British mannequin Georgina Cooper died on the Greek island of Kos. She was 46.

The mannequin’s pals, Jade Parfitt and Erin O’Connor confirmed her loss of life on Thursday, Nov. 8, by way of Instagram. The Every day Mail experiences she died from a blood-brain hemorrhage because of lengthy COVID.

Her agent, Dean Goodman, informed the outlet she “tragically died [in Greece] a fortnight in the past.” 

“Georgina had been unwell throughout Covid and had developed some well being issues and had been out and in of hospital,” Goodman continued. “However she had plans for the longer term. She had simply married and was trying ahead to her life. All people is devastated. She was a real celebrity.” 

Cooper fell ailing on the Greek island and was taken to the island’s major hospital. As soon as her situation worsened she was flown by way of air ambulance to Crete. She remained within the ICU for 5 days earlier than she died. Her physique was flown again to England the week of Oct. 28.

Cooper was a preferred mannequin who rose to fame in the course of the “Cool Britannia” wave within the Nineteen Nineties. She is greatest recognized for her gapped entrance tooth. Her modeling profession kicked off at 13, when her mom entered her into the Elite Look of the Yr contest in 1992, the place she got here in third place. There, she was noticed and finally signed by Premier Mannequin Administration. (The company’s clientele included Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell.) 

“She was a walk-in and she or he was a lot enjoyable. When she was younger, she made some huge cash and she or he had this very edgy streak that was of the time. Everybody discovered the hole between her tooth fairly wonderful,” former mannequin and Premier Mannequin Administration proprietor Carole White recalled, per WWD.

At 15, she appeared in a Bon Jovi music video. That very same 12 months, she started a working relationship with the late famend photographer Corinne Day. Ultimately, she discovered herself part of the group of “edgy” London fashions that included Jade Parfitt, Erin O’Connor and Kate Moss.

“I used to be so younger on the time I didn’t actually perceive how influential the work we have been doing was till I bought older and folks would praise me on the work we did collectively,” she mentioned in Corinne Day’s documentary Diary, per WWD.

Cooper modeled for British and American Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar U.S., i-D Journal and The Guardian’s Observer Journal. “She was very anti-fashion with this actual breath of recent air and a extremely nice mannequin,” former Elle U.Okay. editor Anne-Marie Curtis informed WWD.

Designer Markus Lupfer mentioned that Cooper had a “lighthearted power [that[] made each runway really feel like a celebration,” including, “Her spirit, type, heat, and power will probably be deeply missed by us all.”

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Cooper gave start to her son, Sonny, and stop style within the early 2000s. “I attempted to proceed modeling, however it broke my coronary heart once I needed to go away him for work. I centered on modeling assignments in London, however my life was at a crossroads, and I made a decision that Sonny got here first,” she informed The Cultural Omnivore.

Ultimately, she labored as a midwife after which within the hospitality business. She additionally labored for the British pub chain Fox & Goose, in keeping with her Fb.

In June 2024, she married Nigel Smith at her dwelling in Maidstone, Kent.

She is survived by her husband and son.