Jasmine Lennard

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Jasmine Lennard (born July 25, 1985 in Belgravia, London), is an English model.

1 Biography
2 Personal life
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Lennard first shot to fame in 2005 as a finalist in the reality TV talent search Make Me A Supermodel. She angered judge Rachel Hunter by describing her as: "spotty, finished and fat";^[1] and also said: "I suggest she throws out the truckload of make-up she uses and hires a personal trainer."^[2] Lennard allowed cameras to film her naked in the bath, and confessed to lesbian affairs while filming the show. The judges accused her of being manipulative.^[3] Other reports say she is bisexual.^[4]

Despite being voted off the programme in the early stages by the judging panel, Lennard was widely credited as the most entertaining and watchable contestant on the series by the viewing public. In a telephone vote, Lennard allegedly received a higher percentage than all of the other contestants combined.^{[citation needed]}

Since then she has carved a minor celebrity career out of her appearance, becoming a red-carpet regular. As such, she was known for her publicised rifts with fellow models such as Sophie Anderton, her relationships with other minor celebrities and her skinny frame. In 2005 she appeared in the reality TV show Trust Me I'm a Holiday Rep, but soon was told to leave after her inability to follow simple staff rules including matters with her choice of clothing and how she wore it. She has later pursued her acting and TV presenting career with a minor role in the 2005 film Revolver - where at the premier she was compared to Elizabeth Hurley, by turning up in what the press called "Lacey Hotpants."^[5]. She auditioned for a part in the first Daniel Craig James Bond movie "Casino Royale", but was rejected on the grounds of admitting involvement openly in the press.^[6]

In 2006, Lennard appeared as a contestant on a celebrity edition of The Weakest Link and talking head on a vast array of celebrity based documentaries.

Lennard landed the job to co-present the new 2006 Five Life spin-off show Make Me A Supermodel Extra. However, she was soon fired after dubbing panel judge Rachel Hunter as "Rachel munter".^[7]

Lennard, according to persistent press reports, is planning a tell-all book called "All Eyes On Me".^[8].

In 2007, Lennard relocated to Los Angeles.

[edit] Personal life

She is the daughter of playboy Brian Lennard, who founded Sacha Shoes, and actress Marilyn Galsworthy, whose mother was one of the original Dior and Chanel models. Lennard has two sisters, Pandora (b. 1988) and Jessica (b. 1983) - named by their mother after three of their father's mistresses: "a tribute to those who didn't make it".^[3]

Lennard was brought up in Belgravia, Bel Air and the Cote d'Azur. The sisters were picked up from school every day in a Rolls-Royce, and had access to five houses equipped with butlers, nannies and cooks. However, her father reportedly lost the family fortune on the gaming tables and left them penniless, at which stage her parents divorced. The girls and their mother today live in Fulham, West London.

Lennard spent much of her teens abusing drugs; at one stage she was given just six months to live. At 14 she was on the pill, kept marijuana spliffs under her pillow and smashed up her mother's car.^[1] Aged 17, she had stolen thousands of pounds from her mother to pay off drug dealers from her spiralling cocaine habit. At the height of her addiction, she changed schools eight times before enrolling at a local college at 17, and then entering The Priory for rehab.

Lennard was reportedly the reason a London based New York hedge fund banker spent £36,000 in one night on drinks at the Aviva bar in Kensington's five-star Baglioni Hotel, and left a £3,000 tip. The banker had reportedly made £3M on one deal that day, and was so infatuated with Lennard on the night of the "Revolver" premier, he kept sending her over bottles of Dom Perignon champagne. Eventually he put his Black American Express card behind the bar, and said: "The drinks are on me!" Customers put away 851 cocktails - with a combined price tag alone of £5,959; and in the end the bar ran out of Cristal magnums and had to move on to the normal-sized bottles. Lennard said: "I was very flattered to be receiving so much attention... Even though the guy was very sweet, it was not quite enough to make me leave my boyfriend. Maybe he could try diamonds next time."^[9]

Her last long term boyfriend was London property developer James Harris, nine years her senior - whom she said would like to develop a hotel with called "Jasmines". A sexual encounter with Simon Cowell was denied by both parties and publicist Max Clifford;^[10] which confirmed in her statement that her present boyfriend is Sophie Anderton's ex, nightclub owner Mark Alexiou.^[11]