Background
Yasmin Parvaneh was born in Oxford, England, the youngest child of an Iranian father and an English mother.
Yasmin Parvaneh was born in Oxford, England, the youngest child of an Iranian father and an English mother.
She modeled for a local agency while she attended school, and after leaving signed with Models 1 Agency in London.
In April 1987, she was hired by Guess? for an advertising campaign. Throughout the late 1980s, she appeared on the cover of the first American and British issues of Elle. She has also been on the covers of Vogue, V, I.D., Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and Harper"s Bazaar.
In 2003, she signed an exclusive deal with designer Matthew Williamson and his sponsor, Ariel Essential.
Designing
Her second collection was launched in March 2010. Each year, the three-day event passes through nearly 200 Italian towns from Brescia to Rome and back, recreating the original races which took place between 1927 and 1957.
She and her co-driver, David Gandy, were part of “Team Jaguar”, driving a 1950 Jaguar XK120. They re-entered the race, ultimately finishing in 158th place out of 415 cars.