Nicola McLean

Nicola McLean (born 16 September 1981) is an English glamour model and media personality. She finished in sixth place on the eighth series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here! and has been a housemate in ninth series of Celebrity Big Brother in the UK.

Biography

Modelling

Before becoming a model, McLean was an Army cadet.^[3] She modelled for Page Three of The Sun between September 1999 and July 2004,^[4] and the Daily Star from 2000 until 2006. One of the UK's most successful glamour models, she appeared on Page 3 in The Sun and Daily Star almost every week for around five years - notching up almost 300 appearances in total.^{[citation needed]}

After having her bust increased from 32C to a 32E in 2004, she left The Sun and continued doing Page Three for Daily Star, until she became pregnant in 2006. In November 2007, she underwent her second breast enlargement, which took her up to a 32G.^[5] McLean came fourth in The Sun poll for the "Best Page 3 Girl Of All Time" beating Samantha Fox, Jo Hicks, Leilani Dowding and Jordan,^[6] whose rivalry with McLean has been widely publicised.^[7]

In addition to Page Three, she also appeared on the cover of lads' mags including Zoo, Nuts, Front, loaded and Ice.

Television

During her time as a glamour model, McLean often featured on tabloid showbiz gossip pages, and latterly as a guest on television shows including The Weakest Link (Page 3 special), Richard & Judy, The Big Breakfast, Test The Nation (WAGs Special) and The Sexiest Girls In Britain.

McLean retired from modelling in 2006 after giving birth. She decided to return to modelling, TV work and acting in early 2008 after being asked to feature as a main star in the Channel Five TV documentary Help! I've Got A High Maintenance Wife. Since then, she starred in the TV show WAGS' World... With Nicola McLean on Wedding TV and Channel Five's Generation Sex. She returned to glamour modelling assignments in February 2008 with the Daily Star,^[8] and has also appeared on more lads' mags covers. McLean was a contestant in the November 2008 edition of ITV's reality TV show I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!^[9] where she notoriously celebrated her "boobs' first birthday".

Rumours that she was paid a fee of £7,500 - the show's lowest appearance fee yet - were dismissed by McLean, who said: "I earned a lot more money than £7,500! There's no way I would have gone in to the jungle for two weeks, in those awful conditions, for a tiny fee of £7,500! The newspapers do make up such rubbish sometimes. I got paid a generous fee that I was very happy with."^{[citation needed]}

On 22 November 2008, it was announced that she had been chosen by Ultimo to model their range of D-G cup bras.^[10] Appearing on The Cafe on 16 January 2009 McLean became irritated at host Aidan Power's repeated mispronunciation of her name and revealed her boobs had had their first birthday in the jungle.

McLean joined the Celebrity Big Brother 2012 house in January 2012. On Monday 23rd January 2012, Nicola was involved in an argument with Kristina and Karissa Shannon and Denise Welch. She was evicted on 25th January 2012, coming in 7th place the last eviction night before the final.

Charity work

McLean is a supporter of PETA. In May 2009, she was spotted at a protest in London holding a sign that read "Unhappy Birthday Selfridges! Drop Cruel Foie Gras". ^[11]

Early and personal life

McLean was born in London to Scottish parents and has one sister .^[12] She married footballer Tom Williams on 13 June 2009.^[6][13] Their first child, son Rocky was born on 14 March 2006 . On 25 March 2010 in the early hours of the morning, Nicola gave birth to a second child, a baby boy named Striker who weighed 7 lbs 4.5 oz. Also McLean had stated in a interview that she has a eating disorder, losing 6 stone since having her son Striker last March. Since talking about her weight issues McLean said that she has put on over a stone.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Nicola McLean Management Biog
• Bio at Page3.com
• Profile on I'm a Celebrity.. at ITV
• Nicola McLean's in the Metro.
• Nicola McLean at Football.co.uk with photogallerie