Lesley Lawson (nee Née; hornby born 19 september), 1949 widely known by the Nickname, twiggy is An english, model actress and. Singer in the-mid, 1960s she became a Prominent british teenage model of swinging Sixties london with others such As Penelope. treewiggy in 1967, at the height of her modelling career, showing the look that made her famous. One month after the Daily Express article, Twiggy posed for her first shoot for Vogue. A year later, she had appeared in 13 separate fashion shoots in international Vogue editions.