Early life
Twiggy Lawson was raised in the London suburb of Neasden, the daughter of Helen (Nellie) Lydia Hornby (née Reeman), and William Norman Hornby, a master carpenter and joiner. She got her first job as an assistant in a hairdressers where her sister Viv worked then became a counter-girl at a Woolworth's store and factory worker at a printing firm.[1][2] She attended the Brondesbury and Kilburn High School in Salusbury Road, Kilburn.
[edit] Modeling career
Twiggy during the 1960s
In 1966, Nigel Davies noticed the young Lesley Hornby and offered her a modeling contract. She was only 16 and...
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