Yasmin Le Bon Biography
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Yasmin Le Bon
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| Yasmin Le Bon | |
| Birth name | Yasmin Parvaneh |
| Date of birth | October 29, 1964 |
| Place of birth | Oxford, England |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Hair color | Dark brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Measurements | 86.5-66-93 (EU); 34-26-36½ (US) |
| Dress size | 38 (EU); 8 (US) |
| Shoe size | 40 (EU); 8 (US) |
| Spouse(s) | Simon Le Bon (1985 - ) |
Yasmin Le Bon (née Parvaneh) born on October 29, 1964, in Oxford, England, is an Iranian-English model.1 She was born to an Iranian father, Iraj A. A. Parvaneh, and an English mother. Yasmin Le Bon is currently represented by Elite+ in New York City and Models 1 in London.2 She is a vegetarian.3
In 1981, the young Yasmin was discovered by a local modeling agency while working a part-time sales job in a boutique.
In mid 1984 Yasmin Parvaneh met Simon Le Bon, lead singer of Duran Duran. The couple married on December 27, 1985.
Yasmin Le Bon took a brief hiatus from modeling in 1986 to recover from a miscarriage. Soon she returned to the business and in April 1987 was hired by GUESS? for a key advertising campaign.4 In the late 1980s She appeared on the cover of the first American and British issues of Elle. She has also been on the covers of Vogue, V, I.D., Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar and many others.
After several more miscarriages, Le Bon eventually gave birth to a daughter, Amber Rose, in August 1989. She was back on the catwalks within weeks.5 In September 1991, Le Bon had her second daughter, Saffron Sahara, and then, in 1994, had her third, Tallulah Pine. In the spring of 2001, Le Bon, a 36-year-old mother of three, modeled bikinis for Marks & Spencer. In 2003, she signed an exclusive deal with designer Matthew Williamson and his sponsor, Ariel Essential.
As a model, Le Bon has represented Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, Bergdorf Goodman, Biotherm, Bloomingdale's, Bonwit Teller, Calvin Klein, Chanel, Christian Dior, Clairol, Escada, Filene's, Frasercard and Gianfranco Ferré, amongst others.2
References
- ^ Fair play to Yasmin the supermodel
- ^ a b Yasmin Le Bon profile Fashion Model Directory. retrieved 09 February 2008
- ^ http://www.famousveggie.com/biodetail.cfm?&PEOPLEID=205
- ^ Yahoo! model profile: Yasmin Le Bon
- ^ Yasmin Le Bon biography | YasminLeBon.net
External links
- Unofficial site of Yasmin Le Bon
- Yasmin Le Bon on the Fashion Model Directory
- Yasmin Le Bon at the Internet Movie Database
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