Martha Stewart's Pre-Fame Modeling Days Captured in Vintage Vogue Photo Spread

Key facts

• Martha Stewart was born Martha Kostyra in Nutley, New Jersey, the oldest of six children.
• At age 10, she earned her first income by planning birthday parties for neighborhood kids.
• She began modeling as a teenager, earning $50 an hour for campaigns with Chanel and Tareyton cigarettes.
• Discovered at 15, she signed with Ford Models and appeared in TV commercials for Breck, Lifebuoy Soap, and Clairol.
• While at Barnard College, she was featured in Glamour's '10 best-dressed college girls' spread in August 1961.
• She graduated from Barnard with a double major in history and architectural history.
• After marrying Andy Stewart in 1965, she worked on Wall Street as the only female stockbroker at her firm.
• In the mid-1970s, she started a catering business from Turkey Hill, her 1805 farmhouse in Westport, Connecticut.
• Her first cookbook, 'Entertaining,' was published in 1982 and became an instant bestseller.
• Her kitchen at Turkey Hill inspired the set of 'Martha Stewart Living,' which aired over 1,000 episodes from 1993 to 2004.
• Stewart recently turned 85 and continues to launch new products, including CBD skincare and a kitchen appliance line.