Yasmin Le Bon

Infobox Model
name = Yasmin Le Bon


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caption = Le Bon at the 225th anniversary Asprey party in London, December 7, 2006.
birthname = Yasmin Parvaneh
birthdate = birth_date_and_age|1964|10|29
location = Oxford, England
deathdate =
deathplace =
height = height|ft=5|in=9
haircolor = Dark brown
eyecolor = Brown
measurements = 86.5-66-93 (EU); 34-26-36½ (US)
weight =
dress size = 38 (EU); 8 (US)
shoesize = 40 (EU); 8 (US)
homepage =
spouse = Simon Le Bon (1985 - )

Yasmin Le Bon (née Parvaneh) born on October 29, 1964, in Oxford, England, is an Iranian-English model. 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. [http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Yasmin_Le+Bon/ Yasmin Le Bon profile] Fashion Model Directory. retrieved 09 February 2008] She is a vegetarian. [http://www.famousveggie.com/biodetail.cfm?&PEOPLEID=205]

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. [ [http://features.yahoo.com/model/yasmin/ Yahoo! model profile: Yasmin Le Bon] ] 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. [ [http://www.yasminlebon.net/yasbio.htm/ Yasmin Le Bon biography | YasminLeBon.net] ] In September 1991, Le Bon had her second daughter, Saffron Sahara, and then, three years later, 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 Ferre, amongst others.

References

External links

* [http://www.yasminlebon.net/ Unofficial site of Yasmin Le Bon]
* [http://www.fmd1.com/models/Yasmin_Le+Bon Yasmin Le Bon] on the Fashion Model Directory
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