Jenny Joseph wasn't a model. She wasn't an actress. She had never posed professionally before or after. But, following one serendipitous shoot, the doe-eyed British woman became one of the most iconic figures in contemporary film.

In 1998, Columbia and TriStar merged to form the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group (a.k.a. Columbia TriStar Pictures), though both studios still produce and distribute under their own names.

Although she is often called the warrior goddess, warrior queen or the torch lady, the figure in the logo actually represents Columbia. Who is Columbia? Columbia is a fictional woman who represents America. Her name derives from Christopher Columbus.

Images of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World, erected in 1886) largely displaced personified Columbia as the female symbol of the United States by around 1920, although Lady Liberty was seen as an aspect of Columbia. It is the central element of the logo of Hollywood film studio Columbia Pictures.