Jen Hunter

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Jen Hunter (born 1982 in Wigan) is a British model and television personality.

Hunter has become something of a national figurehead and poster girl for the Size Zero debate following her controversial appearance on the reality television show Make Me A Supermodel.

Despite being criticised for her size 12 (US Size 8) frame and putting on weight during the programmes filming by the shows judges, Hunter was voted top girl by the viewing public, has received a large amount of press coverage since and modelled for celebrity based magazines such as Now and Stars on Sunday. In response to her Reality TV experience Hunter said "I was constantly being told by the panel that I had to get slim, that I had to lose weight, but the voting public proved them wrong." and described herself as "a real woman - warts and all".

Jen has recently been signed to the high profile Cape London model management agency. In February 2007, it was announced that Jen Hunter had been signed as the face of the Nokia L'Amour Fashion Collection, and will be promoting the phones with a series of catwalk shows nationwide, and helping to create the "World's Longest Catwalk".

Hunter has most recently been heard as a guest reporter on BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat programme.

Hunter is a single mother to a daughter Kairah aged 2, her favourite food is apparently Chips, her starsign Gemini and her height 5 foot 10 and a half inches.