Amy Guy (born 21 December 1983) is a Welsh tv host, athlete and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Wales 2004 and represented her country

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. She attended Yale College, Wrexham and secondary school at Ysgol Rhiwabon, Wrexham, Wales, and was the Welsh Schools National 100m and 300m Hurdling Champion. She is an architectural designer and graduated from the

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...

after completing her architecture degree. She won the

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pageant in 2004. and the Miss Sport award at

and automatically advanced as one of the top 15 semi-finalists. As the highest placed of the four contestants from the UK, Guy won the title of Miss United Kingdom and went on to compete as Miss UK at the 2005 Miss International contest. She was in a revived version of Gladiators as a Gladiator Siren. She has represented

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on five consecutive occasions

horse riding Equestrianism (from Latin , , , 'horseman', 'horse'), commonly known as horse riding ( Commonwealth English) or horseback riding (American English), includes the disciplines of riding, driving, and vaulting. This broad description includes the ...

, and was a member of the Great British Team. Guy has aligned with British Show Jumping as an Ambassador for the Sport giving her full support to their delivery of medals for Great Britain campaign through to 2012 and beyond. She currently competes in

modern pentathlon The modern pentathlon is an Summer Olympics, Olympic multisport that consists of five events: fencing (one-touch épée followed by direct elimination), freestyle swimming, obstacle course racing, Laser pistol (sport), laser pistol shooting, and ...

, and recent activities have involved

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running around the world, competing in Asia,

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and Europe. In 2009 she took up polo as an additional sport, and competed in the Asprey World Class Cup day charity match in July 2010 at Hurtwood Park. In 2009 Guy became the female face of Polistas, a clothing and lifestyle brand on the polo circuit, and collaborated with Polistas on a full ladies' range from polo shirts and jeans to dresses, luggage and handbags. In December 2013, Guy appeared with her husband, Alex on the BBC program ''

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'' after taking up a new career in property development.http://www.polistas.co.uk/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=105

References

External links

Official Amy Guy website
1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Wrexham Miss World 2004 delegates Welsh female models Miss International 2005 delegates Welsh beauty pageant winners Alumni of the University of Nottingham British female modern pentathletes Gladiators (2008 British TV series) Alumni of Yale College, Wrexham {{UK-tv-bio-stub