Michelle Marsh (born 30 September 1982) is an English former

glamour model A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Though m ...

, known for her appearances on

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of several tabloids and in numerous British lads' mags.

Career

Michelle Marsh was born on 30 September 1982 in

Royton Royton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 21,284 in 2011. Close to the source of the River Irk, near undulating land at the foothills of the South Pennines, it is northwest of Old ...

, England. Before becoming a model, Marsh worked as a care assistant at a nursing home in Royton. In 2001, at the age of 18, Marsh was runner-up in '' The Sun'' tabloid newspaper's "National Cleavage Week" contest. The following year, she won the "Search for a Babe" contest run by the '' Daily Star'' tabloid, and began appearing

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as a "Star Babe" in that newspaper. In 2003, she began appearing as a

girl in ''The Sun.'' Her bubbly-blonde looks and natural 32FF breasts prompted ''The Sun'' to hail her as "the new

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." Marsh went on to make numerous glamour modelling appearances in

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such as '' Loaded'', '' Perfect 10,'' ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. She was regularly partnered with model Lucy Pinder for magazine, television, and corporate appearances. On 6 November 2006, Marsh released a

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single titled "I Don't Do." The song spent two weeks in the

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, peaking at No. 89. Marsh has been featured on a number of British television programmes, including '' The X Factor: Battle of the Stars'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''Celebrity Four Weddings.'' She presented a series of '' The Steam Room'' and has starred in two reality television series, '' Trust Me – I'm a Beauty Therapist'' and ''

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''. She has played minor roles in the television series '' Hotel Babylon'' and ''

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'' and the 2008 British drama film ''

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''. While pregnant with her second child in 2010, Marsh announced her retirement from glamour modelling via her official website. She planned to focus on raising her children and developing her singing career.

Personal life

Marsh married now-retired Scottish footballer

Will Haining William Wallace Haining (born 2 October 1982) is a Scottish retired footballer. He started his career in the youth team at Oldham Athletic, breaking into the first team in 2001. After six years with Oldham's first team he signed for St Mirre ...

on 2 June 2007 at Auchen Castle Hotel in Scotland.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marsh, Michelle 1982 births Living people Page 3 girls People from Royton The X Factor (British TV series) contestants English female models Association footballers' wives and girlfriends Glamour models

Career

Personal life

See also

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