The model put on a chic display in a structured beige military-style jacket and high-waisted trousers as she stood smiling in the streets ahead of the Zimmermann Womenswear Spring\/ Summer 2026 show at\u00a0Paris Fashion Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n Her look has evolved over the years, with her darker hair among the most noticeable differences.<\/p>\n Blondeau was three when she was catapulted to the spotlight after an agent for the legendary fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier picked her out of a crowd in The Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es and sent her strutting down a runway.<\/p>\n Her cover photo for Vogue Enfants captivated readers and saw her lauded as the ‘most beautiful girl in the world’ as Blondeau embarked on a modelling career that was the stuff of dreams – and some controversy.<\/p>\n Today, Thylane has worked for some of the biggest couture brands in the world including Miu Miu, Dolce & Gabbana, L’Or\u00e9al Paris, Versace, Ralph Lauren, and Hugo Boss.<\/p>\n Paris-based Blondeau has since fronted prestigious ad campaigns while also juggling her role as a fashion and beauty entrepreneur, with a social circle comprising nepo babies and supermodels.<\/p>\n Blondeau, who is the daughter of French footballer Patrick Blondeau and TV presenter Veronika Loubry, appeared to reflect on her journey on the occasion of her 19th birthday in 2020.<\/p>\n Former child model\u00a0Thylane Blondeau (pictured), dubbed the ‘most beautiful in the world’ when she was six, is now all grown up\u00a0<\/p>\n Sharing the snap that first earned her global fame on Instagram, she captioned her post: ‘Turning 19 tomorrow’.<\/p>\n In a 2018 interview with\u00a0The Telegraph<\/a>, however, she said she distanced herself from the girl who was once declared the world’s ‘most beautiful’.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘Even today, people are like, “you are the most beautiful girl,” and I’m like, “no, I’m still not, I’m just a human being, a teenager.”<\/p>\n Blondeau, who boasts 6.9 million followers on Instagram, was a toddler when an agent for Gaultier insisted she model for the designer the following day.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘My mum said, “No, she’s not with an agency, she can’t do this”,’ Blondeau told The Telegraph in 2018. ‘Jean Paul Gaultier said, “She has to be there tomorrow.”\u00a0So Mum was like, ‘Why not?’\u00a0<\/p>\n The opportunity meant the world of fashion rolled out the red carpet for Blondeau, who appeared in French Vogue as part of a controversial 2010 fashion spread titled ‘Quel Maquillage \u00e0 Quel \u00c2ge?’ or, in English, ‘What Makeup at What Age?’<\/p>\n Blondeau, then only 10, was dressed in a\u00a0low-cut gold dress and heels, shooting the camera a sultry gaze – as the images sparked backlash for ‘sexualising’ the pre-teen.\u00a0<\/p>\n Her mother Veronika defended the cover at the time.<\/p>\n The then-primary school aged model had unkempt blonde hair, piercing blue eyes and rosy cheeks, but fast forward almost 20 years and she looks a little different<\/p>\n Pictured:\u00a0Thylane Blondeau at the Zimmermann Womenswear Spring\/Summer 2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week<\/p>\n She told a French newspaper: ‘The only thing that shocks me about the photo is the necklace that she’s wearing, which is worth 3 million Euros,’ or about $4.3 million.’<\/p>\n Six years later, she made her\u00a0adult runway debut in February 2017, when she walked for Dolce & Gabbana at Milan Fashion Week. The debut was such a success the designer duo invited her back to walk for them again in September 2017.<\/p>\n Blondeau was also chosen as a brand ambassador for L’Or\u00e9al, and named the face of a perfume by French designer Lolita Lempicka.<\/p>\n She shared screen space with Zendaya, Lucky Blue Smith, and Presley Gerber, when Blondeau was chosen to be a part of Dolce & Gabbana’s Spring 2017 campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n Since she earned worldwide fame as the world’s most beautiful girl, Blondeau has mingled with the cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of the industry, including Jourdan Dunn and Gigi Hadidi, as well as famous nepo babies like\u00a0Brooklyn Beckham<\/a>, who used to live next door to her in the exclusive London<\/a>\u00a0neighborhood of Kensington.\u00a0<\/p>\n Today, she juggles her career as a model and social media influencer with her role as an entrepreneur.\u00a0<\/p>\n Her most recent venture is a beauty and haircare brand, Enalyht, which has as its tagline: ‘Born from need. Made with care’.<\/p>\n The 24-year-old posed for photographers ahead of the Zimmermann Womenswear show at Paris Fashion Week on Monday<\/p>\n On her Instagram, Thylane posts sultry selfies and behind-the-scenes snaps of her jet-setting lifestyle, showing off her darker hair but still with the same pout and piercing blue eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n She models her wardrobe and gives fans glimpses of her dog as well as her red-carpet looks and luxury holidays.\u00a0<\/p>\n And with all the star power behind her, she’s challenging industry expectations and previously revealed she would not be adhering to size 0 beauty standards.<\/p>\n She told The Telegraph: ‘I don’t want to be skinny. Even if people are like, ‘she’s not that skinny, she can’t do this show,’ I’m just like, ‘ok fine, I’m not going to do that show.’\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘I’m not going to be skinny and not eat for them. If I want to eat, I can eat. I eat burgers. I’m not going to change this ever.’<\/p>\n She added she enjoys tucking in to a burger and thinks its important that people see her personality rather than just her good looks.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former child model, dubbed the ‘most beautiful in the world’ when she was six, is now all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[92,77,368,459,84424,161858,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-490751","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-femail","11":"tag-instagram","12":"tag-paris-fashion-week","13":"tag-thylane-blondeau","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115355066933266785","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Former](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/98042103-14679305-Aged_just_six_Thylane_Blondeau_reached_the_career_heights_most_m-a-55_174644664667.jpeg\")
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