Shaun Casey

Nefertiti · January 8, 2010

She was Estée Lauder spokesmodel.

Shaun Casey was a model active from the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. By 1987 she had given up modeling for all but a few favorite clients.

In the late 1970s, Casey was associated with famous hairstylist, John Sahag, who created a stir by cutting her hair extremely short and bleaching it white for a Helmut Newton cover of French Vogue.

Karen Graham was the exclusive Estee Lauder spokesmodel from 1973-1985. Beginning in 1979, Shaun Casey began to appear as well. Her first advertisement was in 1979 called "Grand Cafe Colors." She appeared in many Estee Lauder advertisements however. Some were 1981's "The Great American Desert," 1982's "Perfectly Natural Liquid Makeup," 1982's "Country Manor Colors," 1983's "Greek Island Colors," and 1983's Polished Performance Liquid Makeup." Shaun Casey graced six Harper Bazaar covers, eight Glamour covers, one French Vogue, a few Italian Bazaar, one English Vogue, and was a very successful working model. (Personal Interview 11.21.2008)

Casey also had a small role in the 1977 Woody Allen romantic comedy Annie Hall.

Casey described modeling as "a job, just like any other job" and said of her pictures, "Gosh, I wish I looked like that every day."

Shaun Casey was married to actor Roger Wilson from the late 1970s to 1983. He went on to date Christy Turlington from 1986 to 1993. He was Christy's first serious relationship. Christy had a rose tatooed onto her ankle with his initials, RW next to it. Roger then dated actress Elizabeth Berkley from Saved by the Bell and Showgirls in the late 1990s. He appeared in the movie Porky's.

Shaun Casey no longer working as a model, she lives in California with her husband & two daughters.