Stella Tennant is a British supermodel and fashion designer. In 2012, she was awarded the Scottish Fashion Hall of Fame Model of the Year Award.
Wiki/Biography
Stella Tennant was born on Thursday, December 17, 1970 (age 50 at the time of her death) in London, England. Her star sign is Sagittarius. She attended St. Leonard’s School for Girls in Scotland. Later, she attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire, England. She also studied sculpture at Winchester School of Art in England. She obtained a degree in fine arts from a university in London.
appearance
Height: 5′ 11″
Body size: 33-24-35
Eye Color: Blue
Hair color: Brown
Family and Race
She was born in London to a Scottish family and grew up in the Scottish Borders.
Parents and siblings
Her father’s name was Tobias William Tennant and her mother’s name was Emma Tennant. She was the youngest of her siblings Isabella Tennant and Edward Tennant.
Stella Tennant’s Family Tree
Stella Tennant and her grandmother
Stella Tennant and her sister
Relationships, husbands and children
In the 1990s, while working on a modeling shoot, she met David Lasnet, who was working as an assistant photographer in New York. They became friends and soon fell in love. While they were dating, she gave birth to her first child, Marcel, and nine months after the birth of the child, the couple was married in a private ceremony at the small parish church in Oxnam on Tuesday, June 22, 1999. They have four children together: Marcel (first child), Cecily (second child), Jasmine (third child) and Iris (fourth child).
Stella Tennant and David Lasnet
Stella Tennant and David Lasnet with their children
Profession
A few years after graduation, she submitted passport-sized photos of herself to Isabella Blow, a fashion magazine editor who was working with Plum Skyes at the time. In the 1990s, Stella was enjoying her summer vacation when Isabella arranged a modeling job for her with the famous American photographer Steven Meisel. In December 1993, she made her debut as a model in the famous British fashion magazine “Vogue”.
Stella Tennant on the cover of Vogue
Later, she worked with Bruce Weber and gained huge popularity as a model. She worked for many well-known fashion magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar, Numéro, and the French, British and Italian editions of Vogue.
Soon, she became the face of many famous fashion brands such as Chanel and Calvin Klein, and was considered a muse by famous fashion designers such as Karl Lagerfeld, Gianni Versace, Alexander McQueen and Victoria Beckham.
In 2013, Stella and her sister founded the luxury homewares company Tennant & Tennant. In 2016, Stella and Dame Isabella Caudle launched a clothing line for Holland & Holland.
net worth
She owns a £500,000 mansion in the Scottish countryside.
die
Stella died on Tuesday, December 22, 2020, just after her 50th birthday. Her family said in a statement following her death,
It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Stella Tennant. Stella was an amazing woman who inspired us all. She will be greatly missed. Her family asks that their privacy be respected.”
Facts/Trivia
- After graduating from Winchester School of Art, she tried modeling but received no response from modeling agencies until she got the opportunity to work with British Vogue.
- She announced her retirement in 1988 after her first pregnancy, but returned to modeling shortly after giving birth to her second child.
- In 1998, Stella Tennant appeared in the Pirelli Calendar.
- In 2001, she won the title of “Model of the Year” at the VH1 Fashion Awards.
Stella Tennant at a fashion show in 1994
- In 2009, she collaborated with the green lifestyle organization “Global Cool” to advocate energy conservation in households. In addition, she also supports various activities advocating environmental protection.
- She has worked with various modeling agencies such as DNA Model Management (New York), VIVA Model Management (Paris, London, Barcelona) and Mega Model Agency (Hamburg).
- She appeared at the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics alongside Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss.
- In August 2014, she joined 20 other celebrities in signing a letter to the British daily The Guardian, calling for Scotland to remain part of the United Kingdom in a referendum in September.
- Stella has appeared on the covers of several prestigious fashion magazines including British Vogue (July 2015), British Purple Fashion, Vogue (September 2017), The Sunday Times Style (October 2018) and Muse (September 2019).
Stella Tennant on the cover of a magazine
- She has walked in many top fashion shows such as “Autumn-Winter Collection- (Paris) Chanel” in 2013, “Pre-Spring Collection- (Singapore) Chanel” in 2014, “Spring-Summer Collection- (Milan) Salvatore Ferragamo” in 2019 and “Spring-Summer Collection- (Paris) Alexander McQueen, Valentino Couture, Saint Laurent” in 2020.
Stella Tennant attends the fashion show
- She owns her own brand of knitted baby clothing, Tennant and Son.
- In 2013, she was ranked 27th on Channel 5’s “World’s Greatest Supermodels”.
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