You may not recognize Ann Turner Cook today, but her cherubic baby face is uber-famous: she was the very first 'Gerber baby.'
According to an article in the Huffington Post, the 85-year-old recently appeared on the Today Show as she prepared to pass the torch to the new face of Gerber's baby products, 8-month-old Mary Jane Montoya.
Having won a contest in 1928, Cook's sketched face was the epitome of cuteness for generations. And after 80 years on the job, she is still as rosy-cheeked as ever.
As for little Mary Jane, she also won a contest, via Facebook, beating out more than 300,000 contestants, for the coveted title and tidy $50,000 prize (which her parents plan to put towards her college fund).
"It's so exciting, you're just bursting at the seams with pride for your daughter," said proud daddy, Billy Montoya.
How adorable is little Mary Jane? Would you have chosen her as the new face of Gerber?
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