Yasmin Le Bon
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Yasmin Le Bon (née Parvaneh) is an English model. She was one of the highest-earning models during the 1980s and is married to Duran Duran's lead singer Simon Le Bon.
Early life
Yasmin Parvaneh was born in Oxford, England, the younger child of an Iranian father and an English mother. Yasmin attended Cherwell School in Oxford.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Her mother worked as a window dresser in Elliston's, a department store in Oxford, when she met Yasmin's father.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Her father taught photography at a polytechnic.<ref name="DT-160624">Template:Cite web</ref>
Career
She was spotted by a model scout in Oxford, at the age of 17.<ref name="DT-160624" /> She modelled for a local agency while she attended school, and after leaving signed with Models 1 Agency in London. During her career as a fashion model she worked for and was a face for Versace, Chanel, Dior and many others top fashion designers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In April 1987, she was hired by Guess for an advertising campaign.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
She appeared on the cover of the first American and British issues of Elle and has also been on the covers of Vogue, V, I.D., Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and Harper's Bazaar. As a model, she has also represented Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, Bergdorf Goodman, Biotherm, Bloomingdale's, Bonwit Teller, Calvin Klein, Versace, Chanel, Christian Dior, Clairol, Escada, Filene's, FrasercardTemplate:Broken anchor, Avon and Gianfranco Ferré.<ref name=autogenerated1>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2010 she appeared in Duran Duran's "Girl Panic" video along with Cindy Crawford, Helena Christensen, Naomi Campbell, and Eva Herzigova.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
In January 2012, Le Bon wore a gown weighing Template:Cvt in the Stéphane Rolland spring/summer Haute Couture show in Paris.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Other endeavours
Le Bon was invited to be one of the drivers in the 2013 Mille Miglia race in Italy. Each year, the three-day event passes through nearly 200 Italian towns from Brescia to Rome and back, recreating the original races which took place between 1927 and 1957. She and her co-driver, David Gandy, were part of Team Jaguar, driving a 1950 Jaguar XK120. Early in the race, Le Bon and Gandy were "pushed off the road by a competitor", which caused body damage to the wing and side of the vintage car. They re-entered the race, ultimately finishing in 158th place out of 415 cars.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Personal life
In 1984, she met Simon Le Bon, lead singer of the pop rock band Duran Duran, after he had seen her on a magazine cover and spoken with her agent.<ref name="DT-160624" /> They married on 27 December 1985, at the register office in her hometown of Oxford.<ref name="DT-160624" /> <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>The couple have three daughters, Amber Rose Tamara, Saffron Sahara and Tallulah Pine; they were born in 1989, 1991 and 1994 respectively. <ref name="DT-160624" />
References
Further reading
External links
- Yasmin Le Bon on the Fashion Model Directory
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