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After all, it was her pixie cut that allowed her to become “The Face of ’66,” as she was dubbed by the Daily Express.

(With heavy bangs and a severe side part, I think I would’ve looked more like Kate Gosselin-a much more omniscient cultural figure in the mid-aughts.) Still, I admired that Twiggy was able to turn perceived negatives not only into positives, but also into a career-her boyishness became her calling card. Mercifully, I stopped short of copying her Swinging Sixties crop, even though my very supportive mother encouraged me to do it. She described how her boyfriend Justin de Villeneuve (born Nigel Davies) convinced her to ditch her birth name, Leslie Hornby, in favor of an adaptation of her childhood nickname: Twigs. I first took note of Twiggy when she challenged the models of cycle eight to come up with a nickname for themselves (which, as a third grader, I sought to replicate-to no avail).

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While I was busy learning how to read during her early seasons on the show, I picked up just in time for Twiggy’s final two ANTM seasons, where she instantly captured my heart. The British model first appeared on the reality competition’s panel of judges in cycle five (which premiered in 2005) and stayed on through cycle nine in 2007. Like many fellow Gen Z’ers, I discovered Twiggy not through her groundbreaking editorials but on reality TV-specifically on America’s Next Top Model.

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