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Patti Hansen was one of the biggest names in modeling in the 1970s and 1980s as she represented healthy living.
The siren also acted in films and hit red carpet events in Hollywood.
Now the Harper's Bazaar favorite has proved she still has her stunning good looks as she posted a new image to Instagram in a rare move.
The wife of 82-year-old Rolling Stones musician Keith Richards - whom she wed in 1983 - had a fresh tan and light locks as she posed on a beach.
The 5ft9in star was modeling a fun outfit.
The Staten Island native wrote in her caption, 'Thanks so much @watskinofficial for sending me this cool protective sunwear.'
Patti Hansen was one of the biggest names in modeling as she represented healthy living; seen here in 1976. This week she shared a rare photo of herself to Instagram
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
The looker also landed on the cover of Cosmopolitan, left, and Vogue, right
This blue-eyed beauty with strawberry blonde hair got her start as a young teen.
Hansen, who is part Norwegian, 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 he looked like a girl next door.
Years later she graduated to the covers of Vogue and Glamour where sick 1970s glamour was key.
Wearing a blue-gray off-the shoulder skintight dress for Vogue in 1975
Hansen posed for a portrait in 1976 in New York City
In June 1977, she posed for the cover of the summer issue of GQ magazine
The star with husband Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones in 2001
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 models for Vogue and has been in French Playboy.
Here the star is seen in a new Instagram post made this week; she is 69-years-old
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.
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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