Jean Shrimpton was once engaged to 60s photographer David Bailey, on whom the David Hemmings character in the movie Blowup was based. They met on a shoot for a Cornflakes advertisement. His friend told him she was too posh for him, but Bailey was undeterred and the two subsequently had a relationship for four years.
When she first met Bailey she said "We were instantly attracted to each other." They ended up working together pretty exclusively from `61-`64 and at one point were engaged; however, supposedly Jean broke it off when she found herself becoming increasingly attracted to Terence Stamp, one of Bailey’s mates. Bailey went on to marry Catherine Deneuve. To this day, Jean and Bailey are good friends and are mutually indebted to each other. She said of him at the time "I owe everything that I am as a model to David Bailey."
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