All Set - How Do I Look? 1956
Rare Edition 1962
Hold Everything - Skirting the Issue 1962
A Number to Remember 1955
Wish You Were Near 1969
Weighty Issue
The Right Touch 1958
Spotty Performance 1962
It's Up To You 1958
Myrna Hansen - One of Elvgren's Favorite Models
Myrna Hansen featured in Outre Magazine
*Elvgren's Models*
Elvgren once described his ideal model as having a fifteen-year-old-face on a
twenty-year-old-body.  He also cited the following features: high forehead, long neck,
eyes that were set wide apart, small ears, pert nose, great hair, full but not overblown
breasts, nice legs and hands, a pinched-in waist and natural grace and poise.

He explained that he made subtle alterations in the model's physique accentuating
areas like the legs, nose, and lips, and added that he tried to create the feeling that,
underneath all the surface beauty, behind the model's eyes, there was a delicious
mischievous warmth.  For him, the model "with highly mobile facial features capable
of a wide range of expression is the real jewel.  The face is the personality."  

Many of Elvgren's models, including Myrna Loy, Donna Reed, Arlene Dahl, Barbara
Hale and Kim Novack, went on to successful careers of their own.

Best known of the models is Myrna Hansen, Miss USA of 1953.  S he went on to
represent the United States at the 1953 Miss Universe pageant and was runner-up to
eventual winner Christian Martel of France.  After her reign she went on to carve a
successful movie career in the 1950s and 1960s spanning about 15 years.  She
appeared in such films as "Magnificent Obsession," "Man Without a Star" and
"Raintree County."  Hansen later appeared on such television shows as "Petticoat
Junction" and "Green Acres."  She posed for more than 50 of Elvgren's pictures.
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The following photos were taken by Gil Elvgren himself.  I'm placing these images on the website for context and comparison only.  For true Elvgren fans, one
can immediately name the title of the painting matching the photos below.  These photos are considered tame and tasteful by today's standards and are
nothing more than what would appear in an Abercrombie & Fitch Catalog.  However, if you are offended by curvy, natural women, then don't scroll down
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"Wish You Were Near" 1969
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