She lit up the 1970s with her beachy good looks and megawatt smile that made her a Vogue cover girl and a model for Calvin Klein.
Now supermodel Patti Hansen has turned 70 years old as tributes poured in on social media.
Famed makeup artist Sandy Linter, who used to date ’70s model Gia Carangi, said, ‘Happy Birthday Patti ☘️ Me doing Patti’s makeup in the 1990’s I think I’ll Rock Patti Pictures all day long.’
The beauty with Norwegian ancestry from New York still looks sensational today as she stays in top shape as seen in images posted to Instagram.
She is also the wife of 82-year-old Rolling Stones musician Keith Richards – whom she wed in 1983. The 5ft9in star and the rock god are still going strong.
See what the legend looks like now as she hits the major milestone.
She lit up the 1970s with her beachy good looks and megawatt smile and on Tuesday she turned 70. Seen posing for Vogue in 1975
The looker also landed on the cover of Vogue several times
This blue-eyed beauty with strawberry blonde hair got her start as a young teen.
Hansen was discovered by photographer Peter Gert at age 14.
After Gert took Hansen to a party hosted by Wilhelmina Cooper, former model and owner of the Wilhelmina Models, Cooper signed the teen to her agency.
Hansen then moved from Staten Island into New York City to get a jump on her new career.
She picked up modeling jobs while studying at the Professional Children’s School in Manhattan.
One of her first gigs was posing for the cover of Seventeen magazine as she looked like a girl next door and a bit like Taylor Swift.
Years later she graduated to the covers of Vogue and Glamour where slick 1970s glamour was key.
Hansen holding a bicycle wearing a plaid suit by Ellen Tracy, left, and her Seventeen cover, right, in the 1970s
The model in her salad days wearing a blue Jantzen bathing suit in an image taken by Arthur Elgort for Conde Nast in the 1970s
Hansen posed for a portrait in 1976 in New York City
Holding a towel around her naked body, while looking at the camera, standing in the ocean surf on the beach at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida in a shoot from Arthur Elgort
In June 1977, she posed for the cover of the summer issue of GQ magazine
Seen left in 1976 and right on her Cosmopolitan cover
The star with husband Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones in 1988
And she often showed off her figure in sexy low-cut dresses on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine.
The charismatic star then was in a Calvin Klein campaign and posed for Revlon as well as Courreges.
She then went to acting with the film They All Laughed with Audrey Hepburn and Hard To Hold with Rick Springfield.
Later was seen in a Guerlain ad and campaigns for Italian fashion house Versace.
She wed Keith in 1983 in Mexico and they live in Connecticut now. In addition to Theodora, they have daughter Alexandra.
She still models for Vogue and has been in French Playboy.
Her husband Richards is one of the most famous musicians of all time as he is best known for his guitar playing and rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle.
Hansen (L) and Keith Richards attend the Gonzo Girl premiere during 2025 Tribeca Film Festival at SVA Theatre in NYC in June 2025
On the cover of Vogue Italy
Richards is an original member, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-principal songwriter of the Rolling Stones.
His songwriting partnership with the band’s lead vocalist Mick Jagger is one of the most successful in history.
Richards was born in and grew up in Dartford, Kent.
After graduating college he started playing with Jagger, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, Ian Stewart and Brian Jones in The Rolling Stones.
And he has acted too: He appeared in two Pirates of the Caribbean films as Captain Teague, father of Jack Sparrow.
In 1989, Richards was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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