‘Most beautiful girl in the world’ pictured decade later and people are stunned
Thylane Blondeau was given her nickname when she was six years old
Britt Jones
A six-year-old once called the ‘most beautiful girl in the world’ is now all grown up, and people can't get over how she looks now.
Thylane Blondeau is a French model who was a common feature on magazine front pages and high-profile fashion events when she was a child.
Having been first thrown into fame at three years old after catching the eye of an agent for Jean Paul Gaultier at an event by the Champs-Élysées in Paris, her future was destined in front of the cameras.
As the daughter of French footballer Patrick Blondeau and TV presenter Veronika Loubry, she probably wasn’t a stranger to fame, but couldn’t possibly predict how early she’d have her own.
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Thanks to her blue eyes, golden skin, and locks, she featured as a model for Miu Miu, Dolce & Gabbana, L'Oréal Paris, and Versace, before Vogue Enfants featured her on its cover.
She then worked for Ralph Lauren and Hugo Boss and was given the nickname 'the most beautiful girl in the world' by Vogue Enfants.
It feels like a lifetime ago, as now Blondeau is 24 and works as a part-time model, while also being a fashion and beauty businesswoman with her clothing brand, Heaven May.
She recently came out to give an update on herself this year, leaving people shocked after photos of herself at Paris Fashion Week were shared on social media.
The French model was at the Miu Miu show on Monday (13 October) and was photographed outside the Palais d’Iéna, wearing a brown wool suit, and people were left stunned, with many quick to compliment how 'beautiful' she looked.
One person said online: “She truly is stunning. It seems like yesterday she was just a little girl. Time flies!" while another wrote: “Stunning absolutely."
Someone else said: “Certainly beautiful," and a fourth commented: "She's beautiful, no doubt."
Like many celebrities before her, Blondeau has been hit with plastic surgery accusations, and she took to her Instagram to clap back at the comments.
In response to someone talking about her lips, she wrote: “I know that in this generation people tend to do things very early, but I’ve never touched anything.
“You can look at photos of me when I was younger, nothing has changed. People love to compare and make things up, but just because I wear makeup or use a lip liner doesn’t mean I’ve had my lips or face done.
"At some point we need to stop with that."
As for how she feels about her nickname, the model told The Telegraph in 2018: "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'."