Footballer’s daughter dubbed ‘world’s most beautiful woman’

She’s the offspring of a football star father and model mother — and it’s easy to see why her Instagram following has soared past five million.

A former English Premier League star’s daughter - who has been dubbed “the most beautiful woman in the world” - is now the one making headlines.

French model Thylane Blondeau, 21, burst on to the modelling scene aged just 10.

She then featured in French Vogue before hitting her teens after she was spotted at a Jean Paul Gaultier show.

Now she has over 5.3 million followers on Instagram as she looks set to eclipse the fame of her parents.

Patrick Blondeau's daughter Thylane has been dubbed the "world's most beautiful woman". Picture: Instagram

Thylane Blondeau walks the runway. (Photo by Dominique Charriau/WireImage)

The stunner is the child of former Sheffield Wednesday and Watford defender Patrick Blondeau.

The now 54-year-old, who won two caps for France, joined the Owls from Monaco at the start of the 1997/98 Premier League campaign.

He only spent one season at Wednesday before heading home to sign Bordeaux and then Marseille.

However, he did return to England with Watford in the Championship for another year in 2001 - just months after the birth of Thylane.

Patrick Blondeau playing for Olympique Marseille (Photo by Matthew Ashton/EMPICS via Getty Images)

Blondeau playing for Monaco. Picture: Ben Radford/Allsport

But the father and daughter duo are not the only famous faces in the family - his ex wife and the model’s mum is French actress and television presenter Veronika Loubry.

The model gained a lot of attention from the media aged just six when her big blue eyes and tousled hair earned her the title “the most beautiful girl in the world”.

Born in Aix-en-Provence, France in 2001, Thylane was tipped to be fashion’s next big thing and drew comparisons to Brigitte Bardot, who appeared in Elle magazine aged 15.

Thylane at 10 years old.

Thylane is now 21. Picture: Instagram

Thylane has one of the world’s most beautiful faces. Picture: Instagram

But it was Thylane’s shoot for a beauty section in Vogue in 2011 that saw her hit the headlines when she became one of the youngest models to ever feature in the magazine.

Since the famous Vogue shoot the star has continued to go from strength to strength with her modelling career working for the likes of Dolce & Gabbana, L’Oreal and creating her own brand back in 2018 named Heaven May.

Thylane was No. 1 in the Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2018.

She said afterwards: “I just can’t believe it myself, thanks so much.”

Thylane has more than five million Instagram followers. Picture: Instagram

She regularly posts from the beaches of Europe. Picture: Instagram

“I talk with them all the time, and often my mother helps me to answer messages.”

And not willing to rest on her laurels, she recently posed in Monte Carlo as her Insta following rose to 5.3m.

When quizzed on her growing social media fanbase several years ago, Thylane told Frivolette: “You know, this does not affect me in any way.

“I’m still young, I’m pleased. And I try to do everything for my ‘Thylaners’.

This article was originally published by The Sun and reproduced with permission