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Nell McAndrew Born Tracey Jane McAndrew
November 6, 1973
Belle Isle, Leeds, West Yorkshire, EnglandHeight 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] Hair color Blonde Eye color Green Website nellmcandrew.tv Nell McAndrew (born Tracey Jane McAndrew, 6 November 1973,[1] Belle Isle, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England) is an English glamour model.
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Career
McAndrew started her modeling career as a catalogue and magazine model and as Marilyn Monroe lookalike. She was required to shave her head for a modeling assignment in Germany. In the UK she was featured as a Page Three girl in the Daily Star. She shot to fame as the Lara Croft model for the video game Tomb Raider between 1998 and 1999.[2][3] McAndrew was fired from her stint as Croft in 1999 after posing nude for the cover of Playboy, the first British woman to do so. This was partly due to the fact Playboy printed references to Lara Croft and Tomb Raider on the cover, which were removed when Eidos, the maker of the game, threatened a lawsuit.[4]
She has since enjoyed a successful career as a glamour model, appearing in FHM, Maxim, and Loaded many times. She has appeared in fitness magazines, including Shape and Personal Trainer. McAndrew has released many popular calendars.
McAndrew, affectionately referred to as a Forces Sweetheart, has visited the UK Armed Forces at bases all over the world.[2]
She has had a television career as a presenter on Racing Rivals, Born to Fight, It's a Knockout and The Big Breakfast. She has been a contestant on the reality TV show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! Celebrities under Pressure, Family Fortunes and Dancing On Ice.[5][6][7]
Her first fitness video, Peak Energy (2002), became a best seller. It was followed up by Maximum Impact in December 2003 and Ultimate Challenge, Ultimate Results in December 2004.
In 2003 she was voted the Yorkshire Woman of the Year and won Rear of the Year in 2005.[8]
She has been part of a number of PR campaigns for Yorkshire Water, including a digital version of herself in their Sewer Raider item on the company website.
She is currently fronting an advertising campaign for Activia Yoghurt, and for 2009 had her hair cut very short, returning to the look she had at the start of her modeling career.
In January 2009, Nell helped Benenden Healthcare Society, a mutual not-for-profit healthcare organisation, launch their "Fresh Start, Get on Track" campaign, appearing in nationwide radio interviews and online webchats.[9]
Sport
Running in the 2005 London Marathon as a charity runner, McAndrew completed the event in a time that allowed her to start with the elite athletes in future events.[10] In the 2007 Marathon, she completed the course at a more sedate pace with her mother (after having recently given birth).
For the 2008 Great North Run, she competed with the Fun Runners dressed as Wonder Woman to help raise funds for charities.
Her time in the 2009 Flora London Marathon was 3:10.20.
Her time in the 2011 Virgin London Marathon was 3:08:25.[11]
Her time in the 2010 Bupa Great North run was 1:26.30. [12]
Her time in the 2011 Bupa Great North run was 1:25.11. [13]
Family and personal life
She has a two brothers and one sister. Her father, Ted, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2003; he is currently in remission.[14]
After announcing their engagement in September 2004, she married property developer Paul Hardcastle twice - first in November 2004 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, then again at a marriage blessing in December 2004 in Dubai. McAndrew gave birth to a baby boy called Devon, in Leeds,[15] on 24 August 2006.
In March 2009 she revealed that she was still breastfeeding her son, even though he was almost three, and talked about the criticisms she was receiving for this practice.[16][17]
Charitable activity
McAndrew has supported charities including Breast Cancer Awareness, Help The Aged, the British Heart Foundation, DebRA, Cancer Research UK, The Lymphoma Association and SSAFA.
McAndrew took part in a training session for a charity race in which she wore little more than body paint.[18] Launching the Cancer Research UK Race for Life 2008 in London's Regent's Park, she joined a group of other women whose training outfits were painted on their bodies.
Nell McAndrew is running for Alzheimer's Society in the Bupa Great North Run in Newcastle on 19 September 2010.
References
- ^ a b http://www.nellmcandrew.tv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48&Itemid=55
- ^ a b "Model shows shes good with figures". The Times (London). 12 December 2004. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/article401877.ece. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "The 5-minute Interview: Nell McAndrew, Model/TV presenter". The Independent (London). 25 June 2008. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/the-5minute-interview-nell-mcandrew-modeltv-presenter-853517.html. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ Dodd, Vikram (15 July 1999). "Lara Croft saved from Playboy". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/1999/jul/15/vikramdodd. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "Channel 5's knockout comeback". BBC News. 16 August 1999. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/421695.stm. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "I'm A Celebrity..: Your views". BBC News. 4 September 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/entertainment/2231913.stm. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ "McAndrew evicted from survival show". BBC News. 6 September 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/entertainment/2242227.stm. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ http://showbiz.sky.com/Who-Has-Won-Rear-Of-The-Year
- ^ iframeplayer.webchats.tv
- ^ Goodbody, John; Powell, David (18 April 2005). "McAndrew proves to be a model competitor". The Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/athletics/article382435.ece. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- ^ http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com/marathon-centre/race-results/race-results/
- ^ http://www.greatrun.org/Results
- ^ http://www.greatrun.org/Results
- ^ http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/39072 Nell, our most glamorous role model
- ^ http://www.findmypast.com/BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp Births England and Wales 1984-2006
- ^ Glover, Eleanor (5 March 2009). "Breastfeeding my son is the most natural thing in the world... so what if he's nearly three, says Nell McAndrew". Daily Mail (London). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1159646/Breastfeeding-son-natural-thing-world--hes-nearly-says-Nell-McAndrew.html.
- ^ http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/03/04/my-son-s-nearly-three-but-so-what-if-i-m-still-breast-feeding-115875-21171555/
- ^ "McAndrew takes part in Cancer research UK Charity race wearing only body paint", Charities Aid Foundation.". http://www.cafonline.org/default.aspx?page=15212&WT.mc_id=401. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
External links
Tony Blackburn · Tara Palmer-Tomkinson · Christine Hamilton · Nell McAndrew · Rhona Cameron · Darren Day · Nigel Benn · Uri GellerPreceded by
Vanessa DemouyLara Croft model
1998–1999Succeeded by
Lara WellerCategories:- 1973 births
- Living people
- I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! contestants
- Participants in British reality television series
- English people of Scottish descent
- People from Leeds
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