Carol Perkins

Perkins recovered and moved south to start her own pet products company, Harry Barker, named for her Shetland Sheepdog. Perkins is still represented by the Eileen Ford Modeling Agency, but spends most of her time running her multi-million pet products company in Charleston, South Carolina

Perkins was born and raised in Sarasota, Florida, where her father was a high school principal and her mother was a painter. She spent weeks on end at the winter home of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, tumbling and playing with the children of Emmett Kelly and flying Wallendas. Perkins moved to New York City when she was sixteen, having graduated from high school a year early.

A statuesque brunette with blue eyes, Perkins was signed immediately by Eileen Ford of the Ford Modeling Agency. She appeared on the cover of the Victoria's Secret catalog, as well as in the pages of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and dozens of fashion magazines. Perkins lived in Paris and London for several years, traveling the world on modeling assignments. Read Less