Kate Moss
- Profession: Model
- Place/Date of Birth: Croydon, London, England, 16 January 2021
- Associated with: Jamie Hince, Pete Doherty, Sadie Frost
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Sir Paul and Kate on icon shortlist - Nov 11 2006
Britons have voted for the nation’s top 10 living icons and they include Sir Paul McCartney, Kate Moss and Sir David Attenborough.
The list includes only three women - singer Kate Bush and fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood join supermodel Moss, who at 32 is the youngest person in the top 10.
The other names vying for the position of Britain’s greatest living icon are playwright Alan Bennett, singers David Bowie and Morrissey and actors Sir Michael Caine and Stephen Fry.
The names of more than 500 Britons were suggested by viewers of BBC2 programme The Culture Show, which is launching the search.
Producer Edward Morgan said: "It’s a striking list - no Queen, no Maggie, no JK Rowling. Best of all this is a totally open race. Any of the 10 could win."
The winner will be announced on The Culture Show on December 16 after voting closes on November 27.
The BBC did not have a figure for the total number of viewers who voted in the survey.
Kate crowned model of the year - Nov 3 2006
Kate Moss’s comeback from cocaine abuse allegations looked complete today after she was named Model of the Year at the Oscars of the British fashion world.
The 32-year-old supermodel was described as a "fashion icon" by the British Fashion Awards judges last night.
She beat competition from contenders Erin O’Connor and Alek Wek to be named the model who contributed most to the international fashion scene in the past year.
Kate - who is rumoured to be engaged to rocker Pete Doherty - currently appears in 14 advertising campaigns.
Her win comes little more than a year after her career appeared to be in tatters following allegations of cocaine abuse.
A British Fashion Awards spokeswoman said: "Kate Moss is a fashion icon and without a doubt one of the most prolific models in the industry.
"She has now been modelling for over 15 years and remains at the top of her game."
Kate’s recent cover shoots include Vogue, Pop, W and Vanity Fair.
Giles Deacon scooped the prestigious Designer of the Year title at the annual awards, held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Around 400 designers, retailers, media owners and models attended a champagne reception, dinner and post-awards party.
Vivienne Westwood, the doyenne of British fashion, won the Red Carpet Designer award. Her striking gowns have recently been worn by Dita von Teese, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kirsten Dunst.
And b Store, on London’s Savile Row, was named Shop of the Year.
Is Kate pregnant? - Oct 23 2006
Supermodel Kate Moss is rumoured to be pregnant with lover Pete Doherty’s baby.
Pete’s uncle, Phil Michels, has claimed the couple are expecting their first baby together and says they are thrilled at the news.
"I have spoken to Pete twice about the baby and he has confirmed that Kate is pregnant," he told the Sunday Mirror.
He claimed the Babyshambles rocker called him from Italy, where he was touring, to say the 32-year-old model had had a scan.
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After a series of shoots for teenage magazines, it was Harper’s Bazaar that finally launched her into the international arena. In 1992, she became the Face of Calvin Klein. Moss originally spearheaded the controversial "waif" look which critics claimed encouraged anorexia in impressionable teenagers. The girl from Croydon, who once said she "might’ve been a bank manager" now divides her time between London and LA, where she is often seen at The Viper Rooms, the controversial club owned by her one-time actor boyfriend Johnny Depp.
She has appeared in several notable documentaries about the fashion world and in 1995, released a hard-back book of pictures entitled simply "Kate". Having checked into London’s £300-a-day Priory Clinic in November 1998 suffering from exhaustion, Kate emerged refreshed the following January to announce that she had spent the last decade modelling "drunk". She told The Face magazine, "That’s what you do. You always have champagne before the shows. Always. Even at ten in the morning. It got to the point one time when we were [saying], ’We’re not going out without any champagne’."
Losing the Calvin Klein contract to fellow Brit Lisa Ratliffe in 1999, Kate has now taken on the status of fashion icon. In the May 2000 issue of Vogue, she played muse to a variety of the most cutting edge artists and photographers. In London she is still represented by Storm. Written in 2000
December 2007