jodie marsh

Jodie Marsh (born 23 December 1978) is best known for working as a topless model and as a Page Three girl.

Early life

Jodie Marsh was born in Brentwood, Essex in England where her father ran a successful scaffolding business which allowed her to enjoy an affluent lifestyle. She has had notorious and ongoing feuds with fellow glamour model, Jordan. Ironically, Jodie has a younger brother named Jordan. In her autobiography she jokingly mentions that he was an "accident."

Jodie went to Brentwood School in Essex, and says that she was subjected to such bad bullying that she contemplated suicide. Today she is a supporter of the anti-bullying charity Beatbullying. She left school with 11 GCSEs (all A grades). She also has 3 A-levels.

She was once turned down as a Page Three girl, and has the rejection letter framed. She was featured on the reality TV show Essex Wives and consequently landed a topless contract.

Current life

Marsh is known for having arguments with other models, most notably Jordan, and a string of high-profile relationships widely reported in the British tabloid newspapers, including club boss Fran Cosgrave, male model Calum Best, Westlife singer Kian Egan and ex-Blazin' Squad singer and Celebrity Big Brother 2005 runner-up James McKenzie.

She has taken part in a variety of reality TV shows, including Trust Me I'm A Holiday Rep (with other celebs such as Syd Little), Channel 4's The Games and Sky One's Celebrity Penthouse.

In January 2006, she appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in the UK. She quickly caused controversy amongst the housemates, notably Pete Burns, Michael Barrymore and George Galloway. Her sexual comments and actions ruffled most of the other celebrities and saw treatment which led to complaints of bullying by some viewers and was seen as manipulation by others. She appeared, however, to establish a close friendship with fellow housemate Chantelle Houghton. On Friday 13th January, Jodie was first to be voted out of the Big Brother house - with 8 out of 10 possible nominations (the highest ever margin) from her fellow housemates and 41% of the public vote. She broke down and cried during her post-eviction interview with Davina McCall describing the experience as "horrific." As part of a task in the house, Jodie had to take an unofficial IQ test. Davina told her in the interview that she had scored 136, higher than average under normal circumstances.

Jodie formerly wrote a weekly column for celebrity gossip mag, Sneak magazine until its closure in August 2006, and updates the blog on her website periodically. Her outspoken comments about other celebrities led Liberal Democrat education spokesman Phil Willis in March 2006 to liken her to a bully and call for the Beatbullying charity to dissociate itself from her. The charity has continued to value her as a supporter.

She has also written her autobiography entitled Keeping It Real.

Marsh is a vegetarian and a supporter of PETA, along with anti-bullying charities.

External links

• Official website
• Jodie Marsh Forums
• Parody website
• Planet Jodie
• Jodie's Photos