Ultimo (brand) models Kelly Brook and Helena Christensen, actresses Gemma Atkinson ("Ultimo D-G cup"), and Kara Tointon ("Michelle for George"), singers Mel B and Samantha Mumba ("Per Amore)", television presenters Jenni Falconer, Peaches Geldof, Melinda Messenger, and Melanie Sykes. As of January 2015, the current Ultimo model is Petra Nemcova. The first Ultimo girl was Scottish model Mary Kennedy, but after the brand went global when Julia Roberts wore an Ultimo prototype in "Erin Brockovich" Penny Lancaster, the future wife of singer Rod Stewart, became the first high-profile Ultimo girl. However, she was replaced a year later by Stewart's ex-wife Rachel Hunter.
Lynne Lancaster awarded the Humanities Rome Award by the British School at Rome in 1993-1994. From 2001-2001 Lancaster held the Phyllis W. G. Gordan Rome prize fellowship at the American Academy in Rome. Lancaster received the James R. Wiseman Book Award from the American Institute for Archaeology in 2007 for "Concrete Vaulted Construction in Imperial Rome", and from 2010-2011 Lancaster held the AIA Joukowsky Lecturership. Since 1989, Lancaster has been married to fellow archaeologist and educator, Tom Carpenter, who specializes in Greek iconography and the ancient peoples of South Italy. Together they have travelled the Mediterranean extensively and lived in England and