Lady Leslie Lawson ( born Lesley Lawson ; surname at birth - Hornby ( born Hornby ), born September 19, 1949 , London ) is a British supermodel , actress and singer. Known under the pseudonym Twiggy ( Twiggy , literally - “thin, fragile”, from the English. Twig - “reed”). Lady Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE, 2018).
| Twiggy | |
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| Twiggy | |
| Aliases | Twiggy |
| Real name | Leslie Lawson |
| Birth name | Leslie Hornby |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | |
| Height | 166 cm [3] |
| The weight | 40 kg |
| Chest | 81 cm [3] |
| Waist | 56 cm [3] |
| Hips | 81 cm [3] |
| Hair color | blonde [3] |
| Eyes | gray [3] |
| Clothing size | 40 [3] |
| Shoe size | 37 [3] |
| Citizenship | |
| Spouse | Lee Lawson |
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Biography
Leslie Hornby was born in a suburb of London in a middle-income family. At 16, she met Leonardo, a fashionable London hairdresser, and became the face of his beauty salon. Leslie's first short-haired photo shoot was done by Barry Lategan. He invented the girl a catchy pseudonym - Twiggy.
In 1966, Twiggy was named Person of the Year by the Daily Express. Soon, the girl became the face of fashionable London in the 1960s and an icon of the subculture of mods . It was shot by the best photographers: Helmut Newton and Cecil Beaton . According to some fashion historians, it is Twiggy who can be called the first supermodel [4] . Millions of girls around the world lost weight before exhaustion (“Twiggy syndrome”), copied makeup and an unusually short haircut with a big-eyed model. She has become a true business card of the decade.
In 1970, Twiggy suddenly announced that he was ending his modeling career.
In 1971, Twiggy was awarded two Golden Globe Prizes for her role in the film adaptation of the musical Boyfriend, then went on stage as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion . In 1988, she married actor Lee Lawson ( English Leigh Lawson ) and took his surname. In the 1990s, she campaigned against the use of natural fur in the fashion industry. Twiggy constantly appeared on television : for example, in 1976 she was invited as a guest to the popular puppet show "The Muppets ." She also acted as a judge in the popular TV show " Top Model in American " from the 5th to the 9th season.
In 1971, Twiggy's first album was released.
In 2011, a compilation of ballads Romantically Yours was released. The collection includes covers of favorite songs by Neil Young 's Only Love Can Break Your Heart and The Kinks Waterloo Sunset, as well as songs that Twiggy recorded with her daughter and Brian Adams .
In 2018, Twiggy became the lady commander of the Order of the British Empire (Royal New Year's Award List) for her contribution to the fashion industry, art and charity.
In March 2019, at a ceremony in Buckingham Palace in London, Leslie Lawson received the title of Lady Commander of the British Empire. [5]
Filmography
- The Friend / The Boy Friend (1971)
- W (1974)
- The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast (1976)
- There Goes The Bride (1979)
- The Blues Brothers (1980)
- Pygmalion (1981)
- The Doctor And The Devils (1985)
- Club Paradise (1986)
- The Little Match Girl (1986)
- Madame Sousatzka (1988)
- The Diamond Trap (1988)
- Sun Child (1988)
- Young Charlie Chaplin (1989)
- Istanbul (1990)
- Corpse Bags / Body Bags (1993)
- Something Borrowed, Something Blue (1997)
- Edge of Seventeen (1998)
- Brand New World (1998)
Notes
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Internet Broadway Database - 2000.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Twiggy Lawson . The Fashion Model Directory. Date of treatment August 3, 2013. Archived August 17, 2013.
- ↑ BarryPopik.com Supermodel July 25, 2004
- ↑ Prince Charles presented the Order of the British Empire to the legendary Twiggy .
Links
- Icon and ordinary woman. Thin with non-ideal forms. How the legendary Twiggy appeared // Arguments and Facts