Liz Fuller
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Elizabeth "Liz" Fuller (born December 30, 1975) is a model, TV presenter and former owner of the Miss World franchise in the UK.
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Early career
Fuller was born in Swansea, Wales and attended Dumbarton House school, where ex-students included Catherine Zeta-Jones. Fuller started dance lessons, and gave her first ever solo performance at the age of 3.
She then attended the Dubensky stage school, where performances included Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Fuller moved over to The Grand Theatre school of dance, and continued taking part in stage productions, including The Hobbit.
Fuller was a child dance star for Eleanor Live (HTV Wales), a model on the programme ‘Heno’ (S4C )and also starred in Pobol Y Cym the welsh language soap. Fuller modelling career started at 16 after being spotted by a photographer, and then under took catwalk shows and photographic shoots, and also to her very first beauty pageant - Miss Wales 1994.
Fuller went on to be crowned Miss Cardiff, Miss Wales Universe, and finally the Miss Great Britain International title in 1996.
Fuller gained nine GCSEs and three A-levels, but before going to university at Cardiff attended the Falmouth College of Art. Fuller started at the University Of Wales Cardiff in 1994 on the BA journalism, film and broadcasting course. In addition Fuller chose subsidiary subjects including feminism - which was extremely difficult with her lecturer, as at the time Fuller held the Miss Cardiff title.
During Fuller's second year at Uni, she got to travel far east to Taiwan (winning Miss dream girl bikini competition,) Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Las Vegas.
Fuller got a 2:2 degree from Cardiff in 1997.
TV & Broadcast
Fuller started her broadcast career at Morriston Hospital, Swansea presenting on one of the few hospital television channels in the country. After stints at Swansea Sound Radio and HTV Wales, Fuller went on to co-present 'The Birthday Show' for Granada TV, and a pilot for Topshop TV. Fuller also did work experience at the News of the World and Live TV.
In 1997 Fuller moved to London and has continued to model. Fuller became a successful commercial model with agents in South Africa, London, and in the US. Campaigns include Kronenbourg, Fosters, Sol beer and Doritos; and TV adverts include Boots NO 7 makeup, and Suzuki.
Fuller was a house model in 1999 on the Richard and Judy show 'This Morning', Fuller got her tv break presenting Man Utd TV, on the show 'Reds at Five' with Ally Begg. She then worked in Scotland on the Peakviewing travel reports for a broadband venture, then presented and took on the role as producer on the Dating Channel.
In Sept 2001, Fuller was offered a presenting role to launch Auction World.tv on Sky Digital, and in August 2002 Fuller broke into terrestrial tv on ITV 1 and became the female host for The Pop Factory on HTV Wales with Steve Jones - which later led to her presenting 'Record Of The Year' on ITV.
In 2004 Fuller wrote, sold, presented and produced the car show "Numberplate Heaven" on Sky channel Men and Motors. Fuller also joined Nation 217 as one of their anchor presenters on SKY.
Fuller has hosted since 1998 the Miss Great Britain, and in 2005 she bought the UK licence to produce and operate the show.After 18 months Liz was offered and bought out of the business. Fuller still is called to judge and judged ‘Asbo Teen to Beauty Queen’ on Channel Five in 2006
Present
Fuller is currently the face of Pearl Drops Toothpaste a 3 year commercial deal, where the advert plays out in the UK and 5 other countries.
Fuller is currently anchor presenter on Quiz Call for Five every Thursday and Saturday nights live and unscripted.
And for The Jewellery Channel every Sunday evening, Sky TV 640 & Freeview Channel 44. Fuller recently had her own column in Wales on Sunday newspaper called ‘The Fuller Picture’.
Personal life
Fuller's hobbies include the gym, painting rather large canvases, making clothes, going out for meals, the cinema and travelling[1].
Fuller recently has ventured into the philanthropist arena, and has given up time for numerous charities. New Year 2007 Liz gave up her usual jetset friends holidays to visit 3 orphanages in Delhi. One being the Hope Foundations Asharan orphanage who after her donations (she publicly asked every Lehman Brothers banker at a dinner to donate) and time with the children have named their new nursery after her.
Fuller in April 2008 joined Olivia Newton-John in the Gobi Desert in China on her great walk to Beijing charity walk, with Dannii Minogue, Toyah Wilcox, Amazon man and numerous other celebrities.
Fuller is an ambassador for Cancer Research UK, Shelter Cymru, and the Asharan Orphanage. Fuller has also been linked with the NCH charity recently in the press. Fuller recently ran Race For Life 2008 for Cancer Research and has hosted numerous quiz nights and auctions. Fuller was instrumental in linking Miss Great Britain to a female charity and chose Breast Cancer Campaign. Fuller is quiet about her love life, despite being publicly linked with Thierry Henry, Steve Jones, Paul Mckenna.
In 2006, Fuller was romantically linked to Rick Parfitt, Jr., son of the front man for the English rock band, Status Quo.[2]
