- Kelly Emberg
Kelly Emberg (born 1959) is a former model, best known for her relationship with rock star
Rod Stewart .Kelly was born in
Houston ,Texas , and attendedStratford High School where she was a member of the school's female drill team, the Spartanaires. She did some modeling during high school and was "discovered" byJohn Casablancas who brought her toNew York City where her print career took off.Emberg was at the top of her career when she began dating Stewart in 1983, a highly successful all-American blonde fashion model who appeared in hundreds of print layouts including the
Sports Illustrated swimsuit editions,Calvin Klein andArmani in the Eighties.Daughter Ruby was born in 1987, with Stewart ordering their
Bel Air mansion filled with pink roses, the new mum's favourite blooms. By 1990, there were rumours the relationship was under strain due to Rod's hesitation over walking down the aisle. By summer of that year, the celebrity couple had split up. Stewart insisted it was Emberg's decision to break off the relationship: "She had another geezer". Emberg filed a $25-million palimony suit in early 1991, which was settled in 1993 [ [http://www.hellomagazine.com/music/specials/rodstewart/pagina_4_1.html HELLO! ] ] for an undisclosed amount.Emberg is now an
interior designer and owns a company called "The Cotton Box", with a shop on Melrose Avenue,Los Angeles . Her biggest client is Rod Stewart. Emberg created the interior designs for the guest house on his Los Angeles estate in which Ruby, along with Kimberly and Sean, Stewart's children by Alana Hamilton, live. [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4153/is_20051007/ai_n15672174] .Emberg has two sons, Tyler, seven, and Cole, four by Gavin Brodin, who co-owns The Cotton Box.
Quotations
"Kelly allows me the freedom to do what I want. That doesn't mean I stay out all night and womanise, she just allows me more space" - Rod Stewart on Kelly, 1988
References
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256083/bio Kelly Emberg] at the
Internet Movie Database
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