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Gail Porter Profile |
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Birth Date: March 23, 1971
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Birth Place: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Birth Name: Gail Porter
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Height: 5'4"
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Biography |
Gail Porter was born March 23, 1971, in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Always studious while in school, Gail was even considered a
snob because her head was always in the books. With
excellent grades and ambition, Gail went on to study media
in Film School.
After graduation, Gail was hired as a runner for a Video
Production Company, where she was treated like just another
number. She was put to work in menial jobs such as making
coffee and providing food, to cleaning the office.
After working as coffee maker and office scrubber for 4
years, Gail finally produced her own show reel, which
consisted of interviews with random people on the streets of
Edinburgh. This eventually led to her work in children's
television, presenting cartoons on TV, which led to her
Fully Booked gig.
Gail got tired of her career in children's television, and
opted for more a grown-up image (a move Kylie Minogue is
also known for) and a new audience. She became an "Electric
Circus" presenter on Live and Kicking, a guest host of the
television series Melinda's Big Night In, and host of The
Movie Chart Show.
An occasional presenter on Top of the Pops, Gail has moved
to the big leagues with her own show, Gail's Big Nineties,
on VH1.
British audiences have been able to catch Gail's beauty and
talent on the boob tube, while just about every other
British person was able to catch her beauty and talent in
the flesh. Gail has appeared nude in many a men's magazine,
and is even sprawled onto a billboard of the House of
Commons in London, bare arse and all.
Her sexy bad-girl image was further underscored with a
nipple piercing and a romance with Keith Flint, of Prodigy.
With her star factor on the rise in the UK, Gail has made
guest appearances on TFI Friday, All Over the Shop, Never
Mind the Buzzcocks, and Da Ali G Show, and has been a
presenter on Kids Passport to the World.
Sexy Gail is now host of the Internet show, Dotcomedy, and
resides on her own in London's Soho -- but cuddles up with
her rock star boyfriend, Dan Hipgrave of Toploader. |
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Other
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Her left nipple is pierced.
Voted in at #76 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, UK
edition. [June 2002]
Welcomed first child daughter Honey on September 3rd, 2002.
She was known professionally as Gail Hipgrave while married
to husband Dan Hipgrave, but has since reverted to the name
Gail Porter.
During the summer of 2005, over the space of just four
weeks, she lost all her hair because of alopecia.
Specialists have warned her that it will probably never grow
back. She refuses to wear a wig or a hat to cover her bald
head, saying "My confidence comes from inside me. If I'm not
confident inside me, nothing that I pop on my head is going
to make me feel any different." |
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