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{{Short description|English television presenter (born 1972)}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox model
| image        = lisa snowdon 2024 1.jpg
| caption      = Snowdon in 2024
| birth_place  = [[Welwyn Garden City]], [[Hertfordshire]], England
| alma_mater = [[Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts]]
| management   =
| birth_name   = Lisa Snawdon<ref name=Boy/>
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1972|1|23|df=yes}}
| haircolour   = Brown
| eyecolour    = Blue
| height       = 5 ft 10 in
| website      = [http://www.lisasnowdon.com/ Official website]
}}
'''Lisa Snowdon'''<ref name=Boy>[http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20134302,00.html "Boy George 40"] 7 May 2001, ''People''</ref> (born '''Lisa Snawdon'''; 23 January 1972) is an English television and radio presenter and [[fashion model]]. She was the host of the [[Living TV]] [[reality television]] show ''[[Britain's Next Top Model]]'' from 2006 until 2009. She also co-presented ''[[Capital Breakfast (London)|Capital Breakfast]]'' on [[Capital London]] from August 2008 until 18 December 2014.

==Early life==
Snowdon was born in [[Welwyn Garden City]] to insurance salesman Nigel and hairdresser Lydia Snawdon.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/apr/12/lisa-snowdon-capital-radio-strictly|title=Barbara Ellen interviews Lisa Snowdon|last=Ellen|first=Barbara|date=11 April 2009|work=The Observer|access-date=30 January 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}</ref>

==Modelling==
A fan of [[Christy Turlington]] from age 14, Snowdon never thought about becoming a model.<ref name=BBC5mins/> Spotted by a Premier Model Management agent at age 19 while dancing at a [[rave]] at London's MFI club,<ref name=Times7133536>{{cite news|url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article7133536.ece|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615170447/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article7133536.ece|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|title=Lisa Snowdon: the one that got away|first=Ruby|last=Warrington|date=30 March 2010|archive-date=15 June 2011}}</ref> she was auditioned and signed up. She started working with renowned photographers and became one of Britain's top fashion models.

Snowdon is best known{{according to whom|date=May 2023}} for her beauty commercials and high-fashion cover and spread modelling, including cover shots for ''Later'', ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', ''[[Marie Claire]]'' and ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]''; she was also the face for [[Gucci]].''{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}'' 

She later appeared in advertisements for [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[Dove (toiletries)|Dove soap]], and [[Kelloggs]] [[Special K]], and was the face of campaigns for [[Neutrogena]] and [[After Eight]] mint straws, the ''Taxiwise'' safety campaign and numerous catalogues.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} Her modelling career led to appearances in ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'', ''[[Arena (magazine)|Arena]]'', ''[[Loaded (magazine)|Loaded]]'' and ''[[GQ]]''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}

Snowdon returned to modelling when she became the face and model of [[Avon Products|Avon]] lingerie, and was one of the models for the [[Marks & Spencer]] autumn 2010 campaign.<ref name=Times7133536/> From 2010–2014 she was the face of [[Belvita]] [[breakfast]] [[biscuits]], appearing in adverts for the biscuits with fellow [[Capital (radio network)|Capital FM]] [[DJ]] [[Johnny Vaughan]]. In 2015 she was appointed the lead-UK model for [[Triumph International]].{{cn|date=May 2023}}

==Television==
Snowdon's first presenting role was in 2003 on BBC3's Fightbox - a children's show in which contestants created 'avatars' to battle each other.   Later she presented on [[MTV UK]]'s MTV Select. She took over the role from [[Lisa Butcher]] as the "[[supermodel]]" judge and host on ''[[Britain's Next Top Model]]''.<ref name=BBC5mins>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8029438.stm|title=5minutes with ....|first=Matthew|last=Stadlen|publisher=BBC News|date=2 May 2009|access-date=14 November 2010}}</ref> Snowdon left the show to concentrate on her radio show and was replaced by [[Elle Macpherson]] as of season six. In autumn 2007, she was announced as the new co-presenter of ''[[Through the Keyhole]]'' with Sir [[David Frost]] on [[BBC One]].

Snowdon had a starring role in [[Channel 4]]'s short film ''Man's Best Friend''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171106184548/http://www.mediabang.org/name-54379-lisa-snowdon "Lisa Snowdon"]. Retrieved 16 June 2015</ref> She also had a cameo role in Channel 4 programme, ''[[Plus One (TV series)|Plus One]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/plus-one/articles/daniel-mays-on-playing-rob-black |title=Plus One – Interviews – Daniel Mays on Playing Rob Black |publisher=Channel 4 |date=22 December 2008 |access-date=20 May 2009}}</ref>

In 2014, Snowdon co-hosted ''Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose'' with [[Steve Jones (Welsh presenter)|Steve Jones]]. The show aired on Saturday mornings on [[Channel 4]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a565417/steve-jones-lisa-snowdon-host-new-waitrose-tv-show.html | title = Steve Jones, Lisa Snowdon host new Waitrose TV show | first = Alex | last = Fletcher | date = 17 April 2014 | work = [[Digital Spy]] }}</ref>

In August 2016, Snowdon guest presented five episodes of ''[[Lorraine (TV programme)|Lorraine]]'', standing in for [[Lorraine Kelly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a803613/lisa-snowdon-lorraine-kelly-guest-host-next-week/|title=Lisa Snowdon is replacing Lorraine Kelly next week|website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=4 August 2016}}</ref> In November 2016, Snowdon was confirmed as a contestant for the [[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK series 16)|sixteenth series]] of ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK TV series)|I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!]]''. She was voted off as the second celebrity to leave the jungle coming in second last place to her camp-mate [[Danny Baker]].

In September 2022, Snowdon was crowned winner of the seventeenth series of ''[[Celebrity Masterchef]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2022/0922/1324959-winner-crowned-during-2022-celebrity-masterchef-final/|title=Winner crowned during 2022 Celebrity MasterChef final|date=21 September 2022|work=RTE News|accessdate=22 September 2022}}</ref>

===''Strictly Come Dancing''===
Snowdon took part in the [[Strictly Come Dancing series 6|sixth series]] of ''[[Strictly Come Dancing (series 6)|Strictly Come Dancing]],'' and was partnered with [[Brendan Cole]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/latest/2008/08/31/lisa-snowden-s-horror-at-brendan-cole-pairing-115875-20718980/|title=Lisa Snowdon's horror at Brendan Cole pairing|work=[[Sunday Mirror]]|date=31 August 2008|access-date=31 August 2008}}</ref> They made the final and finished in 3rd place.
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
! rowspan="2" |Week #
! rowspan="2" |Dance / Song
! colspan="5" |Judges' scores
! rowspan="2" |Result
|- style="text-align:center; background:#ccc;"
| style="width:10.2%; " |[[Craig Revel Horwood|Horwood]]
| style="width:10.2%; " |[[Arlene Philips|Philips]]
| style="width:10.2%; " |[[Len Goodman|Goodman]]
| style="width:10.2%; " |[[Bruno Tonioli|Tonioli]]
| style="width:5.7%; " |'''Total'''
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"
|2
|[[Salsa (dance)|Salsa]] / "[[Rhythm Is Gonna Get You|Rhythm is Gonna Get You]]"
|5
|5
|6
|6
|22
|Safe
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"
|4
|[[Rhumba|Rumba]] / "[[Suddenly (Billy Ocean song)|Suddenly]]"
|8
|8
|8
|8
|32
|Safe
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"
|5
|[[American Smooth]] / "It Happened in Monterey"
|8
|9
|9
|9
|'''{{green|35}}'''
|Safe
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"
|6
|[[Paso doble]] / "[[Eye of the Tiger]]"
|7
|7
|7
|7
|28
|Safe
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"
|7
|[[Ballroom tango|Tango]] / "[[La cumparsita]]"
|8
|9
|9
|9
|35
|Safe
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"
|8
|[[Viennese waltz]] / "[[Bed of Roses (Bon Jovi song)|Bed of Roses]]"
|9
|9
|9
|9
|'''{{green|36}}'''
|Safe
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"
|9
|[[Samba (ballroom dance)|Samba]] / "[[Rock the Boat (Hues Corporation song)|Rock the Boat]]"
|6
|7
|9
|8
|30
|bgcolor=lightblue|Bottom two
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"
|10
|[[Quickstep]] / "Yes"
|8
|9
|9
|9
|35
|bgcolor=lightblue|Bottom two
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"
|11
|[[Foxtrot]] / "[[Walkin' My Baby Back Home (song)|Walkin' My Baby Back Home]]"<br>[[Cha-cha-cha (dance)|Cha-cha-cha]] / "[[Tears Dry on Their Own]]"
|9<br>9
|10<br>9
|10<br>10
|10<br>10
|'''{{green|39}}'''<br>'''{{green|38}}'''
|Safe
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"
|12
|[[Waltz (dance)|Waltz]] / "He Was Beautiful"<br>[[Jive (dance)|Jive]] / "[[Crocodile Rock]]"
|9<br>8
|10<br>8
|10<br>8
|10<br>9
|'''{{green|39}}'''<br>''{{red|33}}''
|bgcolor=lightblue|Bottom two
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"
|13
|[[Argentine tango]] / "Infiltrado"<br>[[Quickstep]] / "[[Dancing in the Dark (Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz song)|Dancing in the Dark]]"
|8<br>10
|8<br>10
|10<br>10
|9<br>10
|35<br>'''{{green|40}}'''
|No elimination
|- style="text-align: center; background:#faf6f6;"
|14
|[[Foxtrot]] / "[[Walkin' My Baby Back Home (song)|Walkin' My Baby Back Home]]"<br>[[Cha-cha-cha (dance)|Cha-cha-cha]] / "[[Tears Dry on Their Own]]"
|10<br>10
|10<br>10
|10<br>10
|10<br>10
|'''{{green|40}}'''<br>'''{{green|40}}'''
|bgcolor=tan|3rd place
|}

==Radio==
At the end of August 2008, it was announced that Snowdon was to be the permanent replacement for [[Denise van Outen]] on [[Capital London]] as co-host with Jonny Vaughan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/aug/28/commercialradio.radio|title=Lisa Snowdon replaces Denise Van Outen on 95.8 Capital FM|author=Plunkett, John|work=The Guardian|date=28 August 2008|access-date=31 August 2008 | location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.3745.2 |title=New breakfast presenter for Capital |publisher=Radio Today |date=28 August 2008 |access-date=31 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207045203/http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.3745.2 |archive-date= 7 December 2008 }}</ref> In January 2010, the pair signed a two-year deal to continue presenting the show.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jan/11/johnny-vaughan-lisa-snowdon | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=John | last=Plunkett | title=Johnny Vaughan and Lisa Snowdon sign two-year Capital deal | date=11 January 2010}}</ref> On 1 December 2011 it was confirmed she would remain at Capital.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/dec/01/dave-berry-replace-johnny-vaughan-capital-breakfast?newsfeed=true Dave Berry to replace Johnny Vaughan on Capital breakfast show] John Plunkett, ''The Guardian'', 1 December 2011</ref> 

Snowdon was given the nickname 'Eggy' on the show by colleague [[Dave Berry (presenter)|Dave Berry]] after her penchant for [[boiled eggs]] and the smell they gave off in the studio. On 13 November 2015, she announced that she would be leaving Capital Breakfast at the end of 2015.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/lisa-snowdon-leave-capital-fm-6822702 | title=Lisa Snowdon to leave Capital FM breakfast show for 'next big adventure' | website=[[Daily Mirror]] | date=12 November 2015 | access-date=13 November 2015}}</ref>

==Charitable activities==
In 2005, Snowdon became an ambassador for the [[Breast Cancer Care]] charity.<ref>[http://www.cafonline.org/default.aspx?page=15209&WT.mc_id=400 " Lisa Snowdon to appear in Sport Relief Does The Apprentice for charity"], ''[[Charities Aid Foundation]]'', 28 February 2008. Retrieved 29 February 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/content.php?page_id=2389 Breast Cancer Care ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026131346/http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/content.php?page_id=2389 |date=26 October 2007 }}</ref>

In 2008, Snowdon participated in a celebrity edition of ''[[Sport Relief Does The Apprentice|The Apprentice]]'' as part of the BBC's biennial [[Sport Relief]] event. In 2010, she became an Ambassador of Capital FM's Help a Capital Child charity.<ref>[http://www.capitalfm.com/charity Charity] at Capital FM web site</ref>

In November 2010, after turning on the [[Bond Street]] Christmas Lights, Snowdon was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with [[viral meningitis]]. As a result, she began raising money and acting as an ambassador for the [[Meningitis Trust]].{{cn|date=May 2023}}

==Personal life==
Snowdon dated Dave Loeffler from US band [[E.Y.C. (band)|E.Y.C.]] for three years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Donaldson |first1=Laura |title=I'm A Celebrity 2016: Who is Lisa Snowdon ? Everything you need to know |url=https://www.ok.co.uk/lifestyle/lisa-snowdon-im-celebrity-model-14726414 |access-date=24 March 2022 |work=OK Magazine |date=11 November 2016}}</ref>

==Book==
* ''Just Getting Started: Lessons in Life, Love and Menopause'' ([[HarperCollins]], May 2023) {{ISBN|978-0008605483}}

==See also==
* [[List of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series) contestants|List of ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' (British TV series) contestants]]
* [[List of Strictly Come Dancing contestants|List of ''Strictly Come Dancing'' contestants]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.lisasnowdon.com/ Official website]
*[http://www.capitalfm.com/london/on-air/breakfast ''Capital Breakfast'' at capitalfm.com]
* {{IMDb name|0811374}}

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