ABOUT GRACE CODDINGTON
Model who pursued a second career as a fashion editor and creative director for both the British and American versions of Vogue magazine. Her modeling fame has led her to amass over 750,000 followers on Instagram.
She was born in Wales, where she attended a convent school. Her modeling career was launched when she won a Vogue young model competition at the age of seventeen.
In her mid-twenties, she was involved in a car accident that left her disfigured. This incident led her to abandon her modeling career and instead pursue work as a fashion editor.
She was briefly married to restaurateur Michael Chow and photographer Willie Christie, and she had a long-term relationship with hairstylist Didier Malige. Following her sister's death, she raised her nephew.
She and Hamish Bowles both worked as editors for Vogue.
