Sarah Matravers is an English model, presenter and actress. Born in the

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Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, ...

and raised in

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, she lives in

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, London. She first came to public attention when she won ''The Great British Beauty Competition'' on ITV's '' This Morning'' television show. She also appeared in the 1990s revival of ''

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'' with

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. Sarah's part was to hold the gong during the yes/no part of the quiz. Her appearance on ''This Morning'' led to a successful modelling career with Pantene, Nike, Oil of Ulay, Speedo, Johnnie Walker, Avon, Sensodyne, Berlei and Durex, before switching, initially to low key media work in the form of voice-overs for the likes of Oil of Olay and narrating for

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, presenting corporate videos and regional television. She moved on to presenting and acting in national television and is best known for presenting

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's DIY show ''Big Strong Boys'', playing the roles of Joly Salter in ITV's ''

Footballers' Wives ''Footballers' Wives'' is a British television drama about fictional Premier League football club Earls Park F.C., its players and their wives. It was broadcast on ITV from 2002 to 2006. The show initially focuses on three very different coupl ...

'' and '' Footballers' Wives: Extra Time'', Victoria Baptiste (wife of Didier Baptiste) in Sky's '' Dream Team'' and Jackie Randall in ''

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''. From November 2007 until October 2008, Matravers had a recurring role in

daytime soap ''

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'' as the psychotic girlfriend of Dr. Nick West and has appeared in the British film ''

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''.

Personal life

Her two-year relationship with fellow ''Footballers Wives – Extra Time'' actor

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ended publicly in 2007, when Bannerman appeared on ITV reality show '' I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!'' and professed his love for fellow contestant

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. Matravers became engaged to New Zealand

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Ian Stewart in March 2008, marrying him the following month.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Matravers, Sarah 1973 births Living people English female models English voice actresses English film actresses English television actresses Actresses from Hampshire Actresses from Kent Actresses from London Actors from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Models from Hampshire Models from Kent Models from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham People from Fulham