The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 13, March 28, 2004, Article 5

QUIZ ANSWER: VICTORIA'S SECRET MODEL

  The numismatically-connected Victoria's Secret model?
  Gar Travis was the first to report the answer.  The model is
  Jill Goodacre, daughter of Sacajewea dollar designer Glenna
  Goodacre, the sculptor who also created the Vietnam Women's
  Memorial statue for the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in
  Washington, D.C.  Her husband is entertainer Harry Connick,
  Jr.

  Jeff Starck writes: "Goodacre, of the Sacagawea dollar fame,
  and Harry Connick, Jr.  What they talk about on Thanksgiving?
  Probably football, or the Christmas sales the next day!"
  When I asked how he knew the answer, he replied: "Oddly
  enough, Paul Gilkes (my co-worker) and I were discussing it
  last week.  That's right, I work at Coin World, which may
  very well disqualify me!"

  [Well, you're not disqualified.  Over 640 subscribers, and
  only three had the answer.  Chris Fuccione was the third, and
  he included several links to Jill's photos.   We don't get many
  opportunities for cheescake in numismatic publications, so
  here goes. -Editor]

  Jill's photo
  Jill's photo

  [By the way, Jeff Starck's article on the backyard Roman
  coin hoard found in the U.K. recently appears on the front
  page of Coin World's April 5 issue.

  Some more information on Jill Goodacre follows.
  -Editor]

  "Goodacre was the first model to become a celebrity simply
  by appearing in the Victoria's Secret catalog. Her auburn-haired
  good looks made her a favorite with readers in the early 1990s.
  That led to appearances on the David Letterman show and
  elsewhere, including a 1994 guest spot on the sitcom Friends in
  which she was trapped with Chandler (Matthew Perry) in an
  ATM vestibule. She married the singer and actor Harry
  Connick, Jr. in 1994.  http://www.who2.com/jillgoodacre.html

  Ron Haller-Williams didn't have the quiz answer, but
  offered this: "Regarding the gentleman caught passing counterfeit
  bills at Victoria's Secret,  I note from the referenced page that
  "He is being held on $7,500 cash bail ..."   Am I alone in
  hoping that, if this sum is paid, the authorities will check the bills
  VERY carefully?  My offering for the third question,  "And just
  what do they all talk about around the Thanksgiving table,
  anyway?"  - is that of course they'll be "talking turkey".  I guess
  I'd better reach for my asbestos suit ..."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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