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More models realized the potential for lucrative superstardom on and off the runway.

Today, Patitz is an avid horsewoman who continues her lifelong passion for animals and the environment by campaigning for causes and animal rights.

In an effort to live a healthier and more balanced lifestyle, Patitz began slowing down her modeling career to focus on other creative pursuits such as writing, acting, and meditation.

The following year, included Patitz in a black and white portfolio with , Stephanie Seymour and that celebrated examples of timeless elegance and beauty.

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Patitz, whose parents met at a wine tasting in a bodega in Spain while her mother was a student traveling with a modern dance company, has said that her parents' romance is a case of two people falling in love and spending the rest of their lives together.

The December 1985 issue of Vogue featured Irving Penn's photograph, "Colored Contact Lenses", showing Patitz wearing contact lenses over closed eyelids.

She's the fitting embodiment of the nineties ideal: a cool customer who knows what she wants and knows how to get it.

Teller would include Patitz in his portfolio on fashion's original cover models for the September 2006 issue of W Magazine.

In his book, 10 Women, Lindbergh wrote, "I admire Tatjana because she always stays herself.

Ritts said of Patitz, "Her features are a bit off; she's not a typical, commercial beauty, but when I shoot her, I'm never bored.