Cat Deeley
- Profession: TV Personality
- Place/Date of Birth: Birmingham, 23 October 2020
- Assiociated with: Ant & Dec
The glamorous Brummie has recently become patron of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity, and pays visits to sick patients. She said: "I don’t really know why I started going. I’m not religious but I do believe in karma so if you’re vile for the sake of being vile then it will come back to you. So I’ve been given this amazing opportunity - I f***ing love what I do and I go to amazing places and I get given things.
"I realised that if people sent me things so I would be seen wearing them then maybe I could do something similar for a charity - something to get them noticed."
Cat’s the one! - 01/12/03
Cat Deeley, the girl with the perma tan and bright white smile, is not only a favourite TV presenter, but the girl most blokes would love to.
.Sit down next to at a footie match at Wembley and share a cup of Bovril. Yes, the football going nation has spoken in a YouGov poll, and Cat was the lady most male fans would like to be seated next to and explain the offside rule to, in depth no doubt. They also voted comedian Peter Kay as the bloke they would like to be shouting ’Ave it’ with from the stands.
Cat recently proved her sterling worth when she was the presenter at the 75th Royal Variety Performance, - and she must be worth around £1.6m if you go by the jewels around her neck - a rare yellow emerald cut necklace. Cat collars these days must come expensive!
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Cat’s new job - 30/06/03
Brummie Cat Deeley has been signed up as the new faces of Radio 1 alongside Dermot O’Leary.
Cat is also the tipped to take over Sara Cox’s breakfast show if she chooses to leave next year.
The pair will be presenting the relaunched entertainment show Backstage - "celebrity fuelled" gossip program to be broadcasted on Sunday afternoons.
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Cat Deeley first stepped into the limelight at the tender age of 14, when she entered a regional BBC Clothes Show competition. Despite her limited modelling experience she made it through to the final round and was instantly snapped up by Storm modelling agency. After successfully sitting both her GCSE’s and A Levels she became a full time model.
Cat first appeared on MTV after sending a video application of herself performing as a VJ; she was invited to interviews and auditions before finally bagging a job.
Her progression onto terrestrial television saw her present the popular CD:UK. But it was her stint co-hosting SMTV Live with Ant and Dec that really secured her position on the small screen. In 2001 she was awarded a Children’s BAFTA for Best Presenter.
Since then she has gone on to host The Record of the Year, Fame Academy, The Brit Awards 2004 and Stars in Their Eyes. Cat has also branched out into to radio with a weekly slot on London’s Capital FM.
Having firmly set her sights on Hollywood, in 2006 Cat hosted the American reality show So You Think You Can Dance and is due to return for the third season which will be aired in 2007.
Cat is reported to have purchased the former Brentwood, LA residence of Marilyn Monroe, where the actress was found dead in 1962.
June 2007