Simon's Muse
Post by Tin on Mar 1, 2012 15:36:42 GMT -5
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She has a body to die for and at 47 could pass for half her age, but Yasmin Le Bon has admitted her flawless appearance is down to luck and not lifestyle.
The model, who is married to Duran Duran star Simon Le Bon, has admitted, 'I don’t deserve this face. I've tried to sabotage it for most of my life.'
The mother-of-three told April's Easy Living magazine she has no beauty tips to impart on how she has managed to maintain the looks that have kept her in demand as a supermodel since the Eighties.
'I've only recently discovered water and sleep. I really don't spend a lot of time on grooming. I get given all sorts of creams and I just slap them on,' she admitted.
For any skeptics, she revealed her appearance is not down to plastic surgery, because she knows people who have done it and "felt worse before they felt better" - although she wouldn't rule it out in the future.
She also confessed she "can still party harder than anyone", and while she always advises daughters Amber, 22, Saffron, 20, and Tallulah, 17, not to mix their drinks, "I don’t take my own advice".
But the British beauty admits that her life with her husband of 26 years isn't all rock n' roll anymore. In her spare time, she likes nothing better than drinking tea, doing a crossword and walking her three dogs near their home in Putney.
Unlike many showbiz relationships, her marriage to Le Bon has stood the test of time, even though her friends initially warned her against getting involved with a rock star.
'A number of people tried to dissuade me, with the best intentions – they believed the rock-star clichés – but I wasn’t put off,' she told the magazine.
She admits there has been tricky times but her attraction to him hasn't dimmed over the decades, 'I still fancy Simon. I always think he’s the best-looking guy in the room'.
As well as continuing to be a cover star for magazine's like Easy Living, Yasmin's modelling work is also still flourishing on the catwalk.
In January, she stole the show at Paris Fashion Week when she looked stunning in a red silk jersey dress weighing 50 kilos, designed by Stephane Rolland.
The designer was full of praise for Yasmin after his show: "I was totally engulfed by her beauty and persona. She is gentle, yet assertive… spicy, yet fresh… classic, yet rock 'n roll. A great muse!"
However, the model told Easy Living that despite such compliments, she still has body hang-ups like the rest of us.
"I do sometimes feel insecure – having spent years contorting myself into the strangest poses, a couple of years ago my back and hips gave out, so I had to stop exercising. I gained a lot of weight, but that’s life.
"I’m very glad I listened to my body. And whether you look like Helena Christensen or not, we all have days when we don’t feel great."
She has a body to die for and at 47 could pass for half her age, but Yasmin Le Bon has admitted her flawless appearance is down to luck and not lifestyle.
The model, who is married to Duran Duran star Simon Le Bon, has admitted, 'I don’t deserve this face. I've tried to sabotage it for most of my life.'
The mother-of-three told April's Easy Living magazine she has no beauty tips to impart on how she has managed to maintain the looks that have kept her in demand as a supermodel since the Eighties.
'I've only recently discovered water and sleep. I really don't spend a lot of time on grooming. I get given all sorts of creams and I just slap them on,' she admitted.
For any skeptics, she revealed her appearance is not down to plastic surgery, because she knows people who have done it and "felt worse before they felt better" - although she wouldn't rule it out in the future.
She also confessed she "can still party harder than anyone", and while she always advises daughters Amber, 22, Saffron, 20, and Tallulah, 17, not to mix their drinks, "I don’t take my own advice".
But the British beauty admits that her life with her husband of 26 years isn't all rock n' roll anymore. In her spare time, she likes nothing better than drinking tea, doing a crossword and walking her three dogs near their home in Putney.
Unlike many showbiz relationships, her marriage to Le Bon has stood the test of time, even though her friends initially warned her against getting involved with a rock star.
'A number of people tried to dissuade me, with the best intentions – they believed the rock-star clichés – but I wasn’t put off,' she told the magazine.
She admits there has been tricky times but her attraction to him hasn't dimmed over the decades, 'I still fancy Simon. I always think he’s the best-looking guy in the room'.
As well as continuing to be a cover star for magazine's like Easy Living, Yasmin's modelling work is also still flourishing on the catwalk.
In January, she stole the show at Paris Fashion Week when she looked stunning in a red silk jersey dress weighing 50 kilos, designed by Stephane Rolland.
The designer was full of praise for Yasmin after his show: "I was totally engulfed by her beauty and persona. She is gentle, yet assertive… spicy, yet fresh… classic, yet rock 'n roll. A great muse!"
However, the model told Easy Living that despite such compliments, she still has body hang-ups like the rest of us.
"I do sometimes feel insecure – having spent years contorting myself into the strangest poses, a couple of years ago my back and hips gave out, so I had to stop exercising. I gained a lot of weight, but that’s life.
"I’m very glad I listened to my body. And whether you look like Helena Christensen or not, we all have days when we don’t feel great."
