90s supermodel Georgina Cooper dies aged 46 just months after getting married-Brooke Ivey Johnson-Entertainment – Metro

Georgina Cooper has died at 46 years old (Picture: Getty Images)

British supermodel Georgina Cooper has died at the age of 46.

Cooper was on the Greek island of Kos with her new husband, Nigel, who she married just months ago, when she died.

The couple were setting up a bar on the island, where they have family.

One of the most iconic faces of the 1990s ‘Cool Britannia’ aesthetic, Cooper first began modelling when she was just 15 and quickly rose to superstardom.

Her agent Dean Goodman told MailOnline today: ‘She loved Greece and told me that she was going back with her new husband – but she has tragically died there a fortnight ago.

‘Georgina had been unwell during Covid and had developed some health problems and had been in and out of hospital.

The model was one of the biggest stars of the 90s (Picture: Getty Images)

‘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’.

Cooper was one of a generation of iconic models, including her friend Kate Moss, who helped redefine the UK in the eyes of the world in the 90s.

Model and friend Jade Parfitt told MailOnline: ‘Her friends and family are absolutely devastated, 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.’

She was known as the original ‘gap-toothed girl’ (Picture: Fairchild Archive/Penske Media via Getty Images)

After modeling for major fashion houses including Alexander McQueen, Burberry, and Stella McCartney, Cooper decided to leave the industry to raise her only child, Sonny.

She said in 2018: ‘After I had my son I just couldn’t bear to leave him alone and I wanted to be there for him. I tried to continue modeling but it broke my heart when I had to leave him for work. 

‘I focused on modeling assignments in London but my life was at a crossroads and I decided that Sonny came first’.

Cooper worked closely with photographer Corinne Day, who saw a young Cooper as a creative muse and loved her now-iconic gap-toothed smile.

Photographer Corrinne Day saw Cooper as a muse (Picture: Davide Maestri/Penske Media via Getty Images)

Cooper said of this experience: ‘I started working with Corinne Day when I was 15. I went to her flat to meet her and Tara Hill. 

Corinne really loved my look—she particularly loved the gap in my teeth—and she liked my personality too. 

‘The following week we did our first shoot for Ray Gun magazine. It was an amazing time—we all had so much fun—and Corrine was brilliant to work with.

‘I was so young at the time I didn’t really understand how influential the work we were doing was until I got older and people would compliment me on the work we did together.’

Cooper’s cause of death remains unknown.

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