Kate Moss (born 16 January 1974) is an English model who is known for her waifish figure and popularising the heroin chic look in the 1990s. Moss was born in Addiscombe, Croydon, London to Linda Rosina (Shepherd), a barmaid, and Peter Edward Moss, a travel agent. Kate has a younger brother named Nick and a half-sister named Lottie (Charlotte) and half-brother. Moss’s career began when Corinne Day shot black-and-white photographs of her, styled by Melanie Ward, for British magazine The Face when she was 16, in a photo shoot titled “The 3rd Summer of Love”. Moss was voted 9th in Maxim’s “50 Sexiest Women of 1999″ and 22nd in FHM’s “100 Sexiest Women of 1995″. She was presented on the November 1999 Millennium cover of American Vogue as one of the “Modern Muses”. in March 2007, Moss won the Sexiest Woman NME Award. Her depiction in photographs also drew criticism from then-President of the United States Bill Clinton, who spoke out against the growing heroin chic trend.
Kate Moss embarrassed by best man’s speech Kate Moss was so embarrassed by Alison Mosshart’s best man’s speech at her wedding to Jamie Hince she buried her head in her hands at the end. Kate Mo… [link]
