Cecilia Chancellor
| Cecilia Chancellor | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 September 1966 |
| Occupation | Model |
| Modelling information | |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Hair colour | Blonde |
| Eye colour | Blue |
| Manager | Models 1 (London) Muse (New York) IMG (Paris) |
Cecilia Chancellor (born 1 September, 1966) is a British model who has worked consistently since the 1980s and has been referred to as the living embodiment of the "London Girl" by Vogue UK's creative director Robin Derrick in his book Vogue Model.
Chancellor is a direct descendant of Murray Finch-Hatton the 12th Earl of Winchilsea, the daughter of journalist Alexander Chancellor and the cousin of actress Anna Chancellor. She is also second cousin of model Stella Tennant.
While still a pupil at St Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith, Cecilia Chancellor agreed to help her friend Camilla Nickerson, who would later become an influential fashion stylist, by modelling on a test shoot with photographer Perry Ogden. The resulting £75 seemed like easy money to Cecilia and she moved into professional modelling, with her career being launched through the agency Models 1. It was Steven Meisel's decision to photograph her for Italian Vogue that helped propel her to international success.
Since then, she has walked catwalks for designers from John Galliano to Prada and Comme des Garçons to Givenchy, as well as working with fashion photographers such as Mario Testino (with whom she travelled around South America for a year shooting), Irving Penn, David Sims, Patrick Demarchelier, David Bailey, Corinne Day and Paolo Roversi.
...
Wikipedia