Overview
- Selfe, who held a 2023 Guinness World Record as the oldest professional female model, died Saturday at 97, her family and agency confirmed.
- Her daughter told The New York Times she died in a residential care home, and the family said she died peacefully with no cause disclosed.
- Her family noted on Instagram that her final professional engagement was in June 2025 at the Vogue luncheon on Royal Ascot Ladies Day.
- Models 1 announced her passing with a photo tribute as photographers, models, and colleagues shared remembrances of her influence.
- Her seven-decade career began in the 1940s, paused for family life, then surged after a 1998 London Fashion Week return, leading to work with major outlets, a British Empire Medal, a 2015 memoir, and the Daphne Selfe Academy for mentoring.