Irene Marie Models was a modeling and talent agency in
Miami Beach
Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on natural and man-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter of which sep ...
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Florida. The agency was one of South Florida's first exclusive agencies. The agency closed in 2009.
History
Irene Marie Models was founded in 1983 in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale () is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and largest city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth ...
by former international fashion model and fashion columnist
Irene Marie
Irene Marie (born August 22, 1950 in Miami Beach, Florida) is an American businesswoman and former fashion model. Founder of the eponymous South Beach model agency Irene Marie Models. Marie and her agency were the subject of the MTV series 8th & Oc ...
. In 1989 Irene moved to
South Beach
South Beach, also nicknamed colloquially as SoBe, is a neighborhood in Miami Beach, Florida. It is located east of Miami between Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The area encompasses Miami Beach south of Dade Boulevard.
This area was the fi ...
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In 2006 Irene Marie along with MTV launched ''
8th & Ocean'', a television series chronicling the lives of models and staff at the Irene Marie Modeling agency.
Models and actors represented by Irene Marie
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Amber Smith
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Bar Refaeli
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Brett Novek
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Cindy Taylor
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Cynthia Bailey
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David Fumero
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Galen Gering
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Garcelle Beauvais
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Melania Trump
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Niki Taylor
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Eugena Washington
See also
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List of modeling agencies
References
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Modeling agencies
1983 establishments in the United States
Entertainment companies established in 1983
Companies disestablished in 2009
Miami Beach, Florida