Lesley Hornby was born in Middlesex, London, England back in 1949 to William and Nellie. She attended the Brondesbury and Kilburn High School. She married Michael in 1977, however he died in 1983 from a heart attack. In 1988, she married Leigh Lawson, who adopted her daughter, who took his surname.
She is considered by many to be one of the first international supermodels and fashion icon of the 1960’s. I remember seeing her on TV, magazines and in the newspaper. She arrived in New York in 1967, an event covered by the press. Later she modeled in France, Japan and America, featured on the cover of US Vogue. She has been photographed by several well know photographers.
If the name doesn’t ring a bell maybe her stage name will, for those of us old enough to remember, “Twiggy”. If you don’t recognize that name you’re too young.
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