The granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway, the six-foot-tall Margaux Hemingway burst onto the fashion scene in 1975 when she was just 21 years old. In a few short years, she would negotiate the world’s first million-dollar modeling contract, star in her first feature films, and become a staple celebrity at Studio 54.

Tapley, Kristophe. "Mariel Hemingway opens up about suicide, molestation and her family's curse in 'Running from Crazy' ". HitFix. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015 . Retrieved February 16, 2015. On July 1, 1996, Hemingway was found dead in her studio apartment in Santa Monica. Though her body was found reportedly badly decomposed, [20] the official autopsy and California death records list July 1 as her date of death. [a] She had taken an overdose of phenobarbital, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's toxicology report one month later, [21] although her family had difficulty accepting the fact of her suicide. [1] a b Freytag, Arny (May 1990). "Margaux Hemingway: 'Papa's Girl' (Pictorial)". Playboy. Vol.37, no.5. pp.126–35.

Life As 'New York's Supermodel'

It was there that Selig made Hemingway's business and social introductions to his friends, such as Marian McEvoy, fashion editor at Women's Wear Daily; photographer Francesco Scavullo; fashion designer Halston; Vogue fashion editor Francis Stein; and Jon Revson, Selig's cousin. Revson, a scion of the Revson family that created Revlon cosmetics, declined Selig's offer for Hemingway to endorse Revlon, whereas later Fabergé signed her on with the largest salary of its day. Revson did come to visit both Selig and Hemingway (with the Hemingway family) in Ketchum to congratulate her after Hemingway's TIME magazine cover appeared in June 1975. [ citation needed] Almost overnight, Margaux Hemingway became an international celebrity. And one with "the face of a generation, as recognizable and memorable as Lisa Fonssagrives and Jean Shrimpton," the fashion illustrator Joe Eula told The New York Times. Life As 'New York's Supermodel'

Germain, David (January 22, 2013). "Mariel Hemingway runs from crazy at Sundance". Yahoo! News. Associated Press . Retrieved February 27, 2013. Hemingway was 6 feet (1.8m) tall and had success as a model, including her million-dollar contract with Fabergé as the spokesmodel for Babe perfume in the 1970s. [10] This was the first million-dollar contract ever awarded to a fashion model. [1] She also appeared on the covers of Cosmopolitan, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, and Vogue, as well as on the June 16, 1975, cover of TIME, which dubbed her one of the "new beauties". [11] The September 1, 1975, cover issue of Vogue called Hemingway "New York's New Supermodel". [12] Despite her immediate success, Margaux Hemingway struggled with her fame. According to Vogue, she once compared celebrity to "being in the eye of a hurricane." And for the woman who'd grown up largely in rural Idaho, the New York scene was utterly overwhelming. Margaux Hemingway (cover)". Vogue Timeline. No.September 1975. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. A 2013 television documentary film Running from Crazy, in which Margaux's sister Mariel speaks of the Hemingway family history of alcoholism, drug addiction, molestation, and suicide, contains clips filmed by Margaux before her death. [19] Death [ edit ]

Then, in 1984, Hemingway suffered numerous injuries in a skiing accident. Her recovery led to a significant weight gain, and the downtime only worsened her existing depression. Wanting to get better and return to her life and career, she spent some time at the Betty Ford Center to work through her depression, according to Entertainment Weekly. According to The Los Angeles Times, the report showed that she'd ingested so many pills that her body didn't even have time to digest them all before she died. Grappling with her childhood trauma and finding a career of her own, Hemingway struggled in her personal life. At 21, she married her first husband, Errol Wetson, after meeting him when she was just 19, and she moved to New York to live with him. Though the marriage ended, it was in New York where she met Zachary Selig, who introduced her to his inner circle in the fashion world. He introduced Hemingway to Marian McEvoy, the fashion editor at Women's Wear Daily who launched her career.