{{Short description|English model (1947–1981)}} {{Infobox person | name = Suki Potier | image = | birth_name = Melanie Susan Potier | birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|11|14|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Surrey]], England | death_date = {{Death date and age |1981|06|23|1947|11|14|df=y}} | death_place = Portugal | occupation = Model | spouse = Robert Ho }} '''Melanie Susan Potier''' (14 November 1947 – 23 June 1981), 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 (nee Moore) Potier. Potier had one sibling, Sarah Sally Rosemary Potier (born 12 February 1946).<ref name="ns">{{cite web |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2016/12/secrets-sixties-london-s-forgotten-it-girls-who-disappeared-too-soon |title=Secrets of Sixties: London's forgotten It girls who disappeared too soon |website=newstatesman.com |first=Flora |last=Neville |date=December 15, 2016 |accessdate=November 27, 2019}}</ref><ref name="bluetramontana_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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2008/04/ossie-clark-the-king-of-the-kings-road-in-holland-park/ |title=Ossie Clark, the King Of the Kings Road in Holland Park |website=nickelinthemachine.com |date=April 20, 2008 |accessdate=November 27, 2019}}</ref><ref name="ns" />
Potier had a small acting role in the 1968 psychedelic film ''[[Wonderwall (film)|Wonderwall]]'', and archive footage of her was also used in a 2011 music documentary ''[[George Harrison: Living in the Material World]]''.
== Personal life == In 1966, Potier was dating [[Tara Browne]], an heir to the [[Guinness]] fortune. On 18 December 1966, aged 19, 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.<ref name="ns"/> The [[Beatles]] song "[[A Day in the Life]]" is often considered to allude to this incident.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9350160/Nicky-Browne.html Telegraph obituaries: Nicky Browne (22 June 2012)]</ref>
Potier had a relationship with [[Brian Jones]] (1942–1969), the [[Rolling Stones]] guitarist, living with him in Sussex, England.<ref name="ns"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tatler.com/gallery/sixties-sloanes-and-posh-hippies-1960s |title=The wild Sloanes who made the Sixties happen |website=tatler.com |date=June 21, 2017 |accessdate=November 27, 2019}}</ref>
Potier met Robert Ho, future Hong Kong businessman, the eldest son of Macau gaming tycoon [[Stanley Ho]],<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/profile/stanley-ho/ Forbes: Stanley Ho and family]</ref> while he was a student at the London School of Business,<ref name="ns"/> and subsequently married him. Potier and her family lived in Hong Kong. They had two daughters, Sarah Ho and Faye Ho.<ref name="bluetramontana_potier"/><ref name="asiatatler_2011">{{cite web |url=https://hk.asiatatler.com/life/behind-the-scenes-with-sarah-ho |title=Behind-the-Scenes with Sarah Ho |website=asiatatler.com |first=Tyrone |last=Wu |date=November 22, 2011 |accessdate=November 27, 2019}}</ref> Potier's daughters were raised in Macau.<ref name="asiatatler_2011"/><ref name="ns"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.professionaljeweller.com/why-sarah-ho-is-playing-the-long-game/ |title=Why Sarah Ho is playing the long game |website=professionaljeweller.com |date=March 16, 2012 |accessdate=November 27, 2019}}</ref>
==Death== On 23 June 1981, Potier and her husband both died in a car crash while on holiday in Portugal.<ref name="bluetramontana_potier">{{Cite web | url=http://www.bluetramontana.com/2010/08/suki-potier.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020105533/http://www.bluetramontana.com/2010/08/suki-potier.html | archive-date=20 Oct 2011 | title=Suki Potier | website=bluetramontana.com | access-date=November 27, 2019 | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ns" /><ref>[https://www.scmp.com/article/627445/casino-kings-palace-left-decay South China Morning Post: Casino king's palace left to decay (24 Feb 2008)]</ref>
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== External links == * [https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/the-rolling-stones-musician-brian-jones-is-hidden-from-the-news-photo/585310625 1967 Image of Suki Potier and Brian Jones] * [https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/brian-jones-funeral-l-to-r-brian-joness-sister-brian-jones-news-photo/593118120 1969 Image of Suki Potier at Brian Jones's funeral]
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