Early life

Born in Malaya she attended St Mary's School

St Mary's School (Calne)

St Mary's Calne, is an academically selective independent school at Calne, Wiltshire, for girls aged eleven to eighteen, with about 320 on roll. Most girls are boarders...

 in England and later studied art, but quit to become a wartime ambulance driver. Her first husband, pilot Ian Goalen, died in a plane crash, and she was a widow with two young children when she became a model at age 25
She later said "I didn't have to work for money, but I needed to for myself".

Career

Barbara Goalen worked for Dior

Dior

Dior can mean:* Christian Dior SA, a French clothing retailer* In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth legendarium:**Dior Eluchíl, a Half-elven of the First Age**Dior , a Steward of GondorDior is a surname, and may refer to:...

 and Balenciaga

Balenciaga

Balenciaga is a fashion house founded by Cristóbal Balenciaga, a Basque designer, born in the Basque Country, Spain. He had a reputation as a couturier of uncompromising standards and was referred to as "the master of us all" by Christian Dior. His bubble skirts and odd, feminine, yet ultra-modern...

in Paris and was known for her narrow waist. She retired from modelling when she married Lloyd's underwriter Nigel Campbell in 1954.

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