Lucy Collett

Lucy Victoria Collett (born 3 March 1989^[1][2]), also known as Lucy V and Lucy Vixen,^[3] is a British glamour model from Warwick, England.

She won The Sun newspaper's Page 3 Idol 2012 modeling contest, and frequently appears as a Page 3 girl in that newspaper. She has been featured regularly in men's magazine such as Nuts, Zoo, Front, Loaded, and Maxim.^[3] In addition to her own subscription based website, she has modeled for several internet based erotic websites, such as Suicide Girls,^[6] Pinup Wow,^[7] Onlytease,^[8] CurvedFX,^[9] and Xtreme Playpen.^[10]

In May 2013, FHM magazine named her one of its 100 Sexiest Women in the World, placing 89th on the list.^[11][12]

Career

Boston Megafest 2013

Collett began her modeling career at age 17 as a hair model for Toni & Guy salons.^[13] At this time, she began dyeing her naturally brown hair blond, and later her signature red color.^[13] 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.^[14][15]

Collett is a dress size 12–14 (UK) and wears a size 30G bra.^[13][16] FHM has called her part of a "welcome new trend for curvaceous womanliness."^[12] Her voluptuous figure and red hair have drawn comparisons with actress Christina Hendricks and cartoon sex symbol Jessica Rabbit.^[17] 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.^[17] 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"^[14] and that she wants to promote a healthy body image for girls and women.^[18]

Lucy has presented Nuts magazine's web series of games news and reviews "Girl Got Game".^[19] and in March 2015 she began presenting ZOO magazine's web series "Game On".^[20] In Feb. 2015 she presented a one-off video feature with Talksport.^[21]

She appears in music videos including Professor Green's song "Remedy",^[22] and Attention Thieves' song "Bring Yourself to Justice".^[23]

Personal life

Before becoming a full-time professional model, she worked for six years as a waitress at Warwick Castle.^[18]

Collett's father is a property developer, and her mother is a chiropodist.^[13] She is the youngest of 4 children. Her parents divorced when she was 4 years old, after which she lived with her mother.^[13] She attended Myton School in Warwick.^[18]

On 19 May 2005, her 17-year-old brother Jacob was assaulted by another teenager following an altercation outside a pub in Leamington.^[24] 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.^[25][26] Her brother's death caused Lucy to suffer from a year-long depression and engage in incidents of self-harming. 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.^[13]

See also

• Lad culture
• Lad mags

References

External links

• Official website