Modeling
Erickson started her modeling career in 1952 at the age of 15 by going with a friend to a modeling contest for a department store, Frederick & Nelson in Seattle. While there with her friend, the fashion coordinator of the store asked Erickson to compete as well. This led her to additional modeling work and a few beauty pageants, including being voted "Miss Longshoreman" in Seattle for Seafair.
Erickson started college at the University of Washington, but while on a vacation to San Francisco, she applied for a job as a model for Macy's. She decided to leave school and model as a career.
Erickson later became a model with the Ford Modeling Agency doing photo shoots for fashion layouts and cosmetics companies such as Max Factor. She appeared on album covers for artists such as Cy Coleman (Piano Witchcraft), Nat King Cole (The Touch of Your Lips), and The Sandpipers (Guantanamera).
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