Wilhelmina Gertrud Frieda Cooper (née Behmenburg; 11 May 1939 – 1 March 1980) was a Dutch-American model who began with Ford Models, and at the peak of her success, founded her own agency, Wilhelmina Models, in New York City in 1967.

Wilhelmina Cooper (born May 1, 1939, Culemborg, Netherlands—died March 1, 1980, Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.) was a Dutch-born fashion model and businesswoman who, with her husband, founded the modeling agency Wilhelmina Models Inc.

A brief biography of Wilhelmina, the beautiful and courageous model who dominated the early 1960s fashion scene. With photographs by Kenneth Heilbron.

1980年3月4日 · Wilhelmina Behmenburg Cooper, 40, former top international model and head of her own modeling agency in New York and Los Angeles, died of cancer Saturday at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Conn.

2022年8月29日 · Born on 1st May 1939, Wilhelmina Cooper is a recognized Dutch-American model who was known professionally as Wilhelmina or Willy to her closest people. Her full original name being Wilhelmina Gertrud Frieda Behmenburg Cooper. She started her modeling career with Ford Models where she made her debut.

Established in 1967, Wilhelmina Models is one of the World's leading modeling and talent agency. Wilhemina is based in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and London.

2015年10月11日 · Wilhelmina Cooper (1 May 1939 – 1 March 1980) was a Dutch model who began with Ford Models and, at the peak of her success, founded her own agency, Wilhelmina Models, in New York City in 1967. Born Wilhelmina Behmenburg in Culemborg, the Netherlands, she was known professionally simply as “ Wilhelmina ,” or “ Willy ” to intimates.

Since its founding in 1967 by Dutch supermodel Wilhelmina Cooper, Wilhelmina Models has earned its prestigious standing as an industry leader by providing full-spectrum model management for women, men and fitness models, as well as entertainers and musicians.

1980年3月3日 · Wilhelmina Behmenburg Cooper, the Dutch-born model who was known professionally as Wilhelmina and who later presided over her own modeling and talent agency, died of cancer Saturday at Greenwich...

2014年2月11日 · As a model, the Dutch beauty became internationally famous a Wilhelmina. And as an agency owner she was known as Wilhelmina Cooper. Willy met with Eileen and Jerry Ford at Ford Models in New York City. They signed her to the agency, and she soon became one of the highest paid models of the 1960s.