Catalina Jane Guirado (b. 1 January 1974 in Auckland, New Zealand) is an English model and TV personality. She has been a British lads' mag and tabloid favorite since the late '90s.
Born to a Spanish artist father and an English mother, Guirado, as a child she was an extremely talented violinist performing at the Royal Festival and London's Royal Albert Hall by the time she was 11. At 12, she played a transcription of the first violin solo of the Bach double violin concerto in D minor as part of the School's Proms at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. She went on to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Discovered by British Vogue's booking editor, Catalina started modelling at 15. She went on to walk runway shows for designers such as Vivienne Westwood, Scott Henshall, Michiko Koshino, and Rifat Ozbek. She also appeared on the covers of and featured in magazines including Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, FHM, Maxim, and Loaded. She has appeared in campaigns for Wella, Charro Jeans, Toni & Guy, L'Oréal, and Lynx men's body spray.
Guirado first appeared on television in TFI Friday. She is most famous for appearing in the reality TV shows I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! and Back to Reality. Guirado has also appeared on Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes, Celebrities Under Pressure, and Bo' Selecta!, hosted Catalina's Clips and VH1's Spice, and was a guest on This Morning, Celebdaq, Celebrity Weakest Link, Ready Steady Cook, as well as many others. She also acted in the independent movies Blue Sombrero and in 2005's Private Moments.
She was voted one of FHM's 100 sexiest women in 1997, 1998, 2003, and 2004, and one of Maxim's 10 sexiest British Women in 2002. She has been a lads' mag and tabloid favorite and had her wedding covered in OK! magazine: She married Matt Cheadle of the band i-94 at The Inn On The Green in Cookham Dean, Berkshire on 5 August 2007.
Guirado was signed to Universal Music publishing 2000-2005. Her song 'Shine' was covered by Welsh girl band TnT.
Guirado to Los Angeles the beginning of 2008 as part of the management team of LP33.tv, a content-based music site, with Andrew Bentley former FEO of EMI. As SVP Artist Liaison and SVP Media Relations she was responsible for initial artist acquisition, development of featured artists, artist promotions and building relationships with labels and management.
She left LP33.tv in 2009 to work as an Executive consultant for social music and distribution site fifty100.com. In March 2010 she started her own boutique PR and events company, britchickspr.com focusing on the arts, fashion, and music.
Following the death of her father, Juan Antonio Guirado, in July 2010, Catalina manages his artwork and exhibits on juanantonioguirado.net
Guirado is also an experienced horsewoman and spends her free time riding her horse, Grace-Kelly, in the Hollywood hills.
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