Background
The granddaughter of Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire and Deborah Mitford, one of the well-known aristocratic siblings the Mitford sisters, Tennant was born in Scotland and attended Street Leonards School in Street Andrews. Tobias William Tennant, son of the 2nd Baron Glenconner, and Lady Emma Cavendish.
Education
University of Southampton.
Career
Her parents are The Honorary Tennant was studying sculpture at the Winchester School of Art when she was "discovered". She sent photographs of herself to a high fashion magazine, and a friend introduced her to fashion writer Plum Sykes.
She had recently had her nasal septum pierced, which was an unusual look for models at the time, and Sykes was taken aback.
"One key shoot she (Isabella Blow) did was photographer Steven Meisel"s Anglo-Saxon Attitudes in 1993, informally known as the "London babes" shoot. At a cost of around £80,000, it is still the most expensive shoot for British Vogue.
Isabella Blow"s brief was to find beautiful aristocratic English girls to inspire Meisel. Meisel then used her on the cover of Italian Vogue.
Soon after, Karl Lagerfeld announced Tennant as the new face of Chanel, with an exclusive contract.
Tennant has appeared on fashion runways for Shiatzy Chen, Chanel and is a muse of the designer Karl Lagerfeld. She has also appeared in numerous advertising campaigns, including Calvin Klein, Chanel, Hermès, and Burberry. In 2010, she starred in L.K.Bennett"s new Spring Summer campaign photographed by Tim Walker.
During the Closing Ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, Tennant was one of the British models wearing fashions created by British designers specifically for the event.
In 2009, Tennant worked with green lifestyle organisation Global Cool to promote using less energy at home. She made a video with them and became one of the faces of their Turn Up The Style, Turn Down The Heat campaign.
In August 2014, Tennant was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September"s referendum on that issue.