What Happened To '60s It Girl Pattie Boyd's Iconic Teeth?

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Pattie Boyd is an iconic former model who was popular in London's Swinging Sixties scene. Boyd is also known for her love triangle involving George Harrison and Eric Clapton. Her modeling work gained more visibility after she became one of the women that captured Harrison's heart as his first wife. Accompanying her throughout those successful years was her prominent tooth gap, which became her signature mark. But following Boyd's divorce from Clapton in the '80s, she largely retreated from the spotlight. Whenever she popped up afterward, fans noticed that her teeth looked different. Boyd indeed had her tooth gap fixed after her heyday.

It wasn't something she actively pursued. Instead, a dentist urged her to fill it in. She regretted it, though. "Years later, I thought 'Oh what a mistake, I rather liked my gap' ... " she told The Times in 2007. Even though it's gone, fans still appreciate that she rocked the gap back in her modeling days, helping bring diversity into the fashion world. " ... I loved her natural gap. It made Pattie who she was and was just something more cute and special about her. She had a look where it parted herself away from the normal 60s image that every model had at that time," an Instagram user argued in 2022.

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Not everyone agrees, with some Beatles fans still taking to social media platforms to criticize her appearance, including her former gap-tooth smile. But even among those discussions there are those who remember Boyd's signature look with admiration. "I thought the gap in her teeth was sexy!" a Reddit user defended in 2026. Boyd misses her gap, and that wasn't the only change to her looks she had to learn to live with.

As a former model and '60s icon, Pattie Boyd hasn't always had an easy time accepting the changes that come with age. It ebbs and flows, but she's getting there. "I still feel attractive. It sounds boastful, but I think I'm all right," she wrote in her 2007 memoir, "Wonderful Tonight," published in the U.K. as "Wonderful Today" (via The Guardian). The feeling isn't static, and some days she finds it easier to accept the aging process than others. "I just think, 'Oh my God, are my arms good enough for this T-shirt?'" she said in her interview with The Times. "See, I do love clothes — and clothes look good if you don't look too old."

It helps that Boyd was drawn to modeling because she looked unique. She didn't want to feel the pressure to look classically beautiful and was happy to embrace her imperfections. "When I started modelling in the late 50s, I did well because my image was slightly different. ... I was lucky because magazines were ready to accept a new look," she wrote in her memoir. When she discovered the world of fashion magazines in her late teens, she immediately connected with the changing trend. Unlike the "stiff and sophisticated" models of the previous generation, the early '60s models brought something new to the picture. "These girls were young, fresh, and different. I wanted to be like them," she penned in "Wonderful Tonight."

This mindset seemingly stayed with Boyd and helped the former model appreciate her beauty in her later years, even if it wasn't always easy. "I've become happier in my skin ... I don't mind ageing. I'm stable and quite a happy soul," she wrote (via The Guardian).