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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Kate Ng

Twiggy says she never planned to become a model: ‘I must be mad’

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Twiggy has revealed that she did not plan to get into modelling as a career, which means the world could have missed out on one of the most iconic fashion models of the Sixties.

The English model, actor and singer, whose real name is Dame Lesley Lawson, said that most of her life has been spent “doing things that I didn’t plan to do”.

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