Jasmine Guinness
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Jasmine Leonora Guinness (born 28 September 1976) in Dublin is a fashion model[1] since 1994 and an heiress[2] to the Guinness brewing fortune.
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[edit] Personal life
The daughter of Patrick Desmond Carl-Alexander Guinness and his first wife, Liz Casey, she was educated at St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham, near Dublin. She once dated model and guitarist Jesse Wood.[3]
Guinness and Gawain O'Dare Rainey were engaged on 31 January 2005. He is the son of Michael O'Dare Rainey and his former wife, the Hon. Jane Ormsby-Gore, eldest daughter of the 5th Lord Harlech. On 1 July 2006, Guinness and Rainey were married in Leixlip, Ireland.[4] The wedding was extensively covered in "Hello" magazine (18 July 2006) and was attended by 500 guests, including Jasper Conran, Mario Testino, Paddy Moloney, Anjelica Huston, Jacquetta Wheeler, Jade Parfitt, Erin O'Connor, Garech Browne and Philip Treacy.[5] Guinness has two sons by Rainey, one born in 2001 and one born in 2006.
A portrait of her is held at the National Portrait Gallery in London.[6]
Guinness joined the clothing designers in 2007.[7] She has modelled for various perfume and make-up campaigns, including Armani and Shu Uemura. She was the face of the "Goffs Million" horse races at the Curragh in September 2007, an event that paid the highest winnings of any race meeting in Europe.[8]
[edit] Family
Jasmine is a great-granddaughter of Diana Mitford (The Honourable Lady Mosley), who was one of the Mitford sisters, and her first husband Bryan Guinness, later the 2nd Lord Moyne. Her paternal grandfather, the Hon. Desmond Guinness, is a conservationist specializing in Georgian and classical architecture, while her paternal grandmother, Mariga Guinness, was born Marie-Gabrielle, Princess of Urach. The Desmond Guinesses were cofounders of the Irish Georgian Society.
[edit] Notes
- ^ The Coral Eclipse Ladies Day put Sandown Park in the style lead this weekend (Vogue.com UK)
- ^ http://www.virgin.net/lifestyle/fashion/galleries/harpersqueen/gal_01_08.html
- ^ Stars add a subtle shine to the shows
- ^ ShowBiz Ireland - Jasmine Guinness Weds Gawain Rainey in Ireland: Photos
- ^ Checking it out - Telegraph
- ^ Jasmine Guinness, Fashion model
- ^ Oli Fusion
- ^ ireland.com - The Irish Times - Thu, May 31, 2007 - Jasmine Guinness joins 'Bernard the unstoppable' at races
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| Preceded by George Guiness |
Line of succession to the British Throne | Succeeded by Celeste Guiness |
