 She was brought up in Hawaii from the age of four.She was approached by a model scout on a visit to Japan with her mother and signed up as the face of Kanebo cosmetics at 15.She moved to London, where she worked for designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Versace and Valentino, and married photographer David Bailey when she was 23, having met him when he chose her for a photographic session for "Vogue".