Elaine Irwin

She moved to NY city at age 16 to pursue a modeling career which started after her photo appeared in Seventeen in 1985.  Within a few years, she became one of the Ford Models and had appeared on the cover of dozens of fashion magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Self and Elite. Her American Beauty Vogue cover was shot by Richard Avedon but she also became a favorite subject of photographers Herb Ritts, Irving Penn, and Steven Meisel for her natural, soft look. She was the face of Almay Cosmetics and Ralph Lauren as well.

Elaine she also appeared in the music video for New Order's Round and Round (1989 woman 8#) and later in John Mellencamp's Get A Leg Up (1991).

Irwin became the first woman to drive the pace car at the Indianapolis 500 in May 2001. She was also an at-large delegate to the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

Elaine was 23 when she married musician John Mellencamp in, 1992. The two met when she was hired to appear on the cover of Mellencamp's Whenever We Wanted album. The couple has two sons named Hud and Speck. Later on, they divorced in 2011.

In 2012 Elaine became engaged to Indy car team owner Jay Penske, who is nine years her junior. They had a daughter in May 2013.