Her mother was a top model in the 1990s.
She was often compared to Gwyneth Paltrow because she had high cheekbones, almond eyes, long and straight blonde hair, and a very slender frame.
The model mom walked for Versace and Chanel, and was on the cover of Vogue and Elle, among many other magazines.
She fell in love with a Hollywood nepo baby who worked as an actor and musician.
And then they had this little one who is now a clone of her ’90s-era mom.
Dad’s sister is a big ’80s movie star who worked with John Cusack, Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr.
Mom and daughter were side by side this weekend at the 2023 LACMA Art+Film Gala at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Who is this teenager?
Her mother was a top model in the 1990s. She fell in love with a Hollywood nepo baby who worked as an actor and musician. Dad’s sister is a big 80s movie star who worked with John Cusack, Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr. Mom and daughter were side by side this weekend at the 2023 LACMA Art+Film Gala. Who is this teenager?
She is 19-year-old Violet Hume.
Her full name is Violet Lilac Jean Hume.
Her mother is 47-year-old model Kristy Hume, a Scottish model who came to prominence in the 1990s alongside Cindy Crawford.
Dad is 56-year-old Donovan Leitch, an English-born American actor, singer and former model.
He is the son of the singer-songwriter Donovan – best known for the song Mellow Yellow – and the brother of actress Ione Skye.
Ione was in the ’80s film Say Anything with John Cusack.
She also worked with Keanu Reeves on River’s Edge and Robert Downey Jr on One Night Stand.
And she wed Australian singer Ben Lee who once dated Claire Danes.
Her uncle is the late Paralympic athlete Elliot Hume, who was born with cerebral palsy, but went on to make a significant contribution to Scottish sport as an international severely disabled athlete in the 1980s, when such events were not so high profile.
Violet has been modeling plenty already. The looker already has tons of reps: DNA Models and Viva Paris among them.
Reveal: She is 19-year-old Violet Hume. Her full name is Violet Lilac Jean Hume. Her mother is 47-year-old model Kristy Hume, a Scottish model who came to prominence in the 1990s alongside Cindy Crawford. Dad is 56-year-old Donovan Leitch, an English-born American actor, singer and former model
She still looks great: Kristy was a big name in the ’90s who worked with Cindy Crawford and Claudia Schiffer
Catwalk kitty: Violet has been modeling plenty already. The looker already has tons of reps: DNA Models and Viva Paris among them
Kristy was a big name in the ’90s who worked with Cindy Crawford and Claudia Schiffer.
After leaving the modeling industry for more than a decade, the mother-of-one returned with her daughter in tow years ago.
Kirsty and Violet posed together for a stunning mother-daughter spread featured in the January 2018 issue of Vogue magazine, and its clear that the teen has inherited her Scottish mom’s ethereal good looks.
One outdoor shot taken by photographer Zoë Ghertner sees Violet hugging her mother from behind with her eyes closed, while Kirsty stares off into the distance.
Two decades ago, Kirsty was discovered by famed photographer Patrick Demarchelier and quickly rose to fame, walking for high-end labels such as Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, and Chanel.
Early years: Kirsty and Donovan are pictured with Violet in 2005, a year after she was born. The couple later divorced in 2014 after a three-year separation
Lookalikes: Kirsty and Violet share the same long blonde hair, perfect bone structure, and toothy smiles
Ethereal beauty: The mother-daughter duo were their signature blonde hair in natural waves
Kirsty went on to book a high-profile beauty campaign with Chanel and work as a Victoria’s Secret Angel, but the constant stream of modeling jobs made her realize that city life wasn’t for her.
She famously stated that the most exciting thing about modeling was ‘the money,’ and looking back at her time in the city, Kirsty admitted in the latest issue of Vogue: ‘I am not an urban creature.’
The model and her former husband, Donovan, spent some time in Woodstock, New York, before they moved to Los Angeles in 2001.
Violet was born three years later, but Kirsty longed to be even closer to nature than she was in the sprawling city.
Kirsty and her daughter moved to Topanga Canyon, an hour outside of Los Angeles.
Catwalker: Kirsty was a famous model in the 1990s, and at the height of her modeling career, Kirsty was walking for Gucci and Anna Sui
Strutting her stuff: The model walked the runway as a Victoria’s Secret Angel in 1999
Superstar: The model booked a beauty campaign with Chanel (left) at the age of 19 and was photographed for Vogue in 1995 (right)
Throwback: When she was dating her former husband, Donovan Leitch, they starred in a Vogue editorial that was shot in London in 1995
Kirsty celebrated her return to the fashion world in 2014 when Violet was 10 years old and modeling for Zara.
Looking back at her illustrious career, she admitted she didn’t really understand why Victoria’s Secret hired her.
‘I’m not exactly a classic lingerie girl, I didn’t think,’ she told Vogue.com at the time. ‘I’m quite a quiet person and not really someone who relishes being dressed up and put on a stage…
‘I became a face of Chanel beauty when I was 19 and it feels like another life when I think about it now, but in many ways it felt like another life even then! “Where am I?! What am I doing?!” she added.
‘I never really made a decision to leave fashion, but this definitely feels like a conscious return.’
Nature lover: Kirsty moved to Topanga Canyon with Violet two and a half years ago
Stunning: Kirsty paid tribute to her lookalike daughter by sharing this photo in April, a few weeks after Violet’s 13th birthday
