Twiggy Lawson

Twiggy was ranked #9 in Channel 5's "World's Greatest Supermodel.

She met her second husband Leigh Lawson on the set of Madame Sousatzka in 1988.

Her first marriage, to the American actor, Michael Witney, ended with his sudden death from a heart attack.

She was the youngest person to ever be surprised by the Big Red Book on "This Is Your Life (she was 19 at that time).

Twiggy is a friend of Fran Dresher's and it was her interaction with Twiggy's children that was used as the basis for The Nanny

Twiggy was shown to the world as a disgraceful representation of women, whereas Sophie Dahl (former model too) was seen as a fresh breath of life within the world of bulimic waifs. In reality though, Twiggy should be the real role model of the two with her caring, loving nature as opposed to Sophie Dahl and her wild child persona. The media played and overwhelming part in the way they were presented to the public.

Twiggy was a naturally slim girl, but the media now portrays her as the pioneer of the waif-like models and their cult of innocent victims.

Her global success spawned products such as Twiggy dolls, twiggy cosmetics and her own line of clothing "Twiggy Dresses".

It was the photographer, Barry Lategan, who called the young girl "Twiggy" for the first time.

She appeared alongside the sexual revolution and became an instant icon –a symbol for a new kind of woman with a streamlined, androgynous sex appeal.

In rottentomatoes.com, Twiggy was qualified as 58% rotten.

Twiggy's discography include "The Boyfriend" (1971), "Twiggy And The Girlfriends" (1972), "Cole Porter In Paris" (1973), "Twiggy" (1976), "Please Get My Name Right" (1977), "Captain Beaky And His Band" (1977), "Pieces Of April" (1978), "My One And Only" (1983), "The Doctor and The Devils" (1985), "The Boy Friend & Highlights From Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (1990), "Twiggy And The Silver Screen Syncopaters" (1995), "A Hollywood Christmas" (1996), "London Pride - Songs From The London Stage" (1996), "Beautiful Dreams" (1997), "Dead Man On Campus" (1998), "The Best Of Twiggy" (1998), "If Love Were All" (1999), "Peter Pan" (2000), "Midnight Blue" (2003), "Twiggy" (2004) and "Twiggy & Linda Thorson - A Snapshot Of Swinging London (2005)".

Her participation in Tv shows include "Twiggs" (1974), "Twiggy" (1975), "The Muppet Show" (1976), "Victorian Scandals" (1976), "The Donna Summer Special" (1980), "A Gift of Music" (1981), "Princesses" (1991), "Tales from the Crypt" (1992), "The Nanny" (1994), "Heartbeat" (1994), "Absolutely Fabulous" (2000-2001), "This Morning" (presenter in 2001) and "America's Next Top Model" (2005-).

Twiggy's filmography includes "The Boyfriend" (1971), "W" (1974), "There Goes The Bride" (1979), "The Blue Brothers" (1980), "Pygmalion" (1981), "The Doctor and The Devils" (1985), "Club Paradise" (1986), "The Little Match Girl" (1986), "Madame Sousatzka" (1988), "The Diamond Trap" (1988), "Sun Child" (1988), "Young Charlie Chaplin" (1989), "Instanbul" (Keep Your Eyes Open) (1990), "Body Bags" (1993), Something Borrowed, Something Blue" (1997), "Edge of Seventeen" (1998), "Woundings" (1998) and "ShakesperaRe-Told: The Taming of the Shrew" (2005).

Her measurements are: 31AA-22-32 (at age 17), 32-23-32 (during peak of her 60's modeling career), 32B-24-32 (in 1976 at age 27), 36B-20-33 (in 1986).

Twiggy is best pals with fellow top London model Erin O'Connor. In a recent interview, Twiggy commented that Erin was a "smasher."

Throughout Twiggy's recording career she has collaborated with some of the most prestigious producers in the music industry, including Roger Cook, Tony Eyers, David Essex, Donna Summer, Juergen Koppers and Charlie Skarbek.

She was the first model who had a sculpture of herself in Madame Tussaud's Museum. It was done in February of 1967.

In 2004, Twiggy moved to USA due to the filming of "America's Next Top Model".

Twiggy performed her song "A Woman in Love" in 1977 at the Night at the London Casino.

Marilyn Manson's sideman is called Twiggy Ramirez in her honor.

Twiggy became the first underweight person to become the stereotype of a perfect body image.

Twiggy is part of the "Animal Samaritans" charity foundation, which provides homes for unwanted pets.

Twiggy's agent is called Maureen Vincent.

Her father is called William Norman and is a master carpenter, and her mother is Helen Hornby, who works as a counter girl.

The name 'Twiggy' comes from Lesley's adolescent nickname 'Twigs', a reference to her eyelashes, not her legs. In photoshoots the make-up artist would draw lines underneath her lashes, that looked like twigs. Tyra Banks mentioned this in Cycle 5 of America's Next Top Model, when Twiggy first became a judge for the series.

She originated the "Waif" look.

Her boyfriend at 16, Justin de Villeneuve, was her first manager.

Her Astrological sign is Virgo.

Twiggy is 5 feet, 6 inches tall.

She was the first teen model ever.