Martha Stewart Paid Her Way Through College As A Chanel Model

Martha Stewart is known for her career as a domestic goddess, magazine publisher, writer, successful businesswoman, and television personality.

Since the 1990s, Martha Stewart has been a household name.

Although she had to spend five months in prison in 2004, Martha is back in a good place again. Currently, she stars on the popular cooking show Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party with musician Snoop Dogg.

Almost everyone knows who Martha Stewart is, but most people don’t realize that her career began well before she had her own television show.

In fact, Martha began working at age 10, as a babysitter for the children of New York Yankees players. Within five years, though, Martha had a very different job — as an actor in a Unilever television commercial.

In college, Martha started modeling for high-fashion brands like Chanel to help pay for tuition.

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Martha was born to middle-class parents in Jersey City, New Jersey, on August 3, 1941.

Her birth name was “Martha Helen Kostyra.” Martha was the second of six children.

The Kostyra family moved to Nutley, New Jersey, when Martha was 3.

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As a child, Martha worked as a babysitter for the children of Yankees baseball players.

When she was 15, she was in a commercial for Unilever. This first modeling gig got Martha interested in future commercial and magazine jobs.

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Because of her good high school grades and extensive extracurricular activities, Martha was admitted to Barnard College in New York City.

To help pay for her tuition, Martha turned to modeling — and she quickly started getting some high-fashion jobs, even modeling for Chanel.

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