Jodie Kidd
In series 6 of Strictly Come Dancing, Jodie Kidd partners Ian Waite.
Jodie Kidd was born on 25 September 1978.
As well as being a model, Jodie Kidd has excelled at polo, show jumping, golf and being a racing driver.
Jodie Kidd's family are well-connected. Her great-grandfather was Lord Beaverbrook, who used to own the Daily and Sunday Express.
When Jodie's father Johnny Kidd, aged 16, asked Lord Beaverbrook for career advice, the latter told the 6'5" boy to try the circus!
Instead, Johnny Kidd became a show jumper and polo player.
Jodie Kidd's mother Wendy used to be a model.
Jodie went to boarding school, but was not too academic and emerged from St Michael's in Petworth with a GCSE in art, however she was sporty and played lacrosse, swimming and athletics at county level.
Jodie Kidd's modelling work began as a teenager after being encouraged by photographer Terry O'Neill.
Jodie Kidd had long-term relationships with Joel Chinn and Tarquin Southwell before she married Aidan Butler.
Jodie Kidd and Aidan Butler divorced in 2007. It was not a good year for Kidd as it also saw upsetting allegations from a tabloid newspaper about her involvement with cocaine.
In 2008 Jodie Kidd's family were the subject of one of the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are programmes.
More information on Jodie Kidd
The Jodie Kidd Foundation
Jodie Kidd Back on Track
Jodie Kidd: Fame and Fortune
Jodie Kidd article from the Mail
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