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Lesley Hornsby, aka Twiggy, was born September 19, 1949 in England. She was discovered in 1966 at the age of 16 by Nigel Davies. She weighed 90 pounds (she obviously wasn’t taking a weight boosting diet supplement!). Davies advised her to go by her childhood nickname – Twiggy.

She hit England by storm and became of “The Face of ‘66″ in the modeling circle. The next year, she traveled to New York where she became a fashion icon. Her short-haired, boyish looked changed the fashion industry standards. She was also famous for wearing long, fake eyelashes on her bottom lashes.

After retiring from modeling in the 70s, Twiggy embarked on an acting career and appeared in a number of films. She also recorded several albums. Her most famous song was Here I Go Again.

She married Michael Witney, an American Actor, in 1977 and they had one daughter, Carly. Witney died of a heart attack in 1983. In 1988, she married Leigh Lawson.

In 2005, Twiggy joined the cast of the reality TV show America’s Next Top Model as a judge. She also decided to resume modeling.

Twiggy has been a pop culture reference for decades, the word often refers to a young skinny girl. A Twiggy Barbie doll was released in 1966 featuring smaller breast and hips

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11 Comments to

“Twiggy”

  1. Avatar December 9th, 2009 at 10:58 pm Anonymous Says:

    love her


  2. Avatar January 8th, 2010 at 7:08 am Anonym Says:

    I love Twiggy she is my idol love you Twiggy<3


  3. Avatar May 10th, 2010 at 3:17 pm michelle Says:

    you should put a tutorial video of how to make eyelashes like that i will bring them black i love you

    sincerely,michelle


  4. Avatar May 11th, 2010 at 2:48 pm TwiggyRocks Says:

    She is legendary


  5. Avatar November 1st, 2010 at 10:32 am corrina Says:

    love your eye lashas and u singgin and u i love uuu u


  6. Avatar January 14th, 2011 at 10:07 pm Stéphanie Brotherstone Says:

    You are my No1 idol, so beautiful and unique.
    xo


  7. Avatar January 23rd, 2011 at 8:48 pm Lilly Michaels Says:

    I love Twiggy,I look just like her except my hair is brown!!!!
    xoxo Lilly


  8. Avatar June 21st, 2011 at 8:16 am stotty Says:

    twiggy was a real icorn her short hair her FAKE eyelases


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  10. Avatar September 27th, 2011 at 12:08 am Anonymous Says:

    My girl!


  11. Avatar November 28th, 2011 at 11:09 am big red Says:

    i lov you twiggy you r a real icorn


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