Biography of Catwoman Jocelyn Wildenstein
Jocelyn, who had a lifelong passion for African big cats, kept a menagerie of exotic animals at her property, including two tigers in glass cages beside her swimming pool. She and her husband, Alec Wildenstein, also adored couture clothing and jewellery; they once spent $1 million a month in one year on a single Chanel dress.
Jocelyn was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, the daughter of a wealthy art dealer and industrialist. She moved to New York when she was a young woman and became involved with the fashion world, eventually becoming an assistant buyer for Saks Fifth Avenue. She married the billionaire Alec in 1978, and the couple lived in a mansion in Los Angeles, as well as a chateau in France, a Paris apartment and an estate in Kenya.
The pair had a son and a daughter, and Jocelyn focused on socializing with the elite and maintaining their luxurious lifestyle. She had an intense love of cats, and was obsessed with transforming herself to resemble a feline, undergoing a series of cosmetic treatments that included collagen injections in her lips, cheeks and chin, facelifts and eye reconstruction surgery, per Daily Star. Alec was reportedly not impressed by her transformation, and even though they had two children together she started to feel that her husband had lost interest in her. More Details VIP escort Jocelyn
According to her own account in a 1998 interview with Vanity Fair, Jocelyn started her extreme plastic surgeries because she believed that her husband would find her more attractive if she looked "feline." The treatments ultimately backfired on her, as she walked in on him having sex with a Russian model at their New York home. He allegedly seized her with a Smith & Wesson and called the police, which led to the headline-making divorce. Jocelyn received a staggering settlement from her ex-husband, allowing her to keep their various houses and tens of millions in art treasures. She was subsequently dubbed the 'Bride of Wildenstein' and 'Catwoman' for her dramatic surgical alteration.
Jocelyn remained a recluse in her final years and was rarely seen outside of her residence. She died of a pulmonary embolism, or a blood clot in a lung, on Tuesday at the age of 84 in her Parisian palace. Her partner, Lloyd Klein, cited the cause as "a little nap" that she took in her bed. Her family has not released a statement, and details about her funeral have yet to be announced. Jocelyn is survived by her son and her daughter with her first marriage, as well as her second husband, Klein.