Josie Maran /

Johanna Selhorst "Josie" Maran (born May 8, 1978) is an American model and actress. Maran was born in Menlo Park, California. She attended Castilleja School, an all-girls' school in Palo Alto, California. She is of Russian-Jewish descent on her paternal side. Her first cover was Glamour in 1998. In 1990, an appendectomy left Maran with a noticeable scar that is typically edited out of photos. Maran's modeling career began at the age of 12; when an agent spotted her at a local barbecue restaurant, she then began to model part time. Maran graduated from the Castilleja School in Palo Alto, then began her pursuit of modeling more seriously. The fashion industry generally consider her height of 5'7" to be too short for runway modeling. Maran works mainly in editorial modeling and advertising/image modeling. Signed at age 17 with the Elite modeling agency of Los Angeles, Maran appeared on her first cover with Glamour magazine in 1998; she was then the featured Guess? Girl in their summer 1998 and fall 1998 campaigns.