Danielle Lloyd

Danielle Lloyd
Danielle Lloyd
Born 16 December 1983 (1983-12-16) (age 27)
Liverpool, England
Height 5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Hair colour Dark Brown
Eye colour Hazel[citation needed]
Measurements 32E-25-34[citation needed]
Dress size 8 (UK)[citation needed]

Danielle Lloyd (born 16 December 1983)[citation needed] is an English glamour model. The former Miss England 2004 and Miss Great Britain 2006, she first rose to prominence when she was stripped of her Miss Great Britain 2006 title after posing for nude pictures featured in the December 2006 edition of Playboy magazine and her alleged affair with one of the pageant's judges, her then-boyfriend, footballer Teddy Sheringham. Her title was reinstated in 2010.

As a participant in the 2007 series of Celebrity Big Brother, Lloyd, along with others, were accused of using bullying tactics and making racist comments directed against the Indian actress Shilpa Shetty.[1] She won the celebrity edition of The Weakest Link in 2008 and Total Wipeout in 2010.

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Early life

Lloyd was born in Liverpool, England, the daughter of Jackie and Arthur Lloyd, a bank manager and engineer respectively. At the age of three months, Lloyd contracted whooping cough, resulting in damage to her lungs, this led to her developing asthma.[citation needed]. Lloyd claims she was bullied in school; however, Chris Yates, the headmaster of one of Lloyd's old schools, St Hilda’s, said, "There's no recollection of her ever being persecuted, she is lying and no teacher can ever recall any incidents where Danielle was bullied. In fact I’ve been led to believe by her former friends that the opposite is true."[2] She entered competitions in and around Liverpool. Upon finishing school , she decided against continuing a career in chemistry and biology to pursue a dual career in modelling and as a beautician specializing in massage. She is a qualified nail technician.[3][4]

Just as she was beginning her modelling career, Lloyd was attacked by her boyfriend at the time. She was dragged from her moving car after an argument with him, suffering abrasions and severe bruising to her body and losing most of her hair. Lloyd later said of the attack: "Deep down you can’t forget what’s happened no matter how much counselling you have. You blame yourself and tell yourself you deserve it – I was given help when I most needed it and I want to be able to help others now. Too many women (1 in 4) suffer domestic violence at some time and support centres such as Women’s Aid aren’t able to answer all of the calls due to being under resourced. I'll always do all that I can to help raise awareness and help people. Being in a violent relationship, you are constantly living in fear – and that’s no way for anyone to live their life."[5]

Pageantry and early career

Lloyd was crowned Miss England on 17 July 2004,[6] and competed at Miss World 2004. On 26 February 2006, Lloyd was named Miss Great Britain 2006.[7]

On 2 November 2006, she was stripped of her title "following recent claims in the press and magazines and the publicity given on the Playboy website for their next issue", according to the Miss Great Britain website.[8] The claim they were referring to was that Lloyd had been dating Teddy Sheringham, who was one of the judges of the pageant, for more than two months before her victory. This was reported by the media after she allegedly said in an interview that Sheringham bought her a pair of shoes for Christmas.[9] Lloyd continues to claim that the relationship started after the pageant, and that the interview was false.[10]

On 11 January 2007, it was revealed that Lloyd was being sued by the Miss Great Britain company for breaking her contract and bringing the company into disrepute. The company is asking for full revelation of the sums she earned for the Playboy pictures, plus costs.[11]

Lloyd appeared in FHM magazine and was a finalist of Miss Maxim 2006.[12] She has had her 32AA breasts increased by surgery three times,[citation needed] and is presently a 32DD.[citation needed] During her last operation, when her old implants were replaced with newer, larger ones, taking her from a 32D to a 32DD, surgeons removed a benign lump in her right breast. Lloyd was worried that it was cancer, but doctors assured her that the lump was harmless.[13] She has revealed that her third operation will be her last, claiming that it is "pointless" going any bigger and that "People say I want to be the new Jordan, but I definitely don't! I want to be myself. I don't mind her boobs but I think they could only suit her."[14][15]

In 2010, Lloyd's Miss Great Britain 2006 title was reinstated, as the organisers decided it was their fault that she had appeared in FHM, rather than her own.[16]

In 2006, Lloyd made an appearance on BBC One's Test the Nation. She revealed that she thought a statue of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill was a statue for the first black President.[17] However, at the end of the show it was revealed that her IQ was 152, and she would go on to win a special episode of The Weakest Link.[3][18]

Celebrity Big Brother 2007

Lloyd joined Celebrity Big Brother on 3 January 2007, at the start of the series. In her column she stated, "Things I'm looking forward to in the house ...meeting people I'd probably never meet in everyday life, seeing if I can cope with the challenges and letting people at home see me in a different way (I'll be wearing more clothes!!)".[19]

Racism row

Lloyd garnered significant negative publicity when thousands of complaints were filed with Ofcom after she, Jade Goody, and Jo O'Meara, were accused of bullying and making racist remarks towards their fellow house mate, Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty. Specific comments Lloyd has made about Shetty include "She's a dog" and "They eat with their hands in India, don't they – or is that China? You don't know where her hands have been."[20][21][22] In another outburst, Lloyd said "do you get stubble?"[23] On 17 January 2007, Lloyd declared she thought Shetty should "fuck off home", adding that "she can't even speak English properly".[24] After a similar comment by Goody, Lloyd laughed and said to Goody, "That was fucking fantastic, I loved it. I think she should fuck off home."[25]

A newspaper interview made before Celebrity Big Brother, from November 2006, revealed Lloyd's anti-immigration views: "If I was [sic] (a politician), I'd get more people into work and stop people coming into the country. There's so many people who come into England because they know they can get benefits. People who already live here should get the jobs".[26] It has since become apparent that Lloyd was warned against racist behaviour prior to going into the house, in an email sent to her by her agent at the time, Angela de Fouw.[27]

Reaction

The racist behaviour created an international outcry,[citation needed] gaining heavy coverage in the Indian media. Gordon Brown - then the British Chancellor of the Exchequer - who was visiting India at the time, condemned the programme on the grounds that he is against anything which might damage the perception that the United Kingdom is a country of tolerance.[28] In a statement on 17 January, Channel 4 defended the programme against charges "of overt racism or racial abuse".[29] However, Trevor Phillips, head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said "What we are seeing is a noxious brew of old-fashioned class conflict, straightforward bullying, ignorance and quite vicious racial bigotry". He doubted events on Celebrity Big Brother were part of a broader problem.[30]

Whilst still on Big Brother and prior to either of their evictions, Shetty herself commented on Lloyd's behaviour, saying, "I let Danielle off because she is so young. They (Jade and Jo) made her look bad. You know what really balances it out for Danielle? Her stupidity. She's so innocent." Shetty has largely retained this stance in further discussion and interviews.[31]

Lloyd's family released a statement defending Lloyd, denying that she was racist. The statement read, in part:

"Danielle has been brought up in an environment where many close family friends are of varying races and cultural backgrounds - she would be devastated to know that through her naivety she has left her comments open to such drastic misinterpretation. Her relaxed attitude towards cultural and racial differences has left her wide open to criticism globally because she doesn't consider race to be an issue for her and not because race is an issue. As regards to allegations of bullying in the house Danielle has allowed herself to be swept along with the girls and situations and she has said things which she will certainly regret. However Danielle herself was bullied and she would be very remorseful to learn that she is being viewed as a perpetrator of this - "We believe however that her allegiance to the other girls has more to do with class differences between them all and Shilpa."[32]

Eviction

Lloyd eventually came fifth in the contest, with 3.3% of the vote to save her.[33] During her post-eviction interview with Davina McCall she said, "I feel terrible" and insisted her comments had nothing to do with Shetty's race, but rather a simple personality/culture clash. Lloyd apologised for her behaviour toward the Bollywood star, insisting her remarks had been made "in the heat of the moment. I wasn't laughing at Shilpa... it was just nerves. I hate confrontation." Asked what she had learned on the show, she said, "Not to be such a bitch."[34]

Post Celebrity Big Brother

As a result of her behaviour on the show, Lloyd lost six-figure modelling contracts with motorcycle insurance firm Bennetts,[35] urban fashion label Rocawear,[36] and designer lingerie website BeCheeky.com.[37] On 13 April, she flew to Dublin with Coronation Street actor Ryan Thomas to open a nightclub in the suburb of Rathfarnham, reportedly at a fee of 6,000 for the short appearance.[38]

Lloyd has also appeared on the cover of Maxim, Loaded, Nuts and Zoo several times, as well as featuring in FHM and Ice.[citation needed] She has also secured a contract as the face of Ladbrokes Poker.[37]

In 2007, Lloyd launched a mobile phone safety campaign after her own mobile was stolen in a Liverpool club. The "Keep It Safe & Secure" (KISS) campaign, backed by the National Mobile Phone Crime Unit encourages mobile users to take greater safety precautions when using their phone.[39] In December 2007, Lloyd released a workout DVD entitled Keep Fit, Look Fit.[40]

Throughout 2007 and 2008, Lloyd made numerous television appearances including a guest spot on ITV2's WAGs Boutique and the celebrity edition of Gladiators. She also participated in, and won £8,950 on a Glamour Models Special of The Weakest Link. Lloyd donated her winnings from both Celebrity Big Brother and The Weakest Link to the Linda McCartney Centre located at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.[41]

Lloyd appeared in her own documentary, Dangerous Love: A Comic Relief Special (first broadcast on 3 March 2009), which examined the subject of violence against females in teen relationships. In the programme, she described the abuse she received (including a broken cheekbone) during her turbulent relationship and visited organisations funded by Comic Relief.[42]

On the 2 January 2010, a Celebrity edition of Total Wipeout aired on the BBC, in which Lloyd participated. She cleared all the rounds and went on to win the entire competition. She raised £10,000 for the charity Guiding Light/The Lantern Project.[43]

In December 2010, she appeared on a celebrity edition of Come dine with me aired on Channel 4. She received the highest average scores from the other contestants and won the competition. She donated her prize money to the charity Bliss, the special care baby charity.[44]

In 2010, Lloyd made her film debut in the English horror movie Cut.[45]

Personal life

Since the split from Teddy Sheringham, Lloyd has dated Marcus Bent and Jermain Defoe,[46] and was briefly engaged to pop-star DJ Ironik.[47]

On 26 May 2009, Lloyd was pictured lying on the pavement outside a nightclub, bloodied and clearly upset after an unprovoked attack. She reportedly required emergency plastic surgery on a wound on her leg, after she was thrown onto a table full of glasses.[48]

On 1 December 2009, Lloyd announced that she and footballer Jamie O'Hara had become engaged.[49] On 11 July 2010, Lloyd gave birth to their son Archie O'Hara in London.[50] On 13 July 2011, Lloyd gave birth to her second child, Harry James O'Hara. He was born 10 weeks early, weighing 4lb 4oz.[51]

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Danielle Lloyd was in a bar fight with a young Australian traveler named Laura Sleeth. Words were exchanged and the situation eventually turned to a physical fight in which Danielle Lloyd needed emergency assistance. She received stitches to her legs and abdomen, whilst Laura Sleeth only required minor medical attention. After a small legal battle no charges were laid, due to a combination of accountability police laziness.

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