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Jasmine Leonora Guinness (born 28 September 1976) is an Irish designer and a fashion model active since 1994. She is also an heiress to the Guinness brewing fortune.

Personal life

She is the daughter of Patrick Guinness and Liz Casey. She was educated at St. Columba's College,

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, in

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. She also spent a year at

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. She and Gawain O'Dare Rainey were engaged on 31 January 2005 and married on 1 July 2006 in

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, Ireland. The wedding was extensively covered in '' Hello!'' magazine (in the issue dated 18 July 2006) and attended by 500 guests, including the designer of her draped silk dress,

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, Anjelica Huston,

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, Jade Parfitt, Erin O'Connor,

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and

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. Her husband is the son of

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and the Hon. Jane Ormsby-Gore, a daughter of David, 5th Lord Harlech. They have two sons and a daughter together.

Modelling career

A portrait of her is held at the National Portrait Gallery in London. She has modelled for various perfume and make-up campaigns, including

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and Shu Uemura. She was the face of the "Goffs Million" horse races at the

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in September 2007, an event that paid the highest winnings of any race meeting in Europe. In 2009 she was the face of the " Arthur's Day" event celebrating her ancestor Arthur Guinness. In March and December 2011 she was again the subject of articles in ''

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''. 2014 marked a revival of Guinness' modelling career as she led Jaeger's AW14 campaign alongside her mother Liz and fellow models

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and

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. Her range largely included knitwear; including cardigans, skirts and sweater dresses.

Family

Guinness is the great-granddaughter of

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(later Lady Mosley), who was one of the

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, and her first husband

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, later the 2nd Lord Moyne. Her paternal grandfather, the Hon.

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, was a conservationist specialising in Georgian and classical architecture, while her paternal grandmother,

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, was born Marie-Gabrielle, Princess of Urach. Desmond and Mariga Guinness were co-founders of the

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. Guinness's maternal family was researched in the RTÉ programme ''Where Was Your Family During the Famine?''RTE website page
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Ancestors

Notes

External links

Vogue story 2003Daily Telegraph 2006
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Miss Jasmine Guinness
at Debrett's ''People of Today''
www.style.it 2007Roberto Cavalli 2007
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Jasmine Guinness Jasmine Leonora Guinness (born 28 September 1976) is an Irish designer and a fashion model active since 1994. She is also an Beneficiary, heiress to the Guinness family, Guinness brewing fortune. Personal life She is the daughter of Patrick Gui ...

People educated at St Columba's College, Dublin Alumni of the University of Southampton Irish female models Irish people of German descent Living people