Michaela Bercu 1988 cover of American "Vogue" wearing a bejeweled Christian Lacroix T-shirt and a pair of faded jeans; the shot was done outdoors in natural light. It was Anna Wintour's first cover since taking over as the magazine's editor-in-chief, and was seen as signaling a break from the more formal and posed cover images favored by her predecessor, Grace Mirabella. It was also the first time a model on the cover of "Vogue" was shown wearing jeans. Bercu was also the first Israeli woman to be featured on the cover of American "Vogue". She would later appear on the covers of
Tricia Helfer the covers of "Flare", "Amica", "ELLE", "Cosmopolitan", "Marie Claire", and "Vogue", among others. She also regularly appeared in photo shoots by "Maxim" magazine, was the magazine's wall calendar girl for 2005, and was ranked #57 on the "Maxim"s Hot 100 Women of 2007. Helfer was also featured as the cover model for the February 2007 issue of "Playboy". Helfer relocated to Los Angeles in 2002 to pursue a full-time acting career. Her first acting assignment was a co-starring role as Sarah on the television series "Jeremiah". She later played a model named Ashleigh James on the May 16, 2002, episode