Scottish supermodel Stella Tennant dies aged 50

One of Britain's top models, Stella Tennant is dead. Tennant died at the age of 50, British media reported on Wednesday.

Bornin Scottish aristocracy, Tennant scaled heights in the fashion world because of her unconventional, androgynous looks in the 1990s.

She went on to become the new face of Chanel and graced the covers of fashion magazines around the world.

"It is with great sadness we announce the sudden death of Stella Tennant on 22nd December 2020," her family said in a statement to the PA news agency. "Stella was a wonderful woman and an inspiration to us all. She will be greatly missed."

News reports stated that the family and police have ruled out any "suspicious circumstances" surrounding her death, which came five days after her 50th birthday.

Away from the catwalk, Tennant campaigned to reduce the environmental impact of the fashion industry.

"It`s going to take us a long time to change our habits, but I think that this is so obviously a step in the right direction," she told the Guardian newspaper in an interview in 2019.

Tennant retired from the fashion industry in 1998, returning on a part-time basis to shoot clothing campaigns and appear on the runway.
She is survived her husband, David Lasnet, and their four children.