Biography of the model.
Lily Cole is an Englishwoman. She was born on December 27, 1987 in the small town of Torquay, although she was brought up with her sister in London.
The Russian Wikipedia contains the following information - Lily Cole was born on May 19, 1988, but this is not true. Model's real date of birth is December 27, 1987. This discrepancy once again reminds us that Wikipedia is not made by professionals, but by random people who often do a poor job and provide readers with inaccurate information.
Lily Cole graduated from Marylebone Girls' Boarding School and Latymer Upper School.
She received advice to become a model at the age of 14 from Benjamin Hart, an actor and fashion model. Growing up, Lily signs a contract with the modeling agency Storm Models.
Success is brought to her by a photo shoot for Italian Vogue, in which she was invited to take part in the famous fashion photographer Steven Meisel.
Subsequently, Lily Cole appeared on the covers of many popular glossy magazines, she also participated in advertisements for many famous brands, for example, Chanel or Louis Vuitton.
Lily also appeared in the cinema. In films, she most often got episodic roles. But in the movie "Anger" in 2009, Lily Cole played the role of a supermodel.
Comparing the top and bottom photos, you can see how Photoshop and the photographer transform some models.