Suki Potier


Melanie Susan Potier, better known as Suki Potier, was an English model.

Early life

Potier was born in Surrey, England. Her father was Gilbert Potier, and her mother was Mary Potier. Potier had one sibling, Sarah Sally Rosemary Potier.

Modelling

As a teenager, Potier was a model for many English designers and agencies, including English Boy, an agency on the King's Road in Chelsea, London, England. In 1967, she modelled for Ossie Clark's April 1967 collection.
Potier had a small acting role in the 1968 psychedelic film Wonderwall, archive footage of her was also used in a 2011 music documentary .

Personal life

In 1966, Potier was dating Tara Browne, an heir to the Guinness fortune. On 17 December 1966, aged 18, Potier was a passenger in his turquoise Lotus Elan when he was driving through South Kensington. Browne collided with a parked truck and died from his injuries the next day. Potier was not injured in the accident. The Beatles song "A Day in the Life" is often held to reference this incident.
Potier had a relationship with Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones guitarist, living with him in Sussex, England.
Potier met Robert Ho while he was a student at the London School of Business. Potier married Robert Ho, a Hong Kong businessman, the eldest son of Stanley Ho, one of the wealthiest men in Macau. Potier and her family lived in Hong Kong. They had two daughters, Sarah Ho and Faye Ho. Potier's daughters were raised in Macau, and Sarah is a jewellery designer in London, United Kingdom.

Death

On 23 June 1981, Potier and her husband died in a car crash while on holiday in Portugal.