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Kate Moss at 50: how she stayed on top, by those who know her

The drink, drug scandals and dubious boyfriends are gone – but the cheekbones and mystique remain. Rankin, Edward Enninful and Matthew Williamson speak to Laura Pullman

Kate Moss has been ever-present through entire eras of British cultural life
Kate Moss has been ever-present through entire eras of British cultural life
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The Sunday Times

Fifty is about to become the new forty (again). On Tuesday, Kate Moss will hit her half-century in Mustique, the Caribbean island beloved by royals, rock stars and the super-rich who like their luxury low key. She has plenty to celebrate: her thriving wellness company, her modelling agency and the fact that her status as Britain’s chief supermodel-cum-cultural icon is unthreatened.

Over the years, there have been drug scandals, debauchery and some seriously dodgy boyfriends, but Teflon Moss has somehow sailed through it all. Only Moss could cavort with pimpled Pete Doherty and collaborate with oleaginous Philip Green and come out unscathed.

How does she do it? Others have fallen away through age, scandal or sheer exhaustion. How does Moss keep her crown?

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