United Kingdom, Sept. 22 -- Twiggy's life was changed by a trip to a hair salon.

The 77-year-old star was initially discovered in improbable circumstances, after a fashion editor saw a photo of her in a London hair salon.

Twiggy told People: "It was mad, really.

"I couldn't have planned any of it. If I'd gone to a modelling agency and said 'I'd like to model,' they'd have turned me away. I was too short. I was too small. I just didn't have the measurements."

In 1966, Twiggy headed to a hair salon in preparation for a night out.

The iconic star said: "It was serendipity, because I went to that salon to have my hair styled, and Leonard [Lewis, the celebrity hairdresser], saw me and said, 'Can I cut your hair?'

"The funny thing was, I ...