- Jakki Degg
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birthdate =20 February ,1978
birthplace =Stone, Staffordshire ,England Jakki Degg (born
20 February ,1978 inStone, Staffordshire ) is an English model and actress. While the bulk of her work has been done inEngland , she has appeared in American film and television, and has gained international fame through posters and magazine pictorials.Biography
Degg studied
dance as a child, particularlyballet , and won several competitions. She went on tohairdressing school and soon managed a salon of her own. [http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/models_300/jakki_degg/index.html]Model
Jakki became famous when, at her mother's encouragement, [http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/models_300/jakki_degg/index.html] she entered and won the inaugural Max Power
magazine babes competition. Following this she became a Page 3 girl for the "The Sun"newspaper , and was voted "greatest ever Page 3 girl" in 2001. [http://www.page3.com/girl/jakki_degg/biog.shtml] She has posed topless and semi-nude forlad mags such as Front.More recently, Jakki has ceased to do topless modelling, instead remaining more covered up. However, Jakki returned to page 3 of The Sun in August 2006 after a 4 year absence.
In October 2006 Jakki commented in a lad mag interview that she would consider posing for Playboy, if she were the
cover girl and the money was right.Actress
Jakki has appeared on television several times. She won the glamour models special edition of "
The Weakest Link " (BBC1), had a small role in the drama "Is Harry on the Boat? " (Sky One ) and played the lead in the short film "Remember My Dream", directed byJoao Costa Menezes . She was also a stand-in for the tv show "The Games" but was not utilised. She wielded a shotgun onChannel 4 's "Banzai" as viewers were encouraged to wager on how many balloons she would pop with it.She also starred in The Poker Academy, and the American film "
Eurotrip ", and will appear in the upcoming films "Catch .44", "Clubbing to Death", and "Goal! III". [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1096164/]Designer
Jakki is currently trying her hand at fashion design. She designed and made the dress she wore to the recent
FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World awards. [http://www.jakkidegg.net/biog.asp]References
External links
* [http://www.jakkidegg.net/ Jakki Degg's official site]
* [http://www.page3.com/girl/jakki_degg/biog.shtml Jakki's Page 3 page]
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