Debbie Moore

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Debbie Moore OBE (born Dorothy Moore, 31 May 1946) is an English model and businesswoman who founded the Pineapple Dance Studios and the associated clothing brand.

She was the first woman to float a company on the London Stock Exchange in 1984, and she was one of the first recipients of the prestigious Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Award in 1984.

Early life

Debbie Moore was born and raised in Urmston, near Manchester, England, the daughter of Hazel, a clerk, and Ron Moore, a plumber. She has one brother.

She suffered from whooping cough, which kept her out of school for several months, and after her recovery, she enrolled a local commercial college. She returned to commercial college to complete her education. "I've lost count of how someone like me, who left school at fifteen without an O' level to my name, and no business experience, could start up and grow a profitable company," she wrote in the first line of her book.

Personal life

She married photographer David Grant in March 1966, but the couple divorced in March 1968. The couple were a fixture on the northern social scene, and they were the subject of a Granada television series Model Couple, which chronicled their creative lives and included footage of Debbie and David at their respective jobs.

Moore married accountant Norris Masters (d. 1988) in June 1976, and they had a daughter, Lara, who suffered two back pains in her teenage years, leaving her paraphrasedoutput. Lara is a champion for disabled rights in the United Kingdom, and a contributing writer for Marie Claire and Disability Now magazine.

Life after modelling

Moore began dancing in the Covent Garden Dance Centre in Floral Street on her doctor's advice after a sudden weight gain was attributed to an under active thyroid disorder. She begged students and teachers to support her proposal of opening another dance center in Covent Garden, just south of the Royal Opera House, following the sudden closure of the dance centre. Pineapple West, London's second Pineapple Dance Studio, opened in 1981, right next to Baker Street in Paddington Street, London.

She created a line of dance wear from the dance studios, utilizing the then-non-commercial Lycra fabric. In the 1980s, she established a reputation for vibrant colors with a body-conscious aesthetic that was favoured by pop stars and actresses.

With the success of the Pineapple brand, she took the company public on the London Stock Exchange on November 5, 1982. "I think it's amazing that I was the first woman to open a company public," she wrote in When a Woman Means Business. The fact that it took until 1982 and that it needed an ex-model is strange."

Following a rights issue in 1983, when Pineapple's shares soared to £3.6 million, she opened Pineapple Dance Studios in New York and another London studio in South Kensington.

The Pineapple Dance Book, an insider's insider's guide to fitness and dance, as well as an exercise guide and diet advice, was published in 1983. The book includes three chapters: Inside Pineapple, The Fitness Facts, and The Classes. It includes a comprehensive list of exercises for each dance style as well as technological guidance and encourage a healthier dance based lifestyle. She received the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Award and the Variety Club of Great Britain Women of the Year Award, as well as the Duke of Edinburgh's "Best Woman of the Year" award. In succeeding years in shopping centers around the UK, including Trafford Centre in Manchester, Bluewater, Kent, and Churchill Square in Brighton, three years ago, she opened a Pineapple flagship store in London's King's Road and opened a total of twelve stores, including Trafford Centre in her hometown, Trafford Centre, Kent, and Churchill Square in Brighton.

Pineapple PLC was re-privatised by Debbie Moore in 1988 as part of a corporate buy-out. When a Woman Means Business, a book that gives company and lifestyle tips based on her own experiences and those of other pioneering female entrepreneurs, was published in 1989. It's been ten years. When A Woman Means Business was reprinted in Chinese as an inspiration to Chinese business women, it was a ten-year celebration. At the British Fashion Awards in the same year, she and Pineapple were named for Contemporary Designer of the Year. She signed a license with Debenhams in 2000 to carry Pineapple branded items in its stores.

Pineapple Dance Studio, a documentary series that was shot at the studios and followed the lives of employees and students at the London studios of the same name, was broadcast in 2010 Sky One. Events commemorating Pineapple Dance Studios' thirtieth anniversary as well as personal insights into Debbie Moore's life were included in the film.

In the 2010 New Year Honours, Moore was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

Moore was awarded an Honorary Master of Arts degree from the University of the Creative Arts in 2011.

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Modelling career

She received a prize in a Honey magazine competition looking for a model at the age of 15. Her college classmates made the entry on her behalf. The first award was a modelling course at the Sheelah Wilson Model Agency, a photography shoot with Honey, and a trip to the United States, which was arranged by the publication. She appeared on British Vogue early in the shootings. Jane Reed of Honey, who later became the Managing Editor of Today in the United Kingdom, received the award.

After the break of her first marriage in 1968, she moved to London to work with agencies Laraine Ashton and JCJ for TV commercials. Relon and a billboard in Times Square in New York City were among the notable campaigns, as Rolo, Timex, and The Guardian were among the notable campaigns. She was a favorite model of photographer John Swannell, who included her in a series of photographs with American model Lindy Christensen taken in 1978.

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