Twiggy burst onto the fashion scene as the world’s first supermodel. Discovered at just 16, her unique look and waifish figure revolutionized the industry, making her an iconic figure of the swinging sixties. Dame lesley lawson (née hornby;

She was a british cultural icon and a prominent teenage … Dame lesley lawson dbe (born lesley hornby 19 september 1949, in london, england) is an english actress, fashion model and singer, known professionally as twiggy. She originally was nicknamed sticks because of her reed-thin figure, but then switched it to twigs and, finally, twiggy. a model for a scant four years, she had never even walked the runways by the …