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and Paula Yates.

Early life

Geldof is the third daughter of

and Paula Yates.Pixie Geldof is a Tatler cover girl
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, ''

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'', 12 January 2006 ("is the youngest of Sir Bob's three daughters by the late TV presenter Paula Yates...") She is also the biological granddaughter of Hughie Green. Pixie had two sisters, Fifi Trixibelle Geldof (born 1983) and Peaches Geldof (1989–2014), and has a half-sister, Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldof (born 1996), from her mother's relationship with

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frontman

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. Her great-grandmother was Jewish.

Career

Modelling

Her first magazine cover modelling appearance was for '' Tatler'' in 2008.Pixie Geldof is Covergirl for Italian ''Vogue''
''The Daily Telegraph'', 9 February 2009 She has also been the face of advertising campaigns for

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, Henry Holland, Razzle, Agent Provocateur, Loewe and

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, as well as modelling for

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, Luella and

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. She modelled for Debenhams in 2010.

Music

Geldof is the lead singer of the band Violet, who released their first single in May 2012. She was scheduled to DJ at the 2014 Coachella in April but cancelled it due to the death of her sister. She released her first album ''I'm Yours'' in November 2016. It was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Tony Hoffer.

Activism

Geldof has a passion for marine wildlife, especially sharks. She is an advocate for

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and was one of the ambassadors for the #PassOnPlastic campaign against the pollution of water by single use plastic led by Project Zero and Sky Ocean Rescue. She also advocates against

animal testing Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research, and ''in vivo'' testing, is the use of non-human animals in experiments that seek to control the variables that affect the behavior or biological system under study. This ...

in the cosmetic industry. In October 2018, she was part of a delegation that went to the United Nations in New York City to present a petition launched by The Body Shop to end cosmetic animal testing worldwide.

Personal life

As of February 2013, Geldof lived in

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with George Barnett, drummer of

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. The couple married in June 2017 in

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. They have one child, a daughter, born in 2021. In August 2021, Pixie shared on Instagram that she made her Irish citizenship official and got an Irish passport. Geldof is a

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and advocates against animal testing.

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