ATLANTA — Supermodel Niki Taylor was upgraded to good condition and moved out of intensive care Thursday, nearly eight weeks after suffering life-threatening liver damage in a car accident.
Taylor, 26, is “doing great,” said her spokeswoman, Lou Taylor, who is not related to the model.
“The imminent danger is over, we hope, and she can get on the road to recovery,” Lou Taylor said.
Taylor had been in critical condition at Grady Memorial Hospital since April 29. She was moved into a private room Thursday and Dr. Jeffrey Nicholas said he is “hopeful that Niki will be able to participate in rehabilitation therapy very soon.”
Taylor had no outward signs of injury after the accident, but she collapsed, saying her stomach hurt.
Taylor, the mother of twin 6-year-old boys, lives in Florida and was visiting friends in Atlanta at the time of the accident.
She was a passenger in a vehicle driven by her friend James Renegar, who told police he looked down to answer his cell phone and lost control of the 1993 Nissan Maxima. The car hit a utility pole.
Taylor has been a model since she was 14, appearing on more than 200 magazine covers, in ads for Cover Girl cosmetics and Liz Claiborne fashions and in Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue.
Her sister Krissy, also a model, died in 1995 from what doctors called an unusual, undetected heart condition.
