Sarah Beeny
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| Born | Sarah Lucinda Beeny 9 January 1972 Reading, Berkshire |
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| Residence | London and Yorkshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Property Developer / Broadcaster |
| Spouse | Graham Swift |
| Children | 2 |
Sarah Lucinda Beeny (born 9 January 1972) is a British television presenter best known for presenting the Channel 4 property shows Property Ladder, Streets Ahead and Britain’s Best Homes.
In 2006 Sarah Beeny presented another Channel 4 programme One Year to Pay Off Your Mortgage.
She has written a number of books to accompany the series and is the founder of the popular UK dating website Mysinglefriend. She also writes a weekly column for the Mail on Sunday.
Sarah began her own property developing business with her brother and her husband at the age of 24.
She has a cult following, who affectionately refer to her as "the Beeny" or "the Beenster".
In an interview with the Daily Mirror newspaper, Sarah gave another explanation for her position as a sex symbol: "Men are attracted to me because I'm bossy and opinionated... Men like that, it's the dominatrix thing. They'd be disappointed if they met me though, I'm not like that in real life. When I get a really nice letter I show my husband and he'll say: 'Oh, but they don't know you, do they?'"[1]
Sarah was brought up near Reading, Berkshire, England. She currently lives with her husband and business partner, Graham Swift, an artist, with whom she has two children ("beeny babies") and is currently, (May 2008) expecting her third child. They have homes in Yorkshire and London.
She regularly appears on the Virgin Radio Breakfast show and is a friend of DJ Christian O' Connell. She has also appeared on Big Brother's Little Brother alongside Dermot O'Leary, on which she estimated the value of the Big Brother 8 house to be "Two Bob".
Sarah Beeny has appeared recently on Gordon Ramsay's The F-Word, as she offered up her garden for Gordon's sheep to feed on.
In August 2007 Sarah starred in a promotional trailer for Channel 4 which was made in the form of a parody of a Kung Fu movie. The classic line "You dare to challenge the might of the Beeny", was said by Sarah to the evil nemesis.
Later that year, she also appeared on the Channel Five motoring show, Fifth Gear, where she raced Jason Plato in an articulated lorry around a course.
[edit] Books
- Property Ladder: How to Make Pounds from Property - 2002
- Property Ladder: Profit from Property - 2003
- Property Ladder: The Developer's Bible - 2004
- Property Ladder: Hints and Tips - 2006
- Sarah Beeny's Price the Job - 2006
- A Date with Sarah Beeny: Mysinglefriend.com's Guide to Dating and Dumping, Flirting and Flings - 2007
