Jean Shrimpton
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Jean Shrimpton (1965)
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6 November 1942 Buckinghamshire, England |
| Other names | Jean Cox, The Shrimp, Jeannie Shrimpton |
| Occupation | fashion model, actress, hotel owner/innkeeper, antique shop owner/antique dealer |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Cox (m. 1979) |
| Children | Thaddeus Cox |
| Relatives | Chrissie Shrimpton (sister) |
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) —1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Hair colour | Brown |
| Eye colour | Blue |
Jean Rosemary Shrimpton (born 6 November 1942) is an English model and actress. She was an icon of Swinging London and is considered to be one of the world's first supermodels. She appeared on numerous covers including Vogue,Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Elle, Ladies' Home Journal, Newsweek, and Time magazines. In 2012, Shrimpton was named by Time as one of the 100 most influential fashion icons of all time. She starred alongside Paul Jones in the 1967 film Privilege.
Born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and brought up on a farm, Shrimpton was educated at St Bernard's Convent School, Slough. She enrolled at Langham Secretarial College in London when she was 17. A chance meeting with director Cy Endfield led to an unsuccessful meeting with the producer of his film Mysterious Island; Endfield then suggested she attend the Lucie Clayton Charm Academy's model course. In 1960, aged 17, she began modelling, appearing on the covers of popular magazines such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Vanity Fair.
Shrimpton's career rose to prominence through her work with photographer David Bailey. They met in 1960 at a photo shoot that Shrimpton, who was then an unknown model, was working on with photographer Brian Duffy for a Kellogg's corn flakes advertisement. Duffy told Bailey she was too posh for him, but Bailey was undeterred.
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