How Ivan Bart Changed the Modeling Industry

Ivan Bart, who helped kick-start the careers of some of today’s most recognizable models, has left his role as president of the agency IMG Models.

On the April cover of British Vogue, three models wearing dresses that hug their hourglass figures are described by three words: “The New Supers.”

Those models — Jill Kortleve, Precious Lee and Paloma Elsesser — are represented by IMG Models, an agency that also represents Gigi and Bella Hadid. The models on the cover of British Vogue, all of whose careers may have once been hindered because they are not size zero, represent the agency’s efforts to redefine who a supermodel can be.

Ivan Bart, 59, the

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