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Holly Willoughby (born
10 February 1981) is a British television presenter, born in Brighton, England.
Career
Holly started out as an
underwear model for Pretty Polly, appearing in various adverts and posters - one
wall poster featuring Holly and three other models is still available to buy in
some shops. She moved to television in 2000, becoming one of the presenters on
the short-lived CITV show S Club TV, a spin-off of the British pop band S Club
7. After that, she presented several shows for CBBC including Xchange and also
the Fame Academy spin-off show on the CBBC Channel.
In 2004, Holly moved
back to CITV to co-present the successor to SMTV Live, Ministry of Mayhem. Every
Saturday morning, Holly usually gets covered in gunge and starred in several
sketches and funny situations, one involving her skirt being tucked into her
knickers as passers by looked on in astonishment, and also interviews special
guests, whilst linking to various competitions and cartoons. Working on the show
has opened up other presenting work for Holly, including co-presenting the ITV2
companion show for the infamous Celebrity Wrestling with Jack Osbourne, as well
as occasionally presenting ITV1's flagship music show CD:UK, a role as of August
2005 that Holly was rumoured to be offered on a permanent basis. In 2005, Holly
had to face some of her worst fears for the CITV programme Feel the Fear. Holly
was voted 71st in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women In The World poll in 2005. She was
voted 30th in 2006
General information
Holly co-presented
Dancing on Ice on ITV1 with Phillip Schofield between January and March 2006. It
returns in 2007.
Miss Willoughby has
recently presented ITV2 show Lip Service with Spencer Brown.
Holly is not dating
Stephen Mulhern who is her co-presenter for the CITV Saturday show Holly and
Stephen's Saturday Showdown but is dating ex-Ministry of Mayhem producer Dan
Baldwin. On 6th May 2006, live on Saturday Showdown, Holly announced her
engagement and showed off her impressive ring.
Holly features in the
The Streets' music video When You Wasn't Famous.
Holly appeared on
comedy panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats on Channel 4 on July 14th 2006 and the Friday
Night Project on July 28th 2006.
Holly is a conHolly
Willoughbyant on the upcoming Challenge TV series Showbiz Darts, starting on
October 2nd 2006.
Holly turned on
Brighton's first Christmas lights for 25 years on Thursday 16th November 2006.
Holly won the BAFTA
children's tv presenter award in 2006[1]
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