Made her first professional appearance on a magazine cover with the
June 1966 issue of "Teen".
Gave birth to her first child at age 44, a son Zackary Peck in Los Angeles. The father is her now ex-third husband, Tony Peck.
Became a mother for the second and third time at age 52, when her twin sons, Jaden Joseph Stryker and Theo Reid Stryker, were born in July 2000 via surrogate. Children's father is her now ex-fourth husband, Rod Stryker.
Spends a lot of time in her native Minnesota to see her significant
other , cyclist Dan Buettner.
Married Peter Beard at the Montauk Presbyterian Church in Montauk, NY. An image of the couple on their wedding day appears in the book,
"The Photographs of Ron Galella, 1965-1989", by Ron Galella.