India Hicks
India Hicks was born in London, England on September 5th, 1967 and is the Model. At the age of 56, India Hicks biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 56 years old, India Hicks has this physical status:
India Amanda Caroline Hicks (born 5 September 1967) is a former fashion model.
She currently runs her eponymous lifestyle brand, which she founded in 2015.
As of 2011, she is also 678th in line for the British throne.
Early life and education
Hicks was born in 1967 in London. Hicks is the third child of Lady Pamela Mountbatten and David Nightingale Hicks. Her mother was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II and her father was a famous interior designer. She is the granddaughter of the Earl and Countess Mountbatten of Burma and the second cousin and goddaughter of Charles III.
Hicks grew up in Oxfordshire, England. She spent holidays at the family estate in Ireland and at her father's self-designed and built Bahamian-holiday home. As a child, she was a tomboy who kept her distance from royal affairs. Hicks was exposed to design at an early age through her father and brother, who were both architects. The 11-year-old Hicks was on holiday in Ireland in 1979 when her grandfather was killed by a bomb planted on his boat. In 1981, she served as bridesmaid to Lady Diana Spencer at her wedding to Prince Charles.
Hicks went to boarding school in Scotland at Gordonstoun, from which she was expelled for having boys in her room. She then backpacked across India. Hicks moved to Boston, Massachusetts at age 18 to study photography at the New England School of Photography, where she graduated in 1990.
Personal life
Hicks met her husband David Flint Wood as a child. They re-connected as adults during a holiday in the Bahamas. She was pregnant with their first child four months after moving to the Bahamas in 1996. They have five children, including a son she adopted from a local waitress who died of breast cancer:
In late 2020 she announced plans to marry Flint Wood. She married Flint Wood on 10 September 2021 at St Bartholomew's parish church in Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire.
The couple have a house, "America Farm" in Ewelme, Oxfordshire, built on land that Hicks had inherited and replacing two redundant farm workers' cottages. Hicks' book about the project, India Hicks: The Story of Four Houses – A Slice of England, was published by Rizzoli International Publications in 2018.
Hicks has competed in several marathons. She also rode a 100-mile (160 km) bike ride to raise money for cancer victims, in memory of her adopted son's biological mother. She partners with a local food bank and with the disaster relief agency Global Empowerment Mission where she is a part of their advisory board.
In 2020 Hicks pleaded guilty at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court to stealing a coat and was ordered to pay costs and a victim surcharge.
Hicks accompanied her mother, Lady Pamela Hicks, at the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September, 2022.
Career
After finishing high school, Hicks' mother took her to Emilio Pucci in Florence, Italy, where she modeled swimsuits. Later, she appeared in Ralph Lauren's New York City, Tod's, J.Crew, and others. She lived in Paris for three years before transferring to New York City for three years. In 1996, Hicks immigrated to the Bahamas.
Hicks restored homes, invested and renovated a hotel, and wrote many books on design and lifestyle in the Bahamas. Island Life, her first book, was a design book with photographs of Hibiscus Hill, a house she created. Island Beauty was followed by a second book, as well as a third book on photography and design, Island Style. Linda Griffin, a business partner, created the Sugar Mill Trading Company, which opened in the Bahamas. The store sells jewelry, clothes, household products, and other items.
Hicks worked with Crabtree & Evelyn as a spokeswoman and creative consultant for home and skincare products from 2005 to 2014. The company produced the soaps, candles, and perfumes that were available on India Hicks Island Night and India Hicks Island Night.
In 2008, Hicks co-hosted the second season of Bravo's interior design competition Top Design in Los Angeles, California. In 2011, she began her own line of jewelry. In addition, Hicks has been a public commentator on events surrounding Prince William and Catherine Middleton's 2011 wedding. With partners Nicholas Keuper and HauteLook, Hicks founded India Hicks Inc. in 2015. It sells jewelry, handbags, perfumes, beauty care, and other items. The company's revenues increased to more than $10 million per year.
Hicks also worked for the Home Shopping Network on a line of bedding items marketed as India Hicks Island Living.