s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁E ile en ▁said ▁several ▁of ▁Ford ' s ▁models ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁had ▁died ▁from ▁sm oking ▁and ▁breast ▁cancer . ▁Some ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁models ▁died ▁from ▁drug ▁use , ▁including ▁Gia ▁Car ang i , ▁who ▁died ▁of ▁A ID S ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 . ▁Top ▁fashion ▁photograph ers , ▁tired ▁of ▁these ▁models ' ▁behavior , ▁refused ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁them ▁any ▁longer . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁the ▁F ords ▁began ▁an ▁international ▁model ing ▁competition ▁called ▁" Face ▁of ▁the ▁ 8 0 s ", ▁later ▁known ▁as ▁Ford ▁Mod els ▁Super model ▁of ▁the ▁World . ▁By ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 8 0 s , ▁drug - add icted ▁bl onde ▁models ▁were ▁out , ▁and ▁more ▁professional , ▁br un ette - ha ired ▁models ▁such ▁as ▁C ind y ▁C raw ford , ▁Ren ée ▁Sim ons en , ▁Carol ▁Alt , ▁L inda ▁Evangel ista , ▁and ▁Christ y ▁Tur ling ton ▁came ▁on ▁the ▁scene . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁model ing ▁fe es ▁rapidly ▁acceler ated ▁and ▁several ▁models ▁were ▁making ▁millions ▁of ▁dollars ▁per ▁year . ▁F ashion ▁editor ▁Pol ly ▁M ellen ▁said , ▁" The ▁girls ▁are ▁getting ▁rich , ▁so ▁rich ." ▁Tur ling ton , ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 6 , ▁moved