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Kathy Ireland hosted a federal information technology fashion show on March 4.

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Kathy Ireland at the IT 
Fashion Show

el turned businesswoman Kathy Ireland presided over a different kind of fashion show on March 4 in Washington.

Ireland hosted an event sponsored by MeriTalk in which models walked the runway to show off products that information technology vendors are marketing to the federal government. Models took turns working the

IT Fashion Show

catwalk to advertise products from companies such as Akamai, Google, HP, Lexmark, and Red Hat. Meanwhile, before and after the show people braved a long line to have their pictures taken with Ireland.

Here's another, less-famous but still-striking, model at the show: