Millicent Binks

Millicent Binks
Born	October 28, 1987 (1987-10-28) (age 24) Gorleston, England
Occupation	Burlesque Performer, Actress, Model
Website
http://www.millicentbinks.com

Millicent Binks (Born Amelia Jacqueline Kate Hunt; 28 October 1987) is an International burlesque dancer and current sex columnist for the London Evening Standard.^[1]

Early years

Binks grew up in Suffolk England. Her father is a nuclear physicist and her mother is a linguist. She attended dance lessons all through her childhood but had to stop when she developed M.E at age 15 and had to be home schooled for two years. In this time she grew to love literature because reading and listening to audiobooks was all she could do. She recovered, and at age 19 moved to London with a huge lust for life.

Writing

When Binks first moved to London she enrolled on a Creative Writing Degree at the University of Roehampton which she dropped out of after 3 months to pursue a burlesque career, but kept writing for her own pleasure. In April 2011 the London Evening Standard approached her to be their new sex columnist. Her writing style is tongue in cheek and humorous, whilst documenting the sex life of herself and her friends such as Annette Betté Kellow in London with an unashamed post feminist attitude, regularly commenting on fashion and lingerie, with a readership of up to 2 million every week.^[2]

Burlesque

Fascinated with the performance art and burlesque she came across in London, she decided to try it herself, combing her love of costume, dance and old fashioned femininity, believing burlesque to be a post feminist art form. She debuted at a valentine’s burlesque show at Lounge Lover London in 2008, where she performed her ‘English Rose Show’ which got known as her signature act in which she plucks giant petals from her girdle.^[3] She soon became a regular on the cabaret circuit in London, then branched out to many European burlesque nights. She performed her English Rose show in 2009 at The Gentry De Paris Revue with Dita Von Teese who Millicent is greatly influenced by.^[4] Her performance residencies have been at White Blackbird Country House Parties (the first of which she famously posed in a bath of hot chocolate) ^[5] and at a monthly burlesque night in Istanbul.^[6] On her journey she has met her artistic partner Annette Betté Kellow who she has recently started a band with called Sister Darling.

Acting

Millicent has starred in three short films by Marcus Waterloo.

• La Mer D’amour by Marcus Waterloo (2008) Short Film (Shortlisted for Virgin Media Shorts 2009)
• Little Troubles by Marcus Waterloo (2010) Short Film
• Black Widow by Marcus Waterloo (2010) Short Film

Modeling

Millicent modeled for and was interviewed by the Agent Provocateur magazine Knickers Forever in August 2009.^[7] She is the face of Jean Ellis Millinery ^[8] She was the face of Les Nereides Jewellery 2010. She has modeled for many lingerie brands including Mint Siren, Playful Promises and What Katie Did > She is featured as a pinup girl in the hit iPhone app ‘pocketcock’.^[9]

References

1. ^ (2011.04.05) [1]. thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle. Retrieved 2011.09.08
2. ^ (2011.04.19) [2]. thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle. Retrieved 2011.09.08
3. ^ (2008.02.14) [3] Millicentbinks.com Retrieved 2011.09.09
4. ^ [4] runninginheels.co.uk Retrieved 2011.09.10
5. ^ [5] thewhiteblackbird.com Retrieved 2011.09.10
6. ^ [6] thisislondon.co.uk Retrieved 2011.09.10
7. ^ (2011.04.05) [7]. thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle. Retrieved 2011.09.08
8. ^ [8] jeanellisdesigns.co.uk. Retrieved 2011.09.09
9. ^ [9] itunes.apple.com Retrieved 2011.09.10

External links

• millicentbinks.com Millicent Binks Official website.
• thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle Millicent’s first sex column in the Evening Standard

Persondata
Name	Millicent Binks
Alternative names
Short description	Burlesque performer
Date of birth	October 28, 1987
Place of birth	Gorleston, England
Date of death
Place of death