Thursday, May 9, 2013

Twiggy!


Twiggy was born in north London on September 19th, 1949. She was named "The Face of '66" by the Daily Express. In the mid 60's at 16 years of age, Twiggy became internationally known as the world's first supermodel, her photographic modeling success epitomising the age.
Twiggy went on to become a successful actress in film, stage and television, beginning her acting career by starring in Ken Russell's film "The Boyfriend", for which she won two Golden Globe awards; most promising newcomer and best actress in a musical. She has recorded many albums since, encompassing a variety of styles including pop, rock, disco, country and show tunes. Twiggy's successful recordings have earned her two silver discs, two chart albums and hit singles.

Twiggy was a beautiful young women and she is very beautiful now also.  She battled with anorexia and she was bulimic most of her young life. She was all legs and eyelashes as she would call herself. She said, "At sixteen I was a funny, skinny little thing, all eyelashes and legs. And suddenly people told me that i was gorgeous. I thought they had gone mad." Now she is a beautiful women with a very good perspective on life. She didn't go looking for the modeling job it came to her in a salon in England. She was 5'8'' and only weighed 90 lbs at age 16. She was considered healthy For being only 90 lbs.  
Now Twiggy she is the perfect size looks a little more healthier than she did back then. She was married to Michael Whitney and they had a daughter named Carly together, but he unexpectedly did in 1983. Four years later in 1988 she married Leigh Lawson and he adopted her daughter and they are still married to this day. She has been in many movies and she was a judge on Americas Next Top Model.  

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