Yasmin Le Bon Biography
Yasmin Le Bon is an English model.She was one of the highest-paid models in the 1980s and is also recognized as the wife of music star Simon Le Bon.
How old is Yasmin Le Bon? – Age
She is 59 years old as of 29 October 2023. She was born in 1964 in Oxford, United Kingdom.
Yasmin Le Bon Family – Education
Parvaneh was born in Oxford, England, as the younger child of an Iranian father and an English mother. Yasmin attended Cherwell School in Oxford. Her mother met Yasmin’s father while working as a window dresser at Elliston’s, an Oxford department store. Her mother died from breast cancer in 2004. Her father is also dead.
Yasmin Le Bon Husband
In 1984, she met Simon Le, the lead vocalist of Duran Duran, a “new wave” band. They married on December 27, 1985, in her hometown of Oxford.
Yasmin Le Career
She posed for a local agency while in school and later signed with Models 1 Agency in London. Guess hired her in April 1987 to work on an advertising campaign. She appeared on the covers of Elle’s debut American and British issues, as well as Vogue, V, I.D., Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and Harper’s Bazaar. As a model, she has worked for Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, Bergdorf Goodman, Biotherm, Bloomingdale’s, Bonwit Teller, Calvin Klein, Versace, Chanel, Christian Dior, Clairol, Escada, Filene’s, Frasercard, Avon, and Gianfranco Ferré.
In 2010, she starred in Duran Duran’s “Girl Panic” video alongside Cindy Crawford, Helena Christensen, Naomi Campbell, and Eva Herzigova. In January 2012, Le Bon walked the Stéphane Rolland spring/summer Haute Couture show in Paris wearing a garment weighing 50 kg (110 lb).
Le Bon was asked to participate in the 2013 Mille Miglia race in Italy. Each year, the three-day event travels through approximately 200 Italian cities, from Brescia to Rome and back, recreating the original races held between 1927 and 1957.She and her co-driver, David Gandy, were members of Team Jaguar and drove a 1950 Jaguar XK120.Le Bon and Gandy were “pushed off the road by a competitor” early in the race, causing body damage to the historic car’s wing and side. They re-entered the race and finished 158th out of 415 vehicles.