I've seen many a beautiful Yves Saint Laurent model, and of course I've seen numerous pictures of the eternally beautiful Catherine Deneuve, Monsieur Saint Laurent's longtime muse (a favorite subject on this blog, in case you haven't noticed), but except for Mlle. Deneuve herself, I don't think I've ever seen a woman associated with the late French designer or his fashion house as extraordinarily lovely as this woman!
That ravenous dark hair . . . that smile . . . those long, sensuous arms . . . that swan-like neckline . . . I think I'm in love!
It figures that Khadija Adams, the object of my infatuation, was a beauty queen before she became a runway queen.
Khadija Adams originally hails from Kenya, which she represented in the 1984 Miss World pageant. Amazingly, she didn't win the title, but she did win the Continental Queen of Africa prize.
Ms. Adams was able to parlay her pageant success into a modeling career, and after working in New York and Milan, she caught the attention of Yves Saint Laurent, who fell in love with her just like I did. :-D
He was so inspired by her captivating beauty, he designed a single haute couture collection around her. To say that she became his muse would be an understatement. Like the picture at the top of this post, the picture immediately above and the picture immediately below both show Ms. Adams modeling Yves Saint Laurent clothes.
And when she wasn't modeling Saint Laurent's outfits, she was modeling his cosmetics line, having secured a lucrative makeup contract with his fashion house.
Khadija Adams is retired from modeling now and lives a private life. But those of us who are as taken by her beauty as Yves Saint Laurent was still love her. :-)
Khadija Adams originally hails from Kenya, which she represented in the 1984 Miss World pageant. Amazingly, she didn't win the title, but she did win the Continental Queen of Africa prize.
Ms. Adams was able to parlay her pageant success into a modeling career, and after working in New York and Milan, she caught the attention of Yves Saint Laurent, who fell in love with her just like I did. :-D
He was so inspired by her captivating beauty, he designed a single haute couture collection around her. To say that she became his muse would be an understatement. Like the picture at the top of this post, the picture immediately above and the picture immediately below both show Ms. Adams modeling Yves Saint Laurent clothes.
And when she wasn't modeling Saint Laurent's outfits, she was modeling his cosmetics line, having secured a lucrative makeup contract with his fashion house.
Khadija Adams is retired from modeling now and lives a private life. But those of us who are as taken by her beauty as Yves Saint Laurent was still love her. :-)
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