Vogue Williams
| Vogue Williams | |
|---|---|
 Vogue Williams (2014) | |
| Born |
Vogue Williams 3 October 1985 |
| Occupation | Model, television and radio personality |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Television |
Stepping Out Bear Grylls: Mission Survive |
| Spouse(s) |
Brian McFadden (m. 2012; separated 2015) |
| Website | Official website |
Vogue Williams (born October 3rd 1985[1]) is an Irish model, television and radio personality, best known for participating in Dancing with the Stars and Stepping Out and for winning the 2015 series of Bear Grylls: Mission Survive.[2]
Career
Her career began on 11 November 2010 starring in an Irish TV series Fade Street, a version of The Hills which follows the lives of 4 Irish girls in Dublin. The episodes focused on Vogue's work at Stellar Magazine, learning to act and her passion for DJ'ing.
On 15 April 2012 Williams participated in the twelfth series of Dancing with the Stars in Australia partnered with Christopher Page. They were the third couple to be eliminated from the competition on 6 May 2012.
In 2013, Williams and Brian McFadden took part in the ITV celebrity dancing competition Stepping Out.[3] The couple finished in second place.
On 4 February 2015, Williams was confirmed to be participating in the ITV reality series Bear Grylls: Mission Survive which started airing on 20 February 2015, she won the show on 3 April 2015, beating Kelly Holmes and Mike Tindall.[4][5][6][7] In December 2015, Williams appeared alongside Brian McFadden in a celebrity episode of Catchphrase. On 21 June 2016, she was a guest panellist on an episode of Loose Women. On October 30–31, 2016 she was a guest on Celebrity Haunted Hotel on W.[8] Vogue Williams currently has her own four part show called "Vogue Williams-On The Edge" where she investigates issues affecting the lives of fellow Millennials for example drugs, social anxiety, gender dysmorphia and the obsessiveness for 'the body beautiful'. [9]She will take part in the fourth series of The Jump on Channel 4 in early 2017.
She currently presents her own radio show called 'Houseparty' on SPIN 1038, a radio channel in Dublin.
Personal life
In May 2011, she began dating former Westlife singer Brian McFadden. Their engagement was announced on 12 January 2012 and they were married on 2 September 2012 in Florence, Italy. In June 2015, they purchased their first home together in Dublin.[10] On 7 July 2015, Williams and McFadden announced that they were separating after three years of marriage.[11][12][13][14]
She has a degree in Construction design and management and quantitative surveying.[15]
References
- ↑ http://www.independent.ie/style/celebrity/celebrity-features/vogue-williams-everyone-thinks-i-made-up-or-changed-my-name-and-im-actually-called-joanne-31110624.html
- ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a639871/vogue-williams-wins-bear-grylls-mission-survive.html
- ↑ http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/stepping-out-line-revealed
- ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a625841/mike-tindall-jamelia-max-george-for-bear-grylls-mission-survive.html
- ↑ http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/bear-grylls-stars-mission-survive-itv-0
- ↑ "Getting wild: Vogue Williams drinks her own pee on Bear Grylls". evoke.ie. 9 March 2015.
- ↑ "You'd hardly blame Vogue Williams for breaking down on TV with this celebrity survival challenge". evoke.ie. 7 February 2015.
- ↑ http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/entertainment-news/220931/Jamelia-among-guests-at-the-Celebrity-Haunted-Hotel-this-Halloween
- ↑ "Vogue Willams-On The Edge".
- ↑ "It's a big day': Vogue Williams and Brian McFadden buy Dublin house". evoke.ie. 23 June 2015.
- ↑ "Shock as Vogue Williams and Brian McFadden announce split". evoke.ie. 7 July 2015.
- ↑ "Black day at the races for recently separated Vogue Williams". evoke.ie. 13 July 2015.
- ↑ "'I haven't had the best year' Vogue Williams admits she's struggling since split". evoke.ie. 9 November 2015.
- ↑ "Vogue Williams gets winter ready and shows off enviable bod after strict retreat". evoke.ie. 18 November 2015.
- ↑ "Bear Grylls Mission Survive episode 6".