Model Karen Williams

  Karen Williams is a Canadian model from the 1980s.

First scouted by a modeling agent when she was 13, Ms. Williams signed with with the Ford agency in 1983 and appeared on the covers of magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Ebony, among others, and she did a bunch of fashion editorials.  After a quarter century away from modeling, she returned to the profession to promote the beauty of aging women.

The photo of Ms. Williams below is a recent picture. 

Fun fact: A graduate of Brown University, Ms. Williams pursued postgraduate studies at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).