GRACEFULLY:
Looking and Being Your Best at Any Age
By Valerie Ramsey, with Heather Hummel
McGraw-Hill
Publication Date: May 2008
Contacts: Grace McQuade, 212-446-5101
and Kathleen Carter, 212-446-5107

In GRACEFULLY, nationally recognized “mature” model and successful corporate
executive Valerie Ramsey reveals her best-kept secrets for looking and feeling your best at any age. With an upbeat and inspiring message, Valerie tells her story of how she went from baby bottles in her thirties, to a Blackberry in her fifties, to modeling the catwalk in her sixties, along with sharing advice on how to adopt the mindset and know-how to age with grace and wisdom. The book covers a multitude of topics from skin care, fashion, make-up, exercise and nutrition, to strategies for stimulating the mind and nourishing the soul. The book is sure to inspire women to lead their best lives.

Valerie Ramsey is a highly sought-after Ford Model who has graced runways, print ads and television. She has appeared on the Today Show and Extra and modeled for Lexus and St. John’s Knits. She is the media and public relations manager for Pebble Beach Golf Resorts, as well as a wife for close to fifty years, a mother of six and a grandmother of seven. Heather Hummel, Valerie’s daughter, is a full-time writer.