Overnight, she transformed into Twiggy – the nickname she earned due to her slim figure. Since then Twiggy has thrived in a multi-faceted career which has also included her work with Marks & Spencer.

I leapt from anonymity into superstardom." Twiggy was named so because of her thin figure, and became known for her big eyes, long eyelashes, and short hair at the time. These days, she keeps in ...

Twiggy said: “Making it has been a happy experience ... she couldn’t believe the fuss her figure caused. "I hated what I looked like," she has said, "so I thought everyone had gone stark ...

Other celebrated models of the era pop up to recall what happened next, as Twiggy's boyish 31-23-32 figure and her 'gender-fluid little elfin face', as Joanna Lumley puts it, made her the world's ...

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Twiggy: the defining figure and fashion icon of the swinging Sixties.

Overnight, she transformed into Twiggy – the nickname she earned due to her slim figure. Since then Twiggy has thrived in a ...