Lucy Collett

Lucy Collett

Boston Megafest 2013
Born Lucy Victoria Collett
3 March 1989[1][2]
Warwick, England, UK[3]
Other names Lucy Vixen,[3] Lucy V
Ethnicity Caucasian[3]
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[3]
Weight 154 lb (70 kg; 11.0 st)[3] [4]
Website
http://www.lucy-v.com

Lucy Victoria Collett (born 3 March 1989[1][2]), also known as Lucy V and Lucy Vixen,[3] is a glamour model. She won The Sun newspaper's Page 3 Idol 2012 modeling contest, and she appears as a Page 3 girl in that newspaper. She also features regularly in British men's magazines. In May 2013, FHM magazine named her one of its 100 Sexiest Women in the World.[5]

Modeling career

Collett began her modeling career at age 17 as a hair model for Toni & Guy salons.[6] At this time, she began dying her naturally brown hair blond, and later her signature red color.[6] In December 2011, at the age of 22, she was declared the winner of The Sun's Page 3 Idol 2012 competition and became a Page 3 girl.[7][8] She now features regularly in men's magazines, including Loaded, FHM, Zoo, Nuts, Front and Maxim.[3] She appeared in the music video for Professor Green's song "Remedy".[9]

Collett is a dress size 12–14 (UK) and wears a size 30G bra.[6][10] FHM has called her part of a "welcome new trend for curvaceous womanliness."[9] Her voluptuous figure and red hair have drawn comparisons with actress Christina Hendricks and cartoon sex symbol Jessica Rabbit.[11] The Sun has sent Collett onto the streets of London dressed as Joan Holloway, Hendricks's character in Mad Men, to gauge men's reaction.[11] Collett has said that she wants to "send out the message that you don’t have to be a size six to be a model"[7] and that she wants to promote a healthy body image for girls and women.[12]

In May 2013, she was named one of FHM magazine's 100 Sexiest Women in the World, placing 89th on the list.[5]

Lucy is a keen gamer and presented Nuts magazine's web series of games news and reviews "Girl Got Game".[13] and in March 2015 she began presenting ZOO magazine's web series "Game On".[14] Recently she has done some work with Talksport. [15]

Background and personal life

Collett's father is a property developer, and her mother is a chiropodist.[6] She is the youngest of 4 children.[6] Her parents divorced when she was 4 years old, after which she lived with her mother.[6] She attended Myton School in Warwick.[12]

On 19 May 2005, her 17-year-old brother Jacob was assaulted by another teenager following an altercation outside a pub in Leamington.[16] He suffered a brain haemorrhage and died in Warwick Hospital around 1 AM on 20 May 2005. His assailant was subsequently convicted of manslaughter and received a 6-year prison sentence.[17][18] Her brother's death caused Lucy to suffer from a year-long depression and engage in incidents of self-harming.[6] She credits an interest in photography, which she studied for her A-levels, with giving her the ability to overcome her grief and depression and rebuild her life.[6]

Before becoming a full-time professional model, she worked for six years as a waitress at Warwick Castle.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 @Mellisa_Clarke (3 March 2013). "Happy birthday ginge! @Lucy__Vixen". Twitter. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Poster". Twitter. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014. Mode Model, Lucy Collett, Birthday Celebration, Saturday 1st March 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "LucyVCollett - Model - Warwick, England, United Kingdom". ModelMayhem.com. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  4. ↑ http://instagram.com/p/wUMV5XwnOQ/
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "FHM 100 Sexiest Women In The World 2013: The full list". FHM. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 Jackson, Kate (3 January 2012). "Lucy Collett’s first interview". The Sun. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Jackson, Kate (22 December 2011). "Lucy Collett wins The Sun's Page 3 Idol". The Sun. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  8. ↑ ""I thought I'd have no chance with red hair. When I got the call saying I’d won I screamed and burst into tears... in WH Smith" – Says Page 3 Idol winner Lucy Collett". The Sun. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2014. Lovely Lucy, 22, came top in The Sun’s annual competition to find our next Page 3 model, the first ever redhead to win the public vote.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Lucy Collett — Real-Life Jessica Rabbit". FHM. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  10. ↑ Jones, Amy (13 November 2012). "I didn’t know winning Page 3 Idol would give me the best year of my life". The Sun. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Jackson, Kate (27 February 2012). "How to drive Men Mad: Page 3 Lucy spends day as TV’s curvy Joan". The sun. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Warwick model cruises to page three girl victory". Warwick Courier. 24 December 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  13. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DgUlNiLe4w
  14. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhn3-mJ2ACM
  15. ↑ http://square-pics.com/m/915195500087636106_299251
  16. ↑ "Battered teen left to die in the street". Sunday Mercury. 22 May 2005. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  17. ↑ "Teenager accused of killing; 18-year-old on manslaughter charge". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 23 May 2005. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  18. ↑ "Six years for teenage boy whose single punch took another's life". The Leamington Spa Courier. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

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