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Finnish wife of businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed

Heini Wathén
Heini Wathén in 1972
Born (1955-02-24) 24 February 1955 (age 69)
Hanko, Finland
Other namesHeini Wathén-Fayed
OccupationFormer model
Spouse Mohamed Al-Fayed ​ ​(m. 1985; died 2023)​
Children4, 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. She was an officer for The Ritz Hotel, London.

Modeling career

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.

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.

Personal life

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.

Wathén-Fayed has four children with Mohamed Al-Fayed.

Wathén-Fayed and Al-Fayed lived in Surrey and at a mansion in Westend, Espoo, Finland. Al-Fayed died on 30 August 2023, at the age of 94 in London.

References

  1. ^ Kuuskoski, Kaisla (26 December 2021). "Suomalainen Heini päätyi keskelle uskomattoman rikkaan egyptiläissuvun elämää – tällaista salaperäisen Al-Fayedin perheen luksusarki on" [Finnish Heini ended up in the middle of an incredibly wealthy Egyptian family's life – this is what the everyday luxury of the mysterious Al-Fayed family is like] (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. "THE RITZ HOTEL, LIMITED". Open Corporates. The Open Database Of The Corporate World. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  3. Harries, Rhiannon (21 September 2008). "Daddy's girl: Mohamed al-Fayed's daughter Jasmine is gaining a reputation as a hot young designer". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  4. Curtis, Nick. "Camilla Fayed: My upbringing? Let's say my normal is not your normal". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  5. "Karim Fayed: The sound engineer". Evening Standard. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  6. Isaac, Anna (3 April 2017). "Omar Fayed: 'I didn't want to become Mr Harrods'". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  7. Atef, Rana (1 September 2023). "Veteran Businessman Mohamed Al Fayed Passes away Aged 94". Sada El-Balad. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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