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Natalie Pike Born Natalie Pike
April 4, 1983
Edinburgh, ScotlandHeight 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1] Hair colour Brown Eye colour Brown Measurements 35-25-35[1] Dress size 10 UK Natalie Pike (born April 4, 1983 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a British model, raised in Berwick-on-Tweed and Stockport in England, who won the Miss British Isles Competition and the FHM High Street Honeys competition in 2004.
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Education
Pike attended Ladybrook Primary School until the age of 11, then went to Bramhall High School until the age of 16, and sat her A levels at Aquinas 6th form college. The A levels she took were Maths,[2] communication studies and Performing arts. Pike completed her degree in Film and Media Studies at Manchester Met University during her year as FHM High St Honeys winner.
Career
Natalie won the FHM High Street Honeys competition in 2004, following in the footsteps of Tanya Robinson and Kayleigh Pearson. She appeared on the front cover of FHM again in 2005[3] and 2007.
Pike is now one of the most popular glamour models in the UK, having also appeared on the cover of Zoo[4] and Nuts magazine several times. She was voted in FHM's list of the 100 Sexiest Women in 2005 (26) and 2006 (51).
Pike is an avid Manchester City supporter. She has a tattoo of the Manchester City badge on her lower back and she is a season ticket holder and is regularly spotted supporting her beloved team all over the country. Natalie modelled the new kit in 2006.
Pike appeared on the first season of the UK version of Beauty and the Geek which aired on Channel 4 and E4. She was partnered with Mathematics student Jamie Sawyer, and they were eliminated after three episodes.[2]
She was a game show hostess on The Price Is Right, presented by Joe Pasquale, weekdays at 2.00pm and 5:00pm on ITV1.
Pike released a single in 2006 with the other FHM High Street Honeys called I Touch Myself which reached no.1 in the box charts.
In the April 2007 FHM (UK edition) it is stated that readers of the magazine voted Natalie the favourite Honey ever and to go the Xbox 360 Global Challenge. As part of the challenge she will be flying to and from Japan, Australia, LA, and Mexico within a time span of 360 hours. In each country she and 4 other European Honeys will compete in missions based on popular Xbox 360 games.
In 2007 she did her first ever topless shoot for the men's weekly magazine ZOO.[5]
Natalie loathes cheese, although she does enjoy pizza.[5]
In October 2008 she was turned down by Countdown bosses for apparently being "too sexy" as a replacement for the departing Carol Vorderman losing out to Rachel Riley.[6]
She divides her time between London and Manchester.
In 2009 Pike started her own Modelling School with celebrity photographer Scott Ninness.[7]
References
- ^ a b http://www.interpost.co.uk/nat/portfolio.html
- ^ a b http://www.beauty-and-the-geek.co.uk/natalie.php
- ^ FHM UK edition 03/2005 Uniform Special, triple covers
- ^ Zoo Magazine 24–30 March 2006 - High Street Honeys
- ^ a b Girls: Natalie Pike's First Time Topless, with video
- ^ Too Sexy For Countdown
- ^ http://www.nataliepikemodellingschool.co.uk
External links
Categories:- 1983 births
- Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University
- English female models
- Living people
- People from Edinburgh
- People from Berwick-upon-Tweed
- People from Stockport
- Scottish female models
- Anglo-Scots
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