Danielle Lloyd's Biography

Who is Danielle Lloyd?

As a youngster, Danielle Lloyd was talented at aerobics and running. She studied Advanced Science in Chemistry and Biology at college, however she changed tack and qualified as a beautician with massage and as a nail technician.

Danielle Lloyd's official biography used to carry a revealing account of how she entered her first talent show, Miss Merseyside, in spite of being attacked the night before.

Danielle Lloyd went on to win other contests and came first runner-up in Queen of the World. She won Miss England, but attracted controversy when she was stripped of her Miss Great Britain title after it appeared she dated one of the judges, Teddy Sheringham, before winning.

She revealed in Eve about how Teddy Sheringham had bought her a £7,000 pair of Jimmy Choo shoes before the contest.

On Celebrity Big Brother, Danielle Lloyd said that she supports Liverpool, but obviously wanted West Ham, for whom Sheringham played at the time, to do well.

Also on Celebrity Big Brother, Danielle Lloyd joked how she had asked Simon Cowell whether he could make her a singing star, and he had replied: "No way, not on this earth."

Danielle Lloyd ended up being evicted from Celebrity Big Brother on the final night after reaching fifth place.

Lloyd was caught up in the alleged bullying and racism of Shilpa Shetty and was questioned by police after her exit from Celebrity Big Brother.

However, it was all water under the bridge, when, in May 2007, Danielle Lloyd and Shilpa Shetty embraced at the launch of Life In A... Metro, which starred Shilpa.

In the aftermath of Celebrity Big Brother, Teddy Sheringham had appeared to ditch Danielle, but in February 2007, reports emerged that all was well again between the couple.

The relationship then went through an on/off spell with latterly it being 'off'.

In March 2008, P.A. reported:

"Glamour model Danielle Lloyd has vowed never to date a footballer again.

"The tabloid favourite has dated Teddy Sheringham, Marcus Bent, Armand Traore and, most recently, Jermain Defoe - whom she split from after allegations that he cheated on her."

Later, of course, she did get together with footballer Jamie O'Hara.

In June 2008, The Daily Mail reported how Danielle Lloyd had donated all her winnings from Celebrity Big Brother and The Weakest Link to fund a hospital breast scanner.

In May 2009, Danielle Lloyd needed emergency surgery after she was attacked by two women at the Crystal Nightclub. She was out with her boyfriend, the footballer Jamie O'Hara, and other friends.

In March 2010, the Mail reported that Danielle Lloyd and Jamie O'Hara had confirmed that they were expecting a baby.

They had three sons.

In 2014, Danielle Lloyd and Jamie O'Hara divorced.

In the Channel 5 show Celebrity Botched Up Bodies, she revealed how she had an breast implant reduction that went wrong and she got a blood clot and lost nearly 6 pints of blood.

In 2019 she married electrician Michael O'Neill. At the time they had a baby Ronnie.