Heini Wathén | |
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Other names | Heini Wathén-Fayed |
Occupation | Former model |
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Children | 4, including Omar Fayed |
Heini Wathén-Fayed ( née Wathén; born 24 February 1955) is a Finnish socialite and former model. She is the widow of Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed. [1] She was an officer for The Ritz Hotel, London. [2]
Heini Wathén signed with a modelling agency after winning several beauty pageants in Finland at 17 years old. She graduated from secondary school in 1975 and joined her sister in Paris as a model. She returned to Finland two years later to compete in the Miss Finland contest, but did not make it to the finals. [1]
During the Miss Finland contest Wathén met Dodi Fayed, who was looking for new models in Finland. Fayed arranged for Wathén to model for Pierre Balmain's fashion house. [1]
In Paris, Dodi Fayed introduced Wathén to his father, Mohamed Al-Fayed, who began a relationship with her. Al-Fayed soon invited Wathén to live with him on Park Lane in London. The couple married in 1985, thus Heini Wathén-Fayed became a stepmother to Dodi Fayed. [1]
Wathén-Fayed has four children with Mohamed Al-Fayed: daughters Jasmine [3] (born 1980) and Camilla [4] (born 1985), and sons Karim [5] (born 1983) and Omar [6] (born 1987).
Wathén-Fayed and Al-Fayed lived in Surrey and at a mansion in Espoo, Finland. [1] Al-Fayed died on 30 August 2023, at the age of 94 in London. [7]
Heini Wathén | |
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Born | |
Other names | Heini Wathén-Fayed |
Occupation | Former model |
Spouse | |
Children | 4, including Omar Fayed |
Heini Wathén-Fayed ( née Wathén; born 24 February 1955) is a Finnish socialite and former model. She is the widow of Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed. [1] She was an officer for The Ritz Hotel, London. [2]
Heini Wathén signed with a modelling agency after winning several beauty pageants in Finland at 17 years old. She graduated from secondary school in 1975 and joined her sister in Paris as a model. She returned to Finland two years later to compete in the Miss Finland contest, but did not make it to the finals. [1]
During the Miss Finland contest Wathén met Dodi Fayed, who was looking for new models in Finland. Fayed arranged for Wathén to model for Pierre Balmain's fashion house. [1]
In Paris, Dodi Fayed introduced Wathén to his father, Mohamed Al-Fayed, who began a relationship with her. Al-Fayed soon invited Wathén to live with him on Park Lane in London. The couple married in 1985, thus Heini Wathén-Fayed became a stepmother to Dodi Fayed. [1]
Wathén-Fayed has four children with Mohamed Al-Fayed: daughters Jasmine [3] (born 1980) and Camilla [4] (born 1985), and sons Karim [5] (born 1983) and Omar [6] (born 1987).
Wathén-Fayed and Al-Fayed lived in Surrey and at a mansion in Espoo, Finland. [1] Al-Fayed died on 30 August 2023, at the age of 94 in London. [7]