Twiggy was a British cultural icon and a prominent teenaged model during the swinging '60s in London.
42 Facts About Twiggy
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Twiggy was initially known for her thin build and the androgynous appearance considered to result from her big eyes, long eyelashes, and short hair.
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Twiggy was named "The Face of 1966" by the Daily Express and voted British Woman of the Year.
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Twiggy later hosted her own series, Twiggy's People, in which she interviewed celebrities; she appeared as a judge on the reality show America's Next Top Model.
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Twiggy was the third daughter of Nellie Lydia, a factory worker for a printing firm, and William Norman Hornby, a master carpenter and joiner from Lancashire.
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Twiggy's mother taught her to sew from an early age.
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Twiggy is best remembered as one of the first international supermodels and a fashion icon of the 1960s.
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Twiggy has said she based her "look" on Pattie Boyd.
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Twiggy herself has been described as the successor to Shrimpton.
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Twiggy's signature look was achieved in part by applying three layers of false eyelashes.
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One month after the Daily Express article, Twiggy posed for her first shoot for Vogue.
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Twiggy arrived in New York in March 1967 at Kennedy Airport, an event covered by the press.
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Twiggy has been photographed by such noted photographers as Cecil Beaton, Richard Avedon, Melvin Sokolsky, Ronald Traeger, Bert Stern, Norman Parkinson, Annie Leibovitz and Steven Meisel.
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Twiggy makes virtue of all the terrible things of gawky, miserable adolescence.
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On 10 December 1969, despite being 20 years old, Twiggy was selected as the subject for one of the first editions produced by Thames Television of the television series This Is Your Life.
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Twiggy has stated several times that she is only really remembered for her modelling career although it was "only a short part of my life".
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Twiggy began to develop a film interest through her weekly visits to Ken Russell's house; they would watch old films together, which featured Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, and other Hollywood actors and actresses.
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Ken and Twiggy worked on a film together, called The Boy Friend, after watching a performance of the original musical, staged by Ken's mother's amateur dramatics group.
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Twiggy then embarked on an award-winning acting and singing career, starring in a variety of roles on stage and screen, and recording albums.
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Also in 1971, Twiggy released the single "Zoo de Zoo Zong", written by Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway, and credited to Twiggy and Friends.
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Twiggy was name-checked in Bowie's song Drive-In Saturday for his Aladdin Sane album.
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Twiggy sold very well, peaking on the UK charts at No 33, and gave Twiggy a silver disc for good sales.
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The album contains Twiggy's top-20 hit single, "Here I Go Again".
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The single, "A Woman in Love", failed to chart for Twiggy in 1977 but was a hit for the Three Degrees in 1979.
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Twiggy sang some of the songs in the first volume of Captain Beaky and His Band in 1977.
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In 1978, the television distribution arm of American International Pictures, in an effort to gain additional syndication value in the US to the LWT rock music series Supersonic, repackaged the musical performances with Twiggy replacing Mike Mansfield's introductions.
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Coincidentally, Twiggy had performed "Here I Go Again" and "Vanilla Olay" on Supersonic in September 1976, and these performances were included in the refurbished programme.
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Twiggy appeared in "There Goes the Bride" with Tom Smothers in 1979.
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In 1980, Twiggy made a cameo appearance in The Blues Brothers.
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Twiggy starred as Eliza Doolittle in 1981, opposite Robert Powell, in the Yorkshire TV production of Pygmalion.
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Twiggy played opposite Robin Williams in the 1986 comedy Club Paradise.
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In 1993, Twiggy appeared alongside Mark Hamill in the short segment "Eye" from the made-for-cable horror anthology, Body Bags.
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In 1994, Twiggy guest starred in the first ever Heartbeat Christmas special, playing Lady Janet Whitley.
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In 1997, Twiggy acted in the Chichester Festival Theatre revival of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit.
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Twiggy starred as Gertrude Lawrence opposite Harry Groener's Noel Coward.
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In 2001, Twiggy co-hosted the British magazine programme This Morning.
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Twiggy did not return to America's Next Top Model in its tenth season due to scheduling conflicts.
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Also in 2007, Sepia Records released a previously shelved album that Twiggy recorded in 1979, produced by Donna Summer and Juergen Koppers.
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Twiggy remains in the forefront of fashion for women of her age.
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On 22 November 2022, actress and filmmaker Sadie Frost teamed up with Twiggy to create an interactive virtual documentary about the life of the British supermodel, Twiggy.
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Twiggy was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to fashion, to the arts and to charity.
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On Twiggy's official website, she states she is a supporter of breast cancer research, animal welfare, and anti-fur campaigns.