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7 November 1942, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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5' 9"
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Jean Shrimpton
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  • Currently runs the Abbey Hotel B&B with husband in Penzance, Cornwall, England where few, if any, visitors to the hotel remember her as supermodel "The Shrimp", the face of swinging sixties London. A veritable Cindy Crawford of her era.
  • Along with Twiggy, she was one of the very top fashion models of the 1960s.
  • Has a son, Thaddeus, by husband Michael Cox.
  • Mentioned in the Smithereens's song "Behind the Wall of Sleep."
  • "Jean Shrimpton, An Autobiography" was published in 1990.
  • Her sister Chrissie was also a leading model and dated Mick Jagger.
  • Measurements: 33-22-34 (as novice model), 34B-23-35 (during prime of her career in 1960s), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
  • Mentioned in Smithereen's song "Behind the Wall of Sleep". "She had hair like Jean Shrimpton back in 1965".
  • Older sister of Chrissie Shrimpton.
  • Was ranked #18 in Channel 5s "World's greatest supermodel".
 
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