United Kingdom, Feb. 25 -- Twiggy has had to deal with "a lot of sadness" in her life.

The 75-year-old model -emerged as one of the most recongisable faces in fashion in the 1960s but in 1983, she endured heartbreak when her husband Michael Witney - with whom she has 47-year-old daughter Carly - died of a sudden heart attack at the age of 52.

Asked if she has any regrets, she told Saga magazine: "No, because life has lots of ups and downs. There has been lots of sadness in my life, but out of sadness...I got Carly, who is the best thing since sliced bread to me."

Twiggy - whose real name is Dame Lesley Lawson - later tied the knot with Leigh Lawson following the death of the US actor and they remain together to this day, although she a...