| Gail Porter | |
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| Occupation | TV presenter |
Gail Porter (born March 23, 1971 at the Simpson's Memorial Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland), sometimes known by her married name Gail Hipgrave, is a British television presenter who became widely known after presenting Fully Booked in the late 1990s. A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event Fully Booked was Children's television magazine show produced by BBC Scotland and broadcast from 1995 to 1999. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Porter has tended to present family-friendly television programmes, or ones aimed directly at children, for example The Movie Chart Show, Top of the Pops, and Live & Kicking, work for CITV , and other programmes such as The Big Breakfast and Gail Porter's Big 90s for VH1 . Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart Television programme, made and broadcast Live & Kicking was a BBC Saturday morning children's variety programme running from 1993 to 2001 CITV (short for Children's ITV or Children's Independent Television) is the brand name used for the Majority of Children's television output This article is about the British television show For the Canadian television show of the same name see The Big Breakfast (Canada. VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television Recently she presented three series of Dead Famous. Dead Famous - Ghostly Encounters is a television series that searches for the ghosts of the famous dead
In the late-'90s she began to pose for photos in men's magazines such as FHM. FHM or For Him Magazine is an international monthly Men's Lifestyle magazine. Probably the best-known product of her many photo-sessions is one particular still in which she is seen completely nude from behind, but turning her head back to make eye contact with the camera, thus permitting a simultaneous full view of her face, back and bottom, and a glimpse of one of her breasts from the side.
The image became well known due to the events of one night in 1999, when FHM along with guerrilla marketing company Cunning Communications, beamed an enormous projection of it onto the exterior of the Houses of Parliament, with an accompanying message urging people to vote for Gail in the FHM Top 100 Sexiest Women Poll. The term guerrilla marketing was coined by Jay Conrad Levinson in his 1984 book Guerrilla Marketing as an unconventional system of promotions on a very [1]. Though not many people were around on the rainy Sunday night to witness the event firsthand, Floyd Hayes, creative director for Cunning Communications, estimates the campaign reached some 40 million people. In her autobiography, Porter claims that she did not know about the stunt until it was reported in the news the following day.
In 2001, Porter took part in the Reality TV show Celebrity Blind Man's Bluff [2] and in 2003, she was a contestant on Channel 4's The Games, although injury truncated her participation. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Reality television is a genre of Television programming which presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations documents actual events and usually features ordinary Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began The Games was a Channel 4 Reality TV show that ran for four series in which 10 celebrities competed against each other by doing Olympic style
She married Toploader guitarist Dan Hipgrave in August 2001, with whom she had a daughter, Honey, in 2002. Toploader were an English Alternative rock band from Eastbourne, formed in 1997 Dan Hipgrave (born Daniel Hipgrave August 5, 1975, in Brighton, England) is a British musician formerly one of the Guitarists They separated in the summer of 2004, and Porter has spoken publicly about her ensuing battles with stress, drugs and post-natal depression. In 2005 her conditions triggered alopecia areata, causing her to lose much of her hair. Alopecia areata ( AA) is a condition affecting humans in which hair is lost from areas of the body usually from the Scalp. [3] She refused to wear a hat or wig, deciding instead to maintain a public profile and raise awareness of the condition. On an appearance on the Richard & Judy show February 15, 2006 she showed that her hair, eyebrows and eyelashes were beginning to grow back. Richard & Judy is a British magazine/ chat show that aired on Channel 4 from 2001 to 2008 Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [4] Recently there were rumours that her hair loss had been deemed permanent, these are however untrue. She herself refuted these rumours on 12 April 2006 saying "It is possible that I'm going to get my hair back. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "[5]
Porter's experience with alopecia areata was the subject of the BBC ONE life documentary on May 31, 2006 [6]. Alopecia areata ( AA) is a condition affecting humans in which hair is lost from areas of the body usually from the Scalp. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
Her autobiography, Laid Bare: My Story Of Love, Fame And Survival, was published in September 2007.
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