Abigail Clancy
Abigail Clancy is Best Known For Exposing herself by doing lingerie shoots and the wife of the footballer, Peter Crouch.
Born Name Abigail Marie Clancy
Nick Name Abi, Abbey Clancy
Occupation Lingerie and catwalk Model, TV presenter
Age: 10 January 198633 years and 1 months, Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Sun Sign Capricorn
Hair Color She has dyed her hair blonde. Abbey has naturally dark hair.
Eye Color Green
Height 5 ft 9 in or 175 cm
Measurements 34-24-35 in or 86-61-89 cm
Bra Size 32B
Distinctive Features Long legs
Family
Father – Geoffrey Thomas Clancy
Mother – Karen (nee Sullivan) Clancy
Siblings – Sean Clancy (Younger Brother) (Footballer; plays for A.F.C. Telford United), John Clancy (Younger Brother) (Singer)
Abbey has a total of 3 siblings, out of which two are listed above. Abbey is oldest among all.
Manager
Her career is managed by Jonathan from Hackford Jones PR.
Brand Endorsements
She has done an advertising campaign for lingerie designer, Pussy Glamore.
She is married to footballer Peter Crouch, was the runner-up of Britain’s Next Top Model (cycle 2) in 2006 and won series 11 of Strictly Come Dancing in 2013.
Since 2015 she has been presenting Britain’s Next Top Model.
Early life
Born in Liverpool, the oldest of four children born to Karen (née Sullivan) and Geoffrey Thomas Clancy, Clancy formed girl band Genie Queen, who were managed by Andy McCluskey from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD).
Career Modelling
In summer 2006, the second cycle of Living TV’s Britain’s Next Top Model included Clancy as one of the thirteen finalists in the competition, competing over 10 weeks for a modelling contract. Clancy made it to the final runway show with fellow contestant Lianna Fowler, eventually becoming the runner up.
After appearing on Britain’s Next Top Model, Clancy modelled for several magazines and newspapers. In May 2007, Clancy appeared on the cover of Arena magazine, and modelled the Triumph Bonneville Motorbike in the Daily Mail newspaper. Clancy was chosen to appear in Sports Illustrated magazine in the 2010 swimsuit edition. Clancy was featured for her sporting connection to Peter Crouch and was photographed for the magazine wearing only body paint to make it appear as if she was wearing an England shirt.
Clancy appeared in a 2010 campaign for Umbro sportswear, modelling an England shirt, along with other footballer’s wives and girlfriends from countries that have won the World Cup. Clancy walked in the Giles Deacon Ready-To-Wear line Giles Spring 2011 collection.
In March 2011 Clancy appeared on the Elite Model Management: New York division website. In July 2013, she appeared as part of London designer Hasan Hejazi’s campaign, in a fashion editorial by Absynth Photographic and a fashion film by Gabriel Gettman. Clancy also modelled for the August 2011 cover of UK Esquire shot by photographer Sølve Sundsbø.
In December 2013 Clancy was featured in LOVE magazine’s Advent Calendar alongside Suki Waterhouse and Cara Delevingne.
In July 2014, Clancy appeared on the cover of British Marie Claire and in March 2015, British Elle.
Television
Clancy has appeared as a talking head in the documentaries Slave to Fashion and The Ultimate Bikini Guide for Channel 4, as a guest on programmes such as Richard & Judy, The Chris Moyles Show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, GMTV, This Morning and in her own reality TV series Abbey and Janice: Beauty and the Best which followed her attempts to break the Los Angeles modelling scene with Janice Dickinson as her mentor. The show aired from 14 May to 18 June 2007 on Living TV.
Clancy featured in the third series of Hell’s Kitchen. She was the third contestant to be voted off the show by the public, and the fifth to leave overall.
On 10 May 2009, Clancy featured on Chris Moyles’ Quiz Night alongside Patsy Kensit. She won her episode and was the overall winner of the first series.
Clancy also co-hosted the ITV2 series, The Fashion Show with model Michelle de Swarte and George Lamb.[10] Her cousin Chloe Cummings, made the top 13 contestants in the fifth cycle of Britain’s Next Top Model, of which Clancy herself was a guest in episode 8, being the first ex-contestant from the Top Model franchise to appear on the judging panel.
On 22 December 2009, Clancy appeared as a “contestant” on a spoof version of Blind Date as part of an episode of Alan Carr: Chatty Man in which Cilla Black was a guest.
In April 2010, Clancy was featured in ITV2’s The Parent Trip along with her mother Karen. She also appeared as a panellist on A League Of Their Own.
Clancy was a regular guest on James Corden’s World Cup Live.
She also co-hosted the reality TV show Great British Hairdresser in 2011.
In 2013, Clancy won the eleventh series of Strictly Come Dancing. Her professional partner was newcomer and Burn the Floor dancer, Aljaž Skorjanec. On 16 November 2013, they received their first “10s” of the competition, during Blackpool Week. On 30 November 2013, they became the first couple that year to score a perfect “40”, during Musicals Week.
In 2015, Clancy was announced as the new host for a revived series of Britain’s Next Top Model, 9 years after she began her own career on the show.
Book
In March 2016, Clancy’s first book, “Remember My Name”, was published.
Media recognition
Clancy was ranked 37th in FHM magazine’s annual 100 sexiest women in the world poll of 2007 but dropped down to number 55 the following year. In 2009, Clancy had moved up to 12th place, and in 2010 she went up to 10th place in the annual poll.
In July 2012 The Sun Newspaper announced Clancy as their exclusive Beauty Columnist writer. Clancy was the subject of widespread criticism in her home town of Liverpool, as the paper was boycotted in the city for printing false allegations against supporters of Liverpool football club in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. Clancy later apologised for the column.
Personal life
Clancy’s brother Sean is a footballer who plays for A.F.C. Telford United. He was also a castmember of the short-lived E4 reality series Desperate Scousewives. Her other brother John is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist in the indie band JUDAS.
Clancy started dating footballer Peter Crouch in 2006. The couple were engaged from July 2009 and their daughter Sophia Ruby was born 14 March 2011. On 30 June 2011, Clancy and Crouch married at Stapleford Park Hotel in Leicestershire. Their second daughter Liberty Rose was born on 1 June 2015. Their son, Johnny, was born 3rd January 2018.
First TV Show
She debuted on television with a guest appearance on TV series Richard & Judy in an episode dated July 20, 2006.
First Runway
Abigail walked the runway for Christian Audigier’s “Ed Hardy” in 2007.
She has walked on the runway in Resort 2011 show for Giles Deacon.
She again walked for the same brand in Ready to wear – Spring / Summer 2011.
Personal Trainer
Abbey says she has not stepped into the gym for many years. Since 2006, she didn’t go into any of the gyms. She only stays fit by doing horse riding. She revealed to Closer Online –
“I’VE GOT A HORSE I RIDE MOST DAYS SO THAT’S REALLY GOOD EXERCISE FOR YOUR STOMACH AND TONING YOUR LEGS AND STUFF.”
Blessed with a good figure, She also eats basic and fresh food. Abbey drinks ample amount of water, though. She always makes sure to get enough sleep.
In February 2015, she revealed to Glamour that her only workout at that time was Bootcamp Pilates at Belsize Studio.
Abbey Clancy Favourite Things
Beauty Product – Nivea
Abbey Clancy Facts
Her younger brother John Clancy is the lead singer and rhythm guitarist in the indie band The Razz.
She also became an exclusive Beauty Columnist writer for The Sun Newspaper in July 2012.
She is a regular member of the FHM’s list of “Top 100 Sexiest Women in the World“. In 2007, she stood at 37th position, in 2008, her rank dropped to 55. In 2009, she climbed up to #12 and in 2010, she further improved her position and appeared at no. 10.
Abbey hates pink lipstick on herself but likes on others.
In 2011, Clancy co-hosted a reality TV show, Great British Hairdresser.
She was also a regular guest on TV show James Corden‘s World Cup Live in 2010.
She has appeared in Britain’s Next Top Model from 2006 until 2009 as herself.
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