There is a collection of moving personal photos of the deceased socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein, where new light is thrown on the early years of her marriage to her billionaire ex-husband and their family life on his beloved Safari Ranch.
Jocelyn suddenly died of a pulmonary embolism on New Year's Eve in Paris at the age of 84, with tribute and photos of the star that flowed in while people remembered her extraordinary life.
Famous for its cosmetic operations and distinctive facial characteristics, Jocelyn's feline appearance and love for wild animals gave her the nickname 'Catwoman' – as well as the attention of art dealer Alec Wildenstein.
The couple were married for 20 years and shared two children, but later won the headlines around the world for Alec's unfaithfulness and their explosive divorce that Jocelyn saw received a stunning settlement of $ 2.5 billion.
Now new photos show the couple in happier times, spending their days on the Ol Jogi Ranch where they met, brought their family up and their passion for yacht and retention shared.
Jocelyn, born in Swiss, met Alec – the heir of the richest and most famous family of the art world – in 1977 during a trip with friends on his vast estate of 66,000 hectares in Kenya.
The model was 31 years old at the time and had already enjoyed a glamorous lifestyle in Paris and New York, mixed with High Society and enjoy a lush lifestyle.
The Jetset Socialite already had a weakness for Africa before her journey and connected with Alec about their shared passion for the continent and later said that “what we both had in common was our love for Africa, wild things.”
She described their first meeting and said: 'My first conversation with Alec was not a conversation at all. It was a lion hunt of 5 hours, and we were in the blind one, all camouflaged and waited in the bushes, were not allowed to talk. '
They shared their first meal that evening – the heart of one of the lions they had hunted.
A striking photo shows Jocelyn Wildenstein who poses next to an antelope on the vast private estate
Jocelyn Wildenstein in her younger years while he spends time at the Ranch in Kenya
Jocelyn met art dealer Alec Wildenstein at Ranch Ol Jogi in Kenya, whom he had and went to buy at the time
A black -white Snap shows a young Jocelyn who runs a gun while he rides on a horse, with two giraffes on the grassland in the background
One photo shows the glamorous socialite through a swimming pool in her younger years. She installed several swimming pools and lakes on the Kenyan Ranch
Jocelyn suddenly died of a pulmonary embolism on New Year's Eve in Paris at the age of 84 (depicted in 2017)
Jocelyn said that Alec then asked her to ride motorcycles on one of the mountains on the estate, to an area that they called the top of the world.
“That was our Prime Minister Baiser – First Kiss,” she told New York Magazine in an interview in 1997.
The whirlwind -romanticism of the couple saw them getting married in a Hilton Hotel Suite in Las Vegas with just a handful of witnesses who are present a year later.
Jocelyn gave birth to their two children, Diane and Alec Jr., shortly thereafter, and the family spent their time between their penthouse in Manhattan, compound on the British Virgin Islands and estate in Kenya.
Alec had shared the building with his friend Henry Roussell and the couple bought him in 1985 for full ownership.
The couple took their children to the ranch for the first time when they were only a few months old, and dear photos show Diane and Alec JR time with their parents there.
The young people are seen with their mother – with her characteristic leopard print – in addition to two men and a camel in flowers.
It is shown that the children are shining while celebrating a birthday with a cake in the shape of an animal.
Jocelyn made the Ranch its project, renovation of the most important home and the supervision of the infrastructure over the huge estate.
One Snap shows Jocelyn who wears her characteristic leopard print in addition to her children Diane and Alec JR and two men and a camel covered in flowers
Alec and Jocelyn pose with their children, Diane and Alec JR, while celebrating a birthday in one photo
Jocelyn is seen in her younger years who explore a bamboo forest. She regularly spoke about her love for nature
Photos show the socialite and art dealer in happier times
Jocelyn had two children with Alec Wildenstein – their daughter Diane and son Alec JR
Jocelyn was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, before she moved to Paris, where she started her life as a socialite
Jocelyne Wildenstein and her husband Alec Wildenstein
She hired the architect Jon Cavanaugh, after interviewing dozens of others, because he had written his thesis on Gaudi and she didn't want the house to be a modern “straight line”.
She was in charge of the maintenance of the 250 mile roads on the building, as well as the installation of several swimming pools and about 55 lakes made by humans.
Photos let her tour on the vast estate and pose next to wild animals.
In a black -white snap she is seen on a gun while she rides on a horse, with two giraffes on the grassland in the background.
Ranch Ol Jogi was renovated by Jocelyn and his Safaricompound includes a stunning 66,000 hectares of land
Jocelyn on top of an elephant while wearing one of her pets at the Safari Ranch
Jocelyn's feline look and love for wild animals deserved the nickname 'Catwoman'
The estate was inherited by Alec Wildenstein JNR, who took over his management after his father died in 2008.
He describes his love for the private safari experiences it offers, said, “I hate to feel like a tourist … you don't feel like a tourist here.”
The marriage of Jocelyn and Alec ended famous after she discovered him with a Russian model in their apartment in Manhattan and he chased her outside with a gun.
She called it stopping, and their messy separation ended in 1999 with a settlement of $ 2.5 billion, followed by payments of $ 100 million a year for 13 years thereafter.
She enjoyed a lush lifestyle and mixed with the rich and celebrities. She met fashion designer Lloyd Klein in 2003 and the pair was fiance in 2017 and stayed like her death.
The model was 31 years old when she met Alec, and had already enjoyed a glamorous lifestyle in Paris and New York, mixed with High Society and enjoy a lush lifestyle.
Famous for its cosmetic operations and distinctive facial features, Jocelyn's feline look and love for wild animals gave her the nickname 'Catwoman' – as well as the attention of art dealer Alec Wildenstein (shown together)
The deceased Jocelyn and Alec Wildenstein shared a passion for yacht during their 20-year marriage
The family spent their time between their penthouse in Manhattan, compiled on the British Virgin Islands and estate in Kenya
The marriage of Jocelyn and Alec ended famous after she discovered him with a Russian model in their apartment in Manhattan and he chased her out with a gun
Jocelyn and Alec had a whirlwind romantic – married a year after they met and children shortly thereafter
The romance of the couple saw them get married in Las Vegas with just a handful of witnesses
Photos seem to show that Jocelyn and Alec Wildenstein are legally married. They got married in 1978
She met fashion designer Lloyd Klein in 2003 and the pair was fiance in 2017 and stayed like her death
Throughout her life it was often called 'Catwoman' because it was said that she had different cosmetic procedures to make herself look like a lion or wild cat in Africa.
But after her death, her fiancé Klein rubbed those claims and said that her renowned cat functions were of course.
“She never wanted to look like a cat,” he said. “She always had those feline functions.
'She did have cat eyes and cheekbones and, like every woman, when she wanted some work to make her look younger, she had a lifting, a few small changes and she did what she wanted to do.
'It is her face and when she looked in the mirror, she was very happy. The stories about her who want to look like a cat's nonsense – it's all fake.
“Why would she want to look like a cat? She loved wild animals; She had a cheetah as a pet that would lie on the couch because she loved the wild world. But she never wanted to look like a cat. '
