At sixteen, King had graced the pages of Glamour and Harper's Bazaar. King had a successful early career as a fashion model, and by age 15 she had been featured in the fashion magazines Vogue, Mademoiselle, Allure, and Seventeen. Much of fall and spring 1994 were spent commuting between Omaha and New York. In March 1994, she traveled to New York for test pictures and received enthusiastic responses, however, she did not return to New York until July 1994, after gaining a successful advertisement for Abercrombie & Fitch. To avoid confusion, King opted to use her childhood nickname, James, for the duration of her modeling career and later, at the beginning of her film career. She joined Company Management, which already represented Jaime Rishar, a more established model. After being spotted at her graduation fashion show by model agent Michael Flutie, King was invited to New York City to begin modeling professionally. King was discovered in November 1993, at age 14, while attending Nancy Bounds' Studios. She later enrolled in a home-study program run by the University of Nebraska. King had attended Nancy Bounds' Studios, a modeling school, and in 1995 dropped out of Westside High School in order to pursue a modeling career in New York City. King was named after Lindsay Wagner's character, Jaime Sommers, on the 1970s television series The Bionic Woman. She has an older sister Sandi, a younger sister Barry and a younger brother Robert (Robbie). King was born on Apin the suburbs of Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Nancy King, a former beauty queen, and Robert King.
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