▁model ing , ▁was ▁living ▁in ▁France . ▁She ▁decided ▁to ▁start ▁another ▁model ing ▁ag ency , ▁this ▁time ▁in ▁France . ▁The ▁police ▁and ▁courts ▁ins isted ▁she ▁was ▁running ▁an ▁illegal ▁employ ment ▁ag ency , ▁and ▁she ▁was ▁f ined . ▁After ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁employ ment ▁ag encies ▁were ▁declared ▁illegal . ▁Le igh ▁contact ed ▁the ▁F ords ▁about ▁starting ▁a ▁legit imate ▁model ing ▁ag ency , ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁its ▁kind ▁in ▁that ▁country . ▁She ▁continued ▁to ▁run ▁a ▁successful ▁ag ency , ▁but ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁was ▁charged ▁in ▁court ▁again . ▁After ▁h iring ▁a ▁lawyer , ▁she ▁finally ▁won ▁her ▁case . ▁The ▁F ords ▁agreed ▁to ▁expand ▁their ▁model ing ▁business ▁into ▁Europe , ▁and ▁Le igh ▁would ▁represent ▁them ▁in ▁France ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁sc out ▁for ▁potential ▁models ▁all ▁over ▁Europe . ▁Le igh ▁was ▁so ▁successful ▁that ▁she ▁opened ▁branches ▁in ▁London ▁and ▁Hamburg , ▁Germany . ▁She ▁would ▁trade ▁her ▁European ▁models ▁for ▁Ford ' s ▁American ▁models ▁and ▁vice ▁vers a . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁Ford ▁represented ▁then - model ▁Mar tha ▁Stewart , ▁who ▁like ▁E ile en , ▁went ▁to ▁Bar n ard ▁College . ▁Stewart ▁mode led ▁briefly ▁in ▁her ▁late ▁te ens ▁and ▁early ▁ 2 0 s , ▁including ▁for ▁Ch anel . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁Stewart ▁c ater ed ▁parties ▁and