Jodie Kidd

Jodie Kidd
Born 25 September 1978
Guildford, Surrey, England

Jodie Kidd (born 25 September 1978 in Guildford) is an English fashion model and television personality.[1]

Early life

Kidd was born in 1978, the daughter of the businessman and former showjumper Johnny Kidd. Kidd's maternal great-grandfather was the Canadian press baron Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook.[2] Kidd's mother, Wendy Madeleine Kidd (neé Hodge), is one of the three daughters of Sir John Rowland Hodge, 2nd Baronet,[2] and runs the Holders Festival on Barbados.[3] Kidd's aunt is the model Vicki Hodge.[2]

Jodie was a showjumper as a child and attended St Michael's School, Burton Park, Petworth, West Sussex. Kidd has two siblings. Her elder sister, Jemma Kidd (born 1974), married Arthur Gerald Wellesley, Marquess of Douro, son of the current Duke of Wellington in June 2005.[4] Kidd's brother, Jack Kidd (born 1973) is a polo player.[5] Kidd also has a half brother, the entrepreneur Nick D'Arcy Whiting (born 1962) and a half sister Debbie Parris (born 1964).[6]

Career

Jodie Kidd, London 2008

Modelling

Kidd was 15 when she was discovered by photographer Terry O'Neil on a beach in Barbados. Her modelling career began when he introduced her to model agent Laraine Ashton. When Kidd began modelling at 16 there was an uproar – accusations were made that promotion of her slender figure encouraged teenage girls to become anorexic when they tried to mimic her looks. Her skeletal figure led to accusations, because she is tall 188 cm (74 in) and at the time her weight was 48 kg (106 lb) (BMI of 13.6; WHO class[7] at 16 years, "severe thinness").

Kidd modelled with the leading models from Capellino, Chanel, Ernesto Esposito, Fendissime, Gai Mattiolo, Ghost, Lagerfeld, Malhas, Monsoon, and Motorola and also featured in campaigns for Chloé 'Innocence' perfume and Yves Saint Laurent. She also appeared on the cover of Elle magazine in Australia, Italy, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden and the United States.

During an eight-month break in modelling, Kidd increased weight to become a size eight dress size. [8]

Kidd's many magazine covers include Elle in America, Portugal, Italy, Singapore and Sweden, British Vogue, The Face and Comme des Garçons.

Jodie Kidd, Flugtag London, 2008

Television

Kidd's career as a television personality has included participation on Strictly Come Dancing 2008, in which she partnered with professional dancer Ian Waite; they finished in sixth place, and Kidd left the show in a "dance-off" against former model and television presenter Lisa Snowdon. In 2014, Kidd was a finalist in the BBC's annual cookery programme Celebrity Masterchef; she lost the championship to actor Sophie Thompson. In 2015 she appeared in series 2 of The Jump.

Musical production

Kidd and her father are producers of the musical Yarico, a tale of romance and slavery in Barbados, based on the 17th-century operetta Yarico and Inkle.[9]

Personal life

Kidd's hobbies include polo, motor car racing,[10] golf,[11] and horse riding.[12] She has also taken part in several rallies of the Gumball 3000.

She drives a Maserati and is noted for completing the fastest Celebrity Lap on the Top Gear car show (Series 2 Episode 8 : 6 July 2003).

Following a year-long romance and engagement, Kidd married Internet entrepreneur Aidan Butler on 10 September 2005 at St Peter's Church, Twineham, West Sussex. The couple split up after 18 months of marriage.[13]

Kidd's son by her partner Andrea Vianini, an Argentinian polo player, was born in on 5 September 2011, named Indio Vianini Kidd.[14][15] Kidd and Vianini split in the summer of 2013. Kidd subsequently married David Blakeley, a former British Army captain and author in August 2014.[16] The couple split in January 2015, after four months of marriage.[17]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Prince Valiant Uncredited.
1999 Mad Cows Tracey
2003 Top Gear Star in a Reasonably Priced Car Lap time: 1 min 48 seconds (Series 2, episode 8).
2006 Gumball 3000: Drivin' Me Crazy
2008 Who Do You Think You Are? Appears as herself to trace her family tree.[18]
2008 Clarkson: Thriller Appears as herself to race Jeremy Clarkson in a Fiat 500.
2010 Countryfile Presenter in December 2010.
2011 Top Gear Guest in race – Top Gear UK versus Top Gear Australia – for the Ashes.
2013 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Competitor, against James Martin.[19] Series 3, Episode 14
2014 Celebrity Masterchef Contestant.
2015 The Classic Car Show Presenter with Quentin Willson
2015 The Jump Contestant. Eliminated, 3 February 2015.[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Jodie Kidd". Fashion Model Directory. 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Burke's Peerage, volume 1 (1999), p. 232
  3. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2006/may/07/culturaltrips.caribbean.observerescapesection
  4. ↑ http://www.tatler.com/the-tatler-list/w/arthur-wellesley
  5. ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9747859/The-rock-star-the-polo-set-and-the-man-who-played-them-for-fools.html
  6. ↑ Burke's Peerage volume 2 (2003), p. 1,932
  7. ↑ http://www.who.int/growthref/bmifa_girls_z_5_19_labels.pdf
  8. ↑ "Why are they famous? Jodie Kidd". The Independent (UK: findarticles.com). 25 October 1998.
  9. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/oct/26/jodie-kidd-revive-tragic-operetta-slavery-yarico-london
  10. ↑ Carter, Melanie (6 December 2004). "Supermodel Jodie Kidd Wins Her First Ever Motor Race". carpages.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "BBC Sport: Golf: Winter warriors". BBC News (London: BBC). 14 January 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  12. ↑ Stadlen, Matthew (25 September 2014). "Ryder Cup ambassador Jodie Kidd: 'I could have been a professional golfer'". The Daily Telegraph (London: TMG). ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "Jodie's marriage falls apart". Metro News. 23 April 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  14. ↑ "'Excited' Jodie Kidd expecting first baby". Hello!. 14 March 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  15. ↑ "Exclusive: Jodie Kidd happy to announce the birth of her first child". Hello!. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  16. ↑ Gusmaroli, Danielle (14 April 2014). "Jodie Kidd is engaged to ex-soldier David Blakeley". Daily Mail Online. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  17. ↑ Thistlethwaite, Felicity (30 January 2015). "Jodie Kidd and David Blakeley split after four months of marriage". Daily Express. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  18. ↑ "Who Do You Think You Are? - Jodie Kidd". BBC One. 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  19. ↑ "Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: Series 3, Number 14. James Martin and Jodie Kidd". Radio Times. 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  20. ↑ McGeorge, Alistair (3 February 2015). "The Jump 2015: Louie Spence and Jodie Kidd eliminated as Louise Hazel gets highest leap". Daily Mirror (London: Trinity Mirror). ISSN 9975-9950. OCLC 223228477. Retrieved 9 February 2015.

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