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This Morning’s Holly Willoughby opened her modeling career before she rose to fame as a TV presenter, and it looks like it was far from glamorous
This morning Star Holly willoughby spoke about her modeling career before she rose to fame as a TV presenter, and it looks like it was far from glamorous!
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Chat on The Jonathan Ross Show, she revealed: “My first job was for sanitary napkins. I remember all my friends saying, ‘See you in a magazine!’ [I was there saying] ‘Don’t look at him!’ “She said, before adding jokingly: “I was the face of sanitary napkins.”
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Her colleague Joanna Lumley also recalled her modeling days, revealing that she also had her fair share of embarrassing jobs. She said, “I made one [shoot] which was awful. It was a magazine called Flair [and it was about cleaning your face with soap]. I have the soap … three hours [of doing it]. My face was burnt, everything was burnt. “
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Holly’s modeling career began when she was just 14 years old. The teenager was spotted at The Clothes Show Live in Birmingham in 1995 and was subsequently signed by Storm Model Management – the same agency as Kate moss.
Holly at 16, model for Mizz magazine
In addition to her health product modeling work, she has also appeared in magazines including Mizz, just seventeen, more! and Yell. At 17, she dabbled in lingerie modeling, appearing in commercials and posters for Pretty Polly.
Two years later, she landed her first role as an on-screen presenter on CITV and in 2009, she began co-hosting This morning next to Phillip Schofield.
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Elsewhere in the series, Holly also admitted she had been “hurt” by recent reports that she is set to quit ITV’s weekday show.
“I read these things too,” she said when asked if she was aware of the rumors about her exit. “It hurts sometimes because it’s so unfair and wrong, so it is sometimes difficult. We’re just incredibly lucky. So no, I am not retiring.“
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It was reported earlier this year that Holly had negotiated a new contract which will see her stay on the This morning sofa until the end of 2023. She took over the role of co-host of Britton Fern in 2009, which means that at the end of her current contract, she will have hosted for 14 years. Meanwhile, co-host Phillip will be celebrating two decades on the show next year.
However, she said starting her modeling career was a “good life, but a tough life.” She explained, “It was just difficult. You were paid by the hour. A minute late, they landed half of your hourly wage.”
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