Twiggy
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Sep 13, 2026
TwiggyGUEST
[upbeat music] Hi, I'm Twiggy, and this is My Monday Morning.
Lane FlorsheimHOST
Twiggy is one of the most iconic models of all time.
Lane FlorsheimHOST
She's the Face of '66, the famous doe-eyed pixie girl.
Lane FlorsheimHOST
She's got a new biographical documentary about to come out in the US, and it covers her meteoric rise as a model, and how she left modeling after just a few years to act, sing, and raise her daughter.
Lane FlorsheimHOST
For her Monday morning, Twiggy told me about making her documentary, the many tuxedos in her closet, and the unusual secret to her success.
Lane FlorsheimHOST
We'll get right into it after this break.
Lane FlorsheimHOST
[upbeat music]
ChrisHOST
Who's gonna get it? Who's gonna get the drum roll this time? Well, it's from 1968, and it's from another folk singer, or another small pocket of folk singers.
ChrisHOST
She's Welsh born and was discovered by Twiggy on a television talent show called Opportunity Knocks, and Twiggy recommended her to Paul McCartney, who then signed her to Apple Records, one of the first artists to sign with Apple Records.
ChrisHOST
She had three Top 40 hits in her career in the United States between 1968 and 1970, but only one of them hit top 10, and it's this song.
ChrisHOST
The song was originally released in 1962 by the folk trio The Limelighters, but her version was much better.
NKHOST
And he started this because of how terribly his wife was being treated for being plus-sized.
NKHOST
But before that, back in 1967, so two years prior to him making this group, a radio host organized a fat inn in Central Park where participants were burning pictures of Twiggy to protest anti-fat discrimination.
NKHOST
So Twiggy was a British model who at 17 years old became the face of the 1960s fashion.
NKHOST
She was extremely thin at the time when that specific body type had never been the dominant beauty standard.
NKHOST
And overnight, her image was on every magazine cover worldwide telling women that they should look like her.
NKHOST
And it was very different from the 1950s fashion because the women were more curvier, but the 1960s came along and it was about being slim like Twiggy.
NKHOST
They actually called her Twiggy because of how slim she was.
NKHOST
I feel like that's insulting, but I mean, she goes by that name now, so there's that, but a mess.
Jimmy SmithHOST
Absolutely.
Jimmy SmithHOST
Twiggy says...
Jimmy SmithHOST
The problem with that
LeeHOST
is back five.
Nick RitterHOST
It's not in the name index.
Nick RitterHOST
Oh, Twiggy.
Nick RitterHOST
Oh, then 14.
Nick RitterHOST
Oh,
Chick McGeeHOST
Uh, let's see, Alex Zverev, Zv- v- v- v- v- he won on the men's side.
Chick McGeeHOST
And, uh, Twiggy the Squirrel, and, uh, man walks to Ireland from Istanbul in bare feet.
Tom GriswoldHOST
Isn't it Squirreler?
Chick McGeeHOST
And, um-
Tom GriswoldHOST
Yes
Chick McGeeHOST
...
Chick McGeeHOST
Twiggy the, Twiggy the Squirreler?
Tom GriswoldHOST
We're going with Squirreler from now on.
Ryan CristiánHOST
Why? Because he slanted the machine and it got too weirded out and it exposed itself.
Ryan CristiánHOST
And then it had to admit, yes, it was Twiggy.
Ryan CristiánHOST
And every time we go, oh, man, it's a glitch.
Ryan CristiánHOST
No, they were trying to lie to you and cover up the truth.
Ian La FrenaisGUEST
And in the documentary, which is called My Generation... and you can watch it on Netflix.
Ian La FrenaisGUEST
Paul McCartney, who we interviewed, and Roger Daltrey and Twiggy and Bailey, he said, suddenly we were going to the cinema and people talked like us.
Ian La FrenaisGUEST
And that was kind of revolutionary.
Ian La FrenaisGUEST
So that kind of inspired Dick and I when we thought, could we be writers? Could we write this stuff?
Sadie FrostGUEST
Quant did really well.
Sadie FrostGUEST
Um, when, um, I was doing the press for Quant, I met Twiggy and did her podcast, Tea with Twiggy.
Sadie FrostGUEST
And-
Martin DeesonHOST
Oh, is that how the film came about?
Sadie FrostGUEST
Shall we do one?"
Martin DeesonHOST
Mm.
Sadie FrostGUEST
So I literally finished Quant, started Twiggy, and then finished Twiggy, and then during the finishing of Twiggy I spoke to Rachel Townsend, who's amazing.
Sadie FrostGUEST
Uh, she produces Ballet about Quadrophenia.
Rich KimballHOST
Join us next week.
Rich KimballHOST
Twiggy is with us.
Rich KimballHOST
Yeah.
Rich KimballHOST
1960s supermodel and actress Twiggy next week, plus Chad Finn of the Boston Globe and more.
Rich KimballHOST
I'm Rich Kimble.
Rich KimballHOST
Hope you have a great week.
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