Fiona Campbell-Walter had a successful career in the 1950s and was photographed by Henry Clarke and Cecil Beaton.
11 Facts About Fiona Campbell-Walter
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Fiona Campbell-Walter was born on 25 June 1932 in Takapuna, Auckland to Rear Admiral Keith McNeil Fiona Campbell-Walter and Frances Henriette Campbell.
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Fiona Campbell-Walter is a member of the Scottish Clan Campbell and a descendant of the Campbell baronets of Airds.
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Fiona Campbell-Walter's father was a senior officer in the Royal Navy and an aide-de-camp to George VI and Elizabeth II.
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Fiona Campbell-Walter's mother was the eldest daughter of Sir Edward Campbell, 1st Baronet, and was a granddaughter of Arthur John Warren.
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Fiona Campbell-Walter's mother encouraged her to model and, as a teenager, she was photographed by Henry Clarke.
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Fiona Campbell-Walter joined the Lucie Clayton Charm Academy, a London-based modelling agency and finishing school.
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Fiona Campbell-Walter signed as a model and was a favorite of the photographer Cecil Beaton.
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Fiona Campbell-Walter was photographed by John French, Elsbeth Juda, Norman Parkinson, and David Bailey and modelled for Christian Dior, Jacques Fath, and Elsa Schiaparelli.
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Fiona Campbell-Walter was the third wife of Thyssen-Bornemisza, a Dutch-born German-Swiss heir and art collector who was a member of the Hungarian nobility.
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Fiona Campbell-Walter divorced Thyssen-Bornemisza on 20 January 1965 and moved to London with her children.