Name Jodie Marsh

Birth name Jodie Louisa Marsh

Date of birth 23 December 1978

Star sign Capricorn

Birthplace Brentwood, Essex, UK

Height 5ft 2in

Eye colour Green

Marriages Matt Peacock, 1 September 2007 (separated December 2007)

Children None

Biography

Glamour model and tabloid favourite Jodie Marsh is known for her daring dress sense – and her feud with fellow glamour girl Jordan.

Born in Brentwood, Essex, Jodie has claimed she was bullied at her private school – largely because of her nose, which was disfigured in a hockey accident. A straight-A student, Jodie got her big break in 2003 ITV documentary Essex Wives and was soon turning heads on the nightclub circuit, thanks to her fake-tan, busty figure and revealing outfits – most famously, the three strategically-placed, diamond-encrusted belts that she donned for the 2004 FHM Awards.

After a stint as a ‘sexpert’ for lads’ mag Zoo, Jodie appeared on 2006 Celebrity Big Brother, but she clashed with fellow housemates Pete Burns and Michael Barrymore and cried in her post-eviction interview with Davina McCall.

The gossip columns have linked Jodie to celebrities such as Calum Best and Fran Cosgrave, but in 2007 she made headlines when she held open auditions to find a husband for MTV reality series, Totally Jodie Marsh: Who’ll Take Her Up The Aisle? Jodie chose Matt Peacock – whom she had already been secretly dating – but the couple split after just a few months and Jodie later admitted they had married solely for the money.

Jodie – whose style has inspired famous drag act Jodie Harsh – posed for a rare photo shoot without make-up for a charity in April 2008, but just days later she was back to her glamour girl roots, unveiling her new, surgically-enhanced 32GG boobs.

Quotes
‘I get stick for having saggy boobs, but I think people have lost sight of what real boobs actually look like because there is so much silicone about. Real boobs don’t stand up just under your chin!’ (Orange Playlist, 8 February 2006)

‘… for years and years men have admitted to masturbating – “I w**k every day” – all men say it. Women will never say that because it’s taboo for women to say, “Oh, I masturbate.” Why should it be taboo?’ (The Guardian, 25 January 2006)

‘Some men in Brentwood say they’d love to s**g me, but if I put it on them, they’d run a mile because I talk so openly about sex. They start to worry that their performance might not measure up in the bedroom.’ (Metro.co.uk, 28 February 2007)

‘I could’ve been a lawyer by now, I could’ve gone to uni. But I’ve taken the quickest and easiest route to making as much money as I can… ’ (The Guardian, 25 January 2006)

(On her sex life with Matt Peacock)
‘We’re like wild animals, I feel sorry for anyone who stays in a room next to us because we’re so noisy. Right now we’re experimenting with violence and asphyxiation.’ (Daily Mirror, September 2007)