'World's most beautiful girl' issues respect warning to paparazzi after wedding incident
A woman once referred to as the 'most beautiful girl in the world' has issued a heartfelt plea to the paparazzi who gatecrashed her wedding.
Thylane Blondeau was just four when she started modelling for the likes of Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, and Hugo Boss.
The French beauty queen is the daughter of former Premier League footballer Patrick Blondeau and TV star Véronika Loubry, and was named as 'the most beautiful girl in the world' in the TC Candler’s annual 100 Most Beautiful Faces of the Year list aged 17.
At 25, the celebrity model is now married after announcing her engagement to French DJ Ben Attal back in March.
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"I said yes to my best friend. Here’s to forever," she wrote alongside a photo of what looked like a rather expensive engagement ring.
However, the couple who have reportedly been dating for six years, couldn’t enjoy their wedding like a normal husband and wife because of the paparazzi.
In a statement posted on social media, Blondeau wrote: “This message is addressed to photographers and magazines.
“The fact that you were present outside the town hall today didn't bother me at all. You were simply doing your job.
“I've always had a great deal of respect for paparazzi ever since I started modeling.
“Throughout all these years, I have never refused a photo, and I have always tried to be kind and respectful to each and every one of you.”
She added: “However, the fact that some people entered the town hall and shared videos of our ceremony deeply upset and saddened me.
“There is a difference between photographing an event from the outside and intruding on a moment that belonged to our private lives.
“I simply wish that boundary had been respected.
“Today, I wasn't a news story. I was simply a woman getting married.”
Blondeau previously admitted that the title she was given never seemed to resonate with her on a personal level.
“People are like, ‘You know, you’re the most beautiful girl in the world’, and you’re like, ‘I’m not, I’m just playing with my iPad',” she told The Telegraph in 2018.
"Even today, people are like, ‘You are the most beautiful girl’, and I’m like, ‘No, I’m still not, I’m just a human being, a teenager'."
Last year, she was forced to address claims that she had work done on her face.
“I know that in this generation people tend to do things very early, but I’ve never touched anything,” she wrote on Instagram.
“You can look at photos of me when I was younger nothing has changed.
“People love to compare and make things up but just because I wear makeup or use a lip liner doesn’t mean I’ve had my lips or face done. At some point we need to stop with that.”
Topics: Celebrity, World News
Anish Vij