Jean Ward Patchett Auer[1] (February 16, 1926[2] – January 22, 2002) was a leading American fashion model of the late 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s.

She was among the best known models of that era, which included Dovima, Dorian Leigh, Suzy Parker, Evelyn Tripp and Lisa Fonssagrives.

[6][7] She was the youngest of four children; she had two sisters, Dorothy Lee (1917–2006) and Elizabeth "Betty" (1922–1999), and a brother, James Franklin Patchett Jr.

[11] Patchett was the subject of two of Vogue Magazine's most famous covers, January 1950 by Erwin Blumenfeld and April 1950 by Irving Penn.

[4] Shortly after signing to Harry Conover's agency, Patchett began living in a Methodist rooming home for women.