Just married, 90s top model Georgina Cooper dies at 46

On Thursday 8th November, Georgina Cooper was confirmed dead by her friends via Instagram. The model was famous in the 90s for the gap in her teeth and being very close to Kate Moss.

The model was in the Greek island Kos when her condition worsened and she was flown to a hospital in Crete. She “tragically died [in Greece] a fortnight ago,” as her agent, Dean Goodman, told The Daily Mail.

Ms Cooper’s cause of death was a blood-brain haemorrhage as the former mentioned media reports, although her agent has not confirmed this. The haemorrhage was a result of long COVID and the model had suffered for a long time with health issues.

Her final days were spent in the ICU; and after five days in a worsened condition, the British model passed away. On the 28th October, her body was flown back to the UK.

The former model (who had retired from the business to look after her son, Sonny) had a special affinity to Greece. According to her agent: “She loved Greece and told me that she was going back with her new husband.” 

Georgina Cooper was 46 years old and had just got married. As The Independent tells us, she had married her partner, Nigel, just this past Summer. 

The pair got married in Kent, England in an intimate ceremony and had their reception in a local pub. At that point, she had given up modelling and was working in the hospitality industry, in a chain of pubs. she was already suffering from health issues.

"Georgina had been unwell during Covid and had developed some health problems and had been in and out of hospital,” agent Dean Goodman said, as quoted by People. “But she had plans for the future. She had just married and was looking forward to her life. Everybody is devastated. She was a genuine superstar.”

The superstar was a popular name in the 1990s. Or perhaps many may remember her as ‘the original gap-toothed girl’. Her face was recognised in the media and well-known in the modelling world, having been on the cover of the face and US Vogue.

As Women’s Wear Daily comments, Georgina Cooper was a regular on the runways where she represented brands like Helmut Lang, Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein and Hussein Chalayan. In 1998 she walked for Gucci (pictured).

Her success was not only her looks and the gap in the teeth - it was also her personality, as is clear from the tributes pouring out from the fashion world. Many who knew her describe her as having an infectious personally, didn’t take herself too seriously and had a genuine warmth about her.

“Georgina was a ray of light, a very popular model who was riotous fun, always laughing and being naughty in all the best ways. We all wanted to hang out with George backstage. Her achievements in the industry were huge,” her friend, Jada Parfitt, told MailOnline.

Parfitt added that Cooper’s friends and family were ‘absolutely devastated’ by her death. The model had surely made a difference in her industry and in many people’s lives. RIP Georgina Cooper.

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