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Yasmin Le Bon
Birth name	Yasmin Parvaneh
Date of birth	October 29, 1964 (1964-10-29) (age 43)
Place of birth	Oxford, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Hair color	Dark brown
Eye color	Brown
Measurements	86.5-66-93 (EU); 34-26-36½ (US)
Dress size	38 (EU); 8 (US)
Shoe size	40 (EU); 8 (US)
Spouse(s)	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.^[1] She is a vegetarian.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[1]

References

External links

• Unofficial site of Yasmin Le Bon
• Yasmin Le Bon on the Fashion Model Directory
• Yasmin Le Bon at the Internet Movie Database