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Twiggy

1949 - Today

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Dame Lesley Lawson (née Hornby; born 19 September 1949), widely known by the mononym nickname Twiggy, is an English model, actress, and singer. She was a British cultural icon and a prominent teenaged model during the swinging '60s in London. Twiggy was initially known for her thin build and the androgynous appearance considered to result from her big eyes, long eyelashes, and short hair. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Twiggy has received more than 5,199,925 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Twiggy is the 10th most popular model (up from 11th in 2019), the 1,057th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,147th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Model.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MODELS

Among models, Twiggy ranks 10 out of 249. Before her are Alice Prin, Tina Modotti, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Brigitte Nielsen, and Linda Evangelista. After her are Heidi Klum, Natalia Pavlovna Paley, Bettie Page, Cindy Crawford, Gigi Hadid, and Pattie Boyd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Twiggy ranks 76. Before her are Philippe Starck, José Ramos-Horta, Teófilo Cubillas, Valentina Matviyenko, Peter Shilton, and Michael Houghton. After her are Axel Honneth, Carl Bildt, Margareta of Romania, Brahim Ghali, Horst Ludwig Störmer, and Lasse Virén.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Twiggy ranks 1,057 out of 7,765. Before her are David Hamilton (1933), Michael Houghton (1949), Kim Wilde (1960), Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900), Stewart Granger (1913), and Mary Ann Nichols (1845). After her are James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812), John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718), Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (1945), Frank Oz (1944), Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921), and Roy Hodgson (1947).

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Among MODELS In United Kingdom

Among models born in United Kingdom, Twiggy ranks 2. Before her are Naomi Campbell (1970). After her are Pattie Boyd (1944), Kate Moss (1974), Kelly Brook (1979), Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (1987), Cara Delevingne (1992), Jean Shrimpton (1942), Caroline Cossey (1954), Suki Waterhouse (1992), Yasmin Le Bon (1964), and David Gandy (1980).

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