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Lily Luahana Cole is an English actress, model, author, and entrepreneur. Cole pursued a modelling career as a teenager and was listed in 2009 by Vogue Paris as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s. She was booked for her first British Vogue cover at age 16, named "Model of the Year" at the 2004 British Fashion Awards and has worked with many well-known brands, including Alexander McQueen, Chanel…
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business · English actress, model and film director (born 1987) · actor · model · stage actor · film actor · entrepreneur · environmentalist · film director · also Lily Cole, Cole
Born 27 December 1987 · Q235455
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In terms of actions, diet is a main thing for me, it's something I can control. I eat mostly vegan, probably like 95 per cent plus. … I've tried to consume less and support more sustainable businesses. … The biggest thing is probably a mindset shift, pushing against the narrative that we need to buy more, do more, and moving out of a mindset of waste.
s 2007 book Green Is The New Black, a guide to being fashionable while remaining eco-friendly. In 2013 it was announced that Cole would receive the Doctor of Letters for her
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“In terms of actions, diet is a main thing for me, it's something I can control. I eat mostly vegan, probably like 95 per cent plus. … I've tried to consume less and support more sustainable businesses. … The biggest thing is probably a mindset shift, pushing against the narrative that we need to buy more, do more, and moving out of a mindset of waste.”
Cole came out as queer during an interview with The Sunday Times Style
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The book was turned into a podcast in which Cole invites guests with different perspectives to explore critical issues—and their relationship to the environment—ranging from technology and food to mental health and capit
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Cole published Who Cares Wins, a book about how humans' lives impact the planet and how humans can respond to climate emergency challenges
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Co-wrote Balls, a short film exploring connections between the Foundling Hospital story and Emily Brontë's much-loved novel Wuthering Heights
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Cole starred in the title role in the three-part docu-drama miniseries Elizabeth I, which aired on Channel 5 from 9 to 23 May
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Cole was appointed a Fellow of the Foundling Museum in London
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It was announced that Cole would receive the Doctor of Letters for her "outstanding contribution to humanitarian and environmental causes" from the chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University, Professor Muhammad Yunus
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PETA cited her efforts to make consumers aware of animal products in cosmetics and declared her to be one of the "Sexiest Vegetarians" of the year
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By Vogue Paris as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s
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Switched to history of art and graduated in 2011 with a double first
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“s 2007 book Green Is The New Black, a guide to being fashionable while remaining eco-friendly. In 2013 it was announced that Cole would receive the Doctor of Letters for her”
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Lily took part in the Tree-Athlon in Battersea Park, a fundraising event by Trees for Cities combining a 5km run, tree planting, and urban tree wishes to support community tree planting projects
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Cole announced she would no longer model for De Beers after being alerted to the situation of the Kalahari Bushmen being evicted from their lands in Botswana
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Her modelling career began in 2003 when she was approached in the street by Benjamin Hart of Storm Models
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Was photographed by Steven Meisel for Italian Vogue
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At age 13 by fashion photographer Mariano Vivanco
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Born 1987-12-27.
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