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Show flN FO CUS I Beauty and wrinkles in 'Born Beautiful' By Peter Meade Choosing Erin Gray for the lead in the NBC's "Born Beautiful," a TV movie about modeling airing Nov. 1, is a tidy bit of typecasting during dur-ing her former career as a : model Miss Gray's beautiful i face was featured on the cov-i cov-i er of most major fashion magazines. "But I wasn't born beautiful," beauti-ful," says Miss Gray. "My mother says I was an ordinary child." Ordinary turned to ) ""1 v 1, 1 iLj wrinkles start, you wonder, 'Who am I? Do I have anything any-thing to offer other than my beauty?' " Betsy decides to use all the knowledge she has gained from being in front of the camera and apply it behind the camera to help her protege pro-tege achieve the kind of fame she once enjoyed. With the help of Doug Trainer (Ed Marinaro), a news photographer, photogra-pher, Betsy's new career as a fashion photographer comes into focus and the younger girl's face soon appears on fashion magazine covers. "I loved modeling," says Miss Singer, a former cover girl. "It was great experience. I needed to make extra money while I was at Juilliard and friends said to try modeling; so I did. The next week I was in Mademoiselle and then off to Paris." extraordinary because at 14 she won a modeling contest that launched a highly successful suc-cessful 12-year career. In "Born Beautiful" Miss Gray portrays Betsy Forrest, a 28-year old model realizing she's past the zenith of her career. In that world, says Miss Gray, you're only as good as your last magazine cover and wrinkles are equated equat-ed with cancer when you Erin Gray she sees a lot of herself in her. Miss Gray experienced many of Betsy's feelings. "After years of looking at your face in the mirror, you begin to believe you are nothing noth-ing but those looks. When make your living as a highly scrutinized pretty face. When a photographer confides con-fides that she won't get many more top assignments unless she develops a new read younger look, Betsy realizes real-izes she is about to get blown out of the fast lane by the endless end-less parade of baby-faced beauties sitting outside her agentmentor's (Polly Bergen) office. Betsy decides to perpetuate her influence on the modeling world by playing Pygmalion to Joanna (Lori Singer), an aggressive, 16-year-old aspiring aspir-ing model. "Joanna Banana" as she is called in her New Jersey hometown, is skinny and tall 5 feet 9 and still growing, she announces to the 5-foot-6-inch Betsy but Betsy recognizes recog-nizes her potential because |