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The Mother of Anorexia
« on: Sep 29th, 2002, 9:43am » |
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http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/News/09/28/offbeat.twiggy.milan.ap/index .html
Twiggy says she's fat
Saturday, September 28, 2002 Posted: 11:23 PM EDT (0323 GMT)
MILAN, Italy (Reuters) -- Twiggy, the skinny British model who came to epitomise the 1960s, returned to the catwalk on Saturday, saying she felt short and fat next to the new generation of models.
"I was a baby last time I did this," she told reporters, wearing a silver dress she paraded for Roman fashion house Gattinoni more than 30 years after moving on from modelling to pursue a singing and acting career.
"Next to these girls I'm very fat and pretty tiny," the 1.67-metre (5 ft 6 in) Twiggy laughed, confiding she was now about 20 lbs (nine kilos) heavier than her 1966 weight of a mere 96 lbs (43.5 kilos).
Lesley Hornby, nicknamed Twiggy by schoolmates who teased her for being so thin, shot to fame in the 1960s as the first teenage supermodel and helped turn the iconic female shape from Marilyn Monroe's curves to almost boyish skinny.
Gattinoni designer Guillermo Mattiolo said he was awe-struck to see the idol he had gazed at in fashion history books arrive to model his dress but added the doe-eyed blonde model had calmed nerves backstage.
"She was calming down the younger models and smoothing their hair, told them to stay off drugs and think about their future and having a family," he laughed as television cameras jostled for the best Twiggy shot.
Now 53, Twiggy has made a name for herself on stage, screen and in song and has launched her own range of aromatherapy creams. But her "Face of 1966" title still colours the way people think of her.
"It used to bother me because it detracted from the other things I was doing but then I thought 'Well, just run with it'. And now, because of my past I get to do great things like this," said the former Vogue cover girl.
"The 1960s were great, they allowed many things to start but I've been in much better shape emotionally over the last 15 to 20 years -- happily married, great kids," she said.
"You don't have to be perfect to be beautiful. Beauty comes from the inside, it shines out of your eyes," she smiled.
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