- Bessie Bardot
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name = Bessie Bardot
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birth_name = Little Wing Kelly
birth_date = birth date and age|1974|9|10|df=yes
birth_place = Blue Mountains,New South Wales ,Australia
residence =Sydney
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occupation = model, writer, television presenter
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spouse = Geoff Barker
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website = [http://www.bessiebardot.com/ www.bessiebardot.com]
footnotes =Bessie Bardot (born Little Wing Kelly on
10 September 1974 ) is anAustralia n businesswoman, author, nude model, television host and socialite. Her career began in the 1990s when she was discovered by former Australian Gladiator Geoff Barker, who is now her husband.Early life
A child of hippie parents, she was born in the Blue Mountains, just west of
Sydney in 1974. [cite news|title=Birthdays|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=2007-09-10 |page=65] Her original name was Bessie Wilson, given the nickname "Little Wing Kelly", she spent her early years in Mullumbimby in northernNew South Wales . Her father disappeared when she was seven and she later discovered he had committed suicide.cite news|first=Sue|last=Javes|title=Date with destiny|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/date-with-destiny/2005/11/19/1132017021858.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2005-11-21 |accessdate=2007-09-10]Bardot's mother married a fundamentalist Christian and introduced a strict regime at home including no "
Young Talent Time " or boyfriends. Voted "least popular girl" in her final year at school, by the time she was 21 she had already been married and divorced.Career
She married Geoff Barker, formerly "Commando" from the Australian version "Gladiators", and together they started a niche modelling agency. She reinvented her life, appearing nude in "Playboy" and "
Black+White " magazine, working Sydney's social scene and becoming something of a professional celebrity.Spending much of the years 2000–2004 as a model and owner of Australia's first body model agency, Bardots Bodies.Bessie moved from modeling into business and media starting up BubbleMedia PR and Movers Shakers Australia's first celebrity contact brokers. She also hosts her own show on the Australian Arena television channel.
Bardot is an Australia Day ambassador and has completed three tours to the Middle East to entertain Australian troops. [cite news|first=Andrew|last=Hornery|title=Hark, the tinsel tales begin|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/private-sydney/2006/12/21/1166290676262.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1|work=
The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2006-12-22 |accessdate=2007-09-10] She was a national radio host withAustereo , a professional public speaker, and CEO of the Movers Shakers celebrity contact brokers firm.She has also appeared regularly as a social commentator on various TV and radio shows, including "The Late Date Show" on
2Day FM , to speak on topics such as women’s issues and relationships, and has a weekly "agony aunt " segment on national radio.Bardot lectures on personal branding, women in business, health, well-being, drive, organization, motivation and relationships. [cite news|first=Steve|last=Meacham|title=Hardly a model life|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/11/1049567869624.html|work=
The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2003-04-12 |accessdate=2007-09-10]Bardot is also an award-winning, best-selling author of three books:
* "Casting Couch Confidential" - an expose on the modelling industry
* "Bessie's Body Secrets" - a guide to weight loss and well-being for women
* "Bessie's Guide For Girls Who Want More From Life" - offering advice for women in businessIn 2007, she became the host of the "Erotic Star" burlesque talent show TV program, alongside her husband as a judge on the show. [cite news|first=Keith|last=Austin|title=Pole position|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/pole-position/2007/03/18/1174152858984.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1|work=
The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2007-03-19 |accessdate=2007-09-10]References
External links
* [http://www.bessiebardot.com/ Official website]
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NAME=Bardot, Bessie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Little Wing Kelly (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australia n businesswoman, writer, model and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH=10 September 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH=Blue Mountains,New South Wales ,Australia
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