McGowan is the second-eldest of six children (plus two half-siblings), born in Florence, Italy to parents Terri, an American writer of French descent, and Daniel McGowan, an Irish-born artist Daniel McGowan ran an Italian chapter of the Children of God to which both he and his wife held membership until 1978.McGowan spent her early childhood amid the group's communes, often traveling Europe with her parents. Through her father's art contacts in Italy, McGowan became a child model and appeared in Vogue Bambini and various other Italian magazines.......Click Here