁if ▁they ▁took ▁Parker ▁sight - un seen . ▁An x ious ▁to ▁represent ▁Le igh , ▁they ▁agreed . ▁Ex pect ing ▁a ▁younger ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁ra ven - ha ired , ▁blue - ey ed , ▁very ▁sl ender , ▁ 5 ' 4 " ▁Dor ian , ▁the ▁F ords ▁were ▁shock ed ▁to ▁see ▁Parker ▁was ▁ 5 ' 1 0 " ▁with ▁green ▁eyes , ▁and ▁fre ck les . ▁ ▁They ▁soon ▁realized , ▁however , ▁that ▁Parker ▁had ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁becoming ▁quite ▁a ▁successful ▁model . ▁So on ▁there after , ▁Parker ▁would ▁become ▁the ▁most ▁successful ▁model ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁helping ▁push ▁the ▁Ford ' s ▁ag ency ▁to ▁number ▁one . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁the ▁F ords ▁represented ▁top ▁models ▁Mary ▁Jane ▁Russell , ▁Car men ▁D ell ' O ref ice , ▁and ▁D ov ima . ▁By ▁ 1 9 5 4 , ▁the ▁F ords ▁were ▁extremely ▁successful ▁and ▁were ▁living ▁in ▁a ▁du plex ▁a partment ▁on ▁Park ▁Avenue . ▁To ▁make ▁sure ▁that ▁their ▁models ▁were ▁the ▁most ▁successful , ▁the ▁F ords ▁provided ▁hair ▁dress ers , ▁der mat olog ists , ▁and ▁E ile en ▁disp ensed ▁di et ▁advice ▁constantly . ▁She ▁allowed ▁models ▁to ▁live ▁with ▁her ▁to ▁" keep ▁a ▁close ▁eye ▁on ▁them ▁so ▁they ' d ▁stay ▁out ▁of