1. Jean Rosemary Shrimpton was born on 7 November 1942 and is an English model and actress.
15 Facts About Jean Shrimpton
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Jean Shrimpton was an icon of Swinging London and is considered to be one of the world's first supermodels.
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Jean Shrimpton appeared on numerous magazine covers including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Elle, Ladies' Home Journal, Newsweek, and Time.
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Jean Shrimpton starred alongside Paul Jones in the film Privilege.
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Jean Shrimpton was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and educated at St Bernard's Convent School, Slough.
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Jean Shrimpton enrolled at Langham Secretarial College in London at age 17.
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Jean Shrimpton rose to prominence through her work with photographer David Bailey.
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Jean Shrimpton started to become known in the modelling world around the time she was working with Bailey.
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Jean Shrimpton has stated she owed Bailey her career, and he is often credited for discovering her and being influential in her career.
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Jean Shrimpton was described as having the "world's most beautiful face" and as "the most beautiful girl in the world".
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Jean Shrimpton contrasted with the aristocratic-looking models of the 1950s by representing the coltish, gamine look of the youthquake movement in 1960s Swinging London, and she was reported as "the symbol of Swinging London".
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Jean Shrimpton was known for her long hair with a fringe, wide doe-eyes, long wispy eyelashes, arched brows, and pouty lips.
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Jean Shrimpton wore no hat, stockings or gloves, and sported a man's watch, unusual at the time.
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Jean Shrimpton was unaware she would cause such reaction in the Melbourne community and media.
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Jean Shrimpton was photographed in 1971 by Clive Arrowsmith, again for British Vogue.