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Keeley Hazell

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Keeley Hazell is well known for her work as a Pin-up model. Hazell was born in Lewisham, London, England, grew up in Grove Park, and attended the Ravensbourne School in Bromley. Her mother, Amber, is a dinner lady and her father, Roy, is a window fitter; they separated when she was thirteen. She began her modeling career at the age of 18 when she entered the page3 idol competition running in The sun newspaper. Before modeling she went to college where she studied fashion, something she had always wanted to do from an early age. After she won the competition she put her dreams of becoming a designer on hold to became a very successful pinup girl.

In 2007 Keeley was crowned the World’s Sexiest Women by FHM magazine, she has graced the front cover of FHM more then fifteen times around the world. She has been the face of Sony’s Playstation 3 Edition, Formula One 06, Lynx Dark Temptation deodorant and the lottery. She is the most successful model to appear on page3 of The Sun newspaper since Samantha fox in the 1980’s and has drawn the attention of British broadsheets such as The Sunday Independent who have featured several articles on the beauty, as well as a cover on their ‘Sunday Review’ magazine. She has modelled for the Sunday times Style magazine who were fascinated by her look and her inability to be more than just a model.

Keeley is a keen environmentalist and gets involved with campaigns all over the world to raise awareness on the issues of global warning. In 2007 she was recognised by the British Conservative Leader David Cameron as an Environmental Icon. She recently shot a campaign for the charity PETA, which will be released some time this year.

After continued success In her own career Keeley decided to put her knowledge to good use and in 2009 she launched her own modelling agency Muse management UK, Keeley plans to mentor the models and guide them all aspects of their careers.

Modelling

At 16 years of age, Hazell left school to work as a hairdresser. Her work colleagues persuaded her to try her luck at modelling. At 17, she competed in The Daily Star’s “Search for a Beach Babe” contest and won. Still not old enough to pose on Page 3, she went to study fashion at Lewisham College. But later, a friend told her about The Sun’s Page 3 Idol competition. Despite some initial uncertainty about entering the contest, she submitted some photos. She was eventually chosen the winner in December 2004. She won £10,000 worth of “sexy clothes” and “a one-year membership of the Rex cinema and bar”. Another part of Hazell’s Page 3 Idol win was a one-year exclusive glamour modelling contract with The Sun.

Hazell is regularly featured in Zoo and continues to appear in The Sun at least once every two weeks. She has been on the cover of The Sun’s 2006 and 2007 Page 3 calendars, in addition to her own wall calendars, the 2007 edition selling 30,000 copies in its first few days of release. In April 2008, Hazell left Zoo and signed an exclusive deal to appear in their rival magazine Nuts.

In 2008, Hazell and agent Ginny Mettrick co-founded a modelling agency called Muse Management.

Other media appearances

Hazell was the face of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s Formula One 06 video game for PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and F1 CE for PlayStation 3. She is currently the face of MotorStorm: Pacific Rift for PlayStation 3.

Hazell had a small role in the full-length version of Cashback, playing “Frozen Girl in Sainsbury’s”. She was in talks with producers to be in a movie based on the television series Baywatch.

In 2007 and 2008, Hazell and IT expert Gary Schwartz co-presented Byte Me TV, an online programme that tried to explain technology in an easy-to-understand way.
In 2008, Hazell appeared as Keeley Hazel on the BBC Three documentary Page Three Teens.

Hazell released a pop music single called “Voyeur” in 2008

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