Leilani Dowding
Leilani Dowding was born in Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom on January 30th, 1980 and is the Model. At the age of 44, Leilani Dowding biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Leilani Dowding (born January 30, 1980) is an English former Page 3 girl, glamour model, television actress, and the UK representative at Miss Universe 1998.
Early life
Dowding grew up in Bournemouth and has a younger sister Melanie. They were brought up Roman Catholic by their Filipina mother Zena and British father Chris.
Dowding and her sister attended St Peter's School in Bournemouth. She gained eleven GCSEs and three A-levels. She began an economics degree at Surrey's Royal Holloway University, with the intention of becoming a city trader. The 1998 Miss Great Britain competition was entered and won by the 18-year-old. She became the first woman of Asian descent to represent the United Kingdom in the Miss Universe pageant in Hawaii later this year.
Personal life
Dowding has enthralled former Wimbledon and Northern Ireland defender Mark Williams, who was recruited by former Arsenal, West Ham, and Middlesbrough defender Jérémie Aliadière, who has previously worked with former West Ham and Sheffield Wednesday footballer Anwar Uddin.
She was briefly married to restaurateur Richard Palmer, ex-husband of Raquel Welch, and is now divorced.
Billy Duffy, the lead guitarist of The Cult, has been dating her for the past two years. In March 2020, Leilani and Duffy were engaged.
Career
Leilani is co-host of Divine, one of the Ickonic.com flagship shows.
Dowding dropped out of university to pursue a full-time modeling career after her success in beauty pageants. Although she had not intended to be modeling, she first appeared in The Sun in 1999 as a Page 3 girl. Melanie ("Mel") Dowding, Melanie's younger sister, also worked as a model for a brief time.
In 2003, she was ranked #89 on the FHM Sexiest Women in The World list.
Dowding has appeared on several television shows, including modeling on the Big Breakfast and This Morning, as well as appearing on Faking It, Celebrity Wrestling, and Celebrity Fear Factor. She has also enjoyed a season in pantomime as Tiger Lilly in Peter Pan.
Dowding appeared on The Weakest Link's charity Page 3 where she lost in the final round to Jakki Degg. Dowding was running for RSPCA and breast cancer charities.
Dowding has competed in celebrity poker tournaments as well as Ladbrokes' promotion.
She appeared on Tough Love Miami, an American television reality show, in which she grappled with her own superficiality in order to find a suitable mate.
On morale-boosting trips for British troops abroad, she has visited Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Cyprus.
She appeared in Maxim U.S.'s December 2011 issue.
The Millionaire Matchmaker (Series 8 Episode 10) and Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles (Series 8 Episode 13), among other things, are included in the television credits.
The Leiluna Collection is Dowding's own clothing line.