Lydia Hearst is an heiress, social fixture, model, columnist, and aspiring actress. The great-granddaughter of media titan William Randolph Hearst, Lydia is the daughter of infamous kidnappee Patty Hearst and Bernard Shaw, her mom's former bodyguard. She was raised in suburban Connecticut and attended Sacred Heart University in Fairfield before beginning a career as a model during her freshman year. In 2004, she landed her first cover, with Vogue Italia, and has since modeled (topless more than once) for Vogue, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, and numerous fashion designers. She's had a long partnership with Puma that, along with modeling, has included a few design projects, most notably a sporty purse collaboration. Her acting credits include an episode of Gossip Girl, a handful of indie films, and a music video for a cover of the Talking Heads' "This Must Be The Place." Continuing the family media line, she briefly wrote a column for the New York Post's Page Six Magazine.