The British model Stella Tennant died at the age of 50, BBC News reports with reference to the Tennant family.
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The cause of the death of the model is not reported. The police said that she was not related to “suspicious circumstances”.
Stella Tennant was born in a family of British aristocrats and studied for a sculptor. Her modeling career began with the shooting for the British Vogue in 1993. Tennant starred in her nose, refusing to take it off.
Tennant differed from most other models of the 1990s androgyn appearance. In addition, one of her characteristic features was the lack of a smile in the photographs.
In 1996, Tennant became the new face of the Chanel brand. It was called one of the muses of the creative director of the fashion house of Karl Lagerfeld. In 1999, Tennant became the heroine of one of the first covers of the Russian Vogue.
In 2012, Tennant took part in the closing ceremony of the summer Olympics in London along with other famous British models Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell.
Tennant was married to the French photographer David Lasnet. They lived in marriage for 21 years, they had four children.