Thylane Blondeau looks effortlessly chic in a sheer crochet maxi dress as she joins boyfriend Benjamin Attal on a dinner date in Saint-Tropez
The 24-year-old model, who is dubbed 'most beautiful girl in the world', stepped out for the evening in the south of France on Wednesday.
She looked incredible in a sheer black crochet maxi dress, which was adorned with metal studs and featured a high neckline.
Thylane paired the the dress with black woven ballet pumps to match and accessorised with an array of gold Cartier bracelets and a black leather handbag.
Meanwhile her actor boyfriend Benjamin, 28, who wore a white boxy t-shirt with black chinos and trainers, with a gold pendant chain.
It comes after Thylane showed off her svelte physique in a high-leg black swimsuit as she soaked up the sun on Tuesday.
Thylane enjoyed a dip in the ocean after enjoying lunch at beachfront Le Club 55.
Fans recently discovered Thylane was once named the most beautiful girl in the world and shared her modelling snaps over the years.
While very much now a grown up, the striking features that made her a recognisable child are still apparent.
The French model looked out of this world in her skimpy swimwear during her relaxing beach day.
She teamed her stylish ensemble with black-rimmed chunky sunglasses and gold jewellery.
Thylane was three when she was catapulted to the spotlight after an agent for the legendary fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier picked her out of a crowd in The Champs-Elysees and sent her strutting down a runway.
As well as her infamous cover shoot for Vogue Enfants, she has gone on to work for some of the biggest couture brands in the world including Miu Miu, Dolce & Gabbana, L'Oréal Paris, Versace, Ralph Lauren and Hugo Boss.
Thylane walked for Jean Paul Gaultier at the age of four and then later, aged 10, became the youngest ever model to pose for Vogue Paris.
In a 2018 interview with The Telegraph, she said she distanced herself from the girl who was once declared the world's 'most beautiful'.
'Even today, people are like, "you are the most beautiful girl," and I'm like, "no, I'm still not, I'm just a human being, a teenager.'
Since reaching adulthood, the model has also used her platform to share a private health battle that affects women the world over.
In 2021, Paris-based Blondeau revealed she'd recently had multiple surgeries for complications with ovarian cysts.
The French beauty explained that on Instagram she had surgery in 2020 after an ovarian cyst 'exploded in my stomach.'
Sharing photos of herself in her hospital gown and an image of her scan, Thylane went on to explain that she began experiencing pain again three months after her first surgery.
However, when she sought medical treatment she was told that the pain she was experiencing was 'all in your head'.
Thylane said she had to go to A&E 'because my belly was hurting so much I couldn't handle it anymore and they said that everything was fine and that I had a lil kyste [cyst] and I will have to do a check up in 2-3 months.'
'The day after this I had this appointment with an amazing doctor who directly saw that I had a kyste [cyst] of 5,6 cm who was touching my ovary so he sent me to do an IRM and an hour after this, the doctor called me and ask me to go straight to the hospital to do an emergency operation.'
'From this experience I've learned that when you're body hurts, don't let it slide and take care of it, you must see different doctors until some of them find the problem and heals it.
'Any pain even the little ones can hide something way more important.'
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