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Dowding</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Leilani_Dowding_publicity_shot.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Leilani_Dowding_publicity_shot.jpg/220px-Leilani_Dowding_publicity_shot.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Leilani_Dowding_publicity_shot.jpg/330px-Leilani_Dowding_publicity_shot.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Leilani_Dowding_publicity_shot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="402" data-file-height="563" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1980-01-30</span>) </span>30 January 1980<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 45)</span><sup id="cite_ref-LeilaniBio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeilaniBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Bournemouth" title="Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Holloway,_University_of_London" title="Royal Holloway, University of London">Royal Holloway, University of London</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Glamour_model" class="mw-redirect" title="Glamour model">Glamour model</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1998–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Richard Palmer (divorced)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data">Chris Dowding (father)<br />Zena Dowding (mother)<br />Melanie Dowding (sister)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><b><span class="role"><a href="/wiki/Beauty_pageant" title="Beauty pageant">Beauty pageant</a></span> titleholder</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_Great_Britain" title="Miss Universe Great Britain">Miss Great Britain 1998</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Hair colour</th><td class="infobox-data">Brown</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Eye colour</th><td class="infobox-data">Brown</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Major<br />competition(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_Great_Britain" title="Miss Universe Great Britain">Miss Great Britain 1998</a><br />(Winner)<br /><a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_1998" title="Miss Universe 1998">Miss Universe 1998</a><br />(Unplaced)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Leilani Dowding</b> (born 30 January 1980)<sup id="cite_ref-LeilaniBio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeilaniBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an English former <a href="/wiki/Beauty_pageant" title="Beauty pageant">beauty pageant</a> titleholder, former <a href="/wiki/Glamour_Model_(person)" class="mw-redirect" title="Glamour Model (person)">glamour model</a>, media personality and conservative commentator. After winning <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_Great_Britain" title="Miss Universe Great Britain">Miss Great Britain 1998</a> and representing the United Kingdom at <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_1998" title="Miss Universe 1998">Miss Universe 1998</a>, she dropped out of college to pursue a career in glamour modelling, appearing as a <a href="/wiki/Page_3_girl" class="mw-redirect" title="Page 3 girl">Page 3 girl</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)" title="The Sun (United Kingdom)">The Sun</a></i> and featuring in men's magazines such as <i><a href="/wiki/Maxim_(magazine)" title="Maxim (magazine)">Maxim</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/FHM" title="FHM">FHM</a></i>. She later appeared on US and British <a href="/wiki/Reality_television" title="Reality television">reality television</a> programmes including <i><a href="/wiki/Tough_Love_Miami" title="Tough Love Miami">Tough Love Miami</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Real_Housewives_of_Cheshire" title="The Real Housewives of Cheshire">The Real Housewives of Cheshire</a></i>. She has become known as a conservative commentator and anti-MRNA campaigner. She also contributes to media associated with <a href="/wiki/Mark_Steyn" title="Mark Steyn">Mark Steyn</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leilani_Dowding&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dowding is <a href="/wiki/Multiracial_people" title="Multiracial people">multiracial</a>, with a <a href="/wiki/Filipino_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Filipino people">Filipina</a> mother and a British father.<sup id="cite_ref-LeilaniBio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeilaniBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She grew up in <a href="/wiki/Bournemouth" title="Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a>, where she attended <a href="/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Catholic_School,_Bournemouth" title="St Peter's Catholic School, Bournemouth">St Peter's Catholic School</a>. After attaining eleven <a href="/wiki/GCSE" title="GCSE">GCSEs</a> and three <a href="/wiki/GCE_Advanced_Level_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="GCE Advanced Level (United Kingdom)">A-levels</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-LeilaniBio_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeilaniBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> she began an <a href="/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">economics</a> degree at <a href="/wiki/Royal_Holloway,_University_of_London" title="Royal Holloway, University of London">Royal Holloway, University of London</a>, with the intention of becoming a city trader.<sup id="cite_ref-times-football_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-football-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At age 18, she entered and won the 1998 <a href="/wiki/Miss_Great_Britain" title="Miss Great Britain">Miss Great Britain</a> competition.<sup id="cite_ref-beautyqueen_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beautyqueen-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She represented Britain in the <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe" title="Miss Universe">Miss Universe</a> pageant in <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a> later that year.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leilani_Dowding&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following her success in beauty pageants, Dowding dropped out of university to pursue a full-time modelling career. She started appearing as a <a href="/wiki/Page_3" title="Page 3">Page 3</a> girl in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom)" title="The Sun (United Kingdom)">The Sun</a></i> in 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-LeilaniBio_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeilaniBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, she was rated #89 on the <a href="/wiki/FHM%27s_100_Sexiest_Women_(UK)" title="FHM's 100 Sexiest Women (UK)"><i>FHM</i> Sexiest Women in The World</a> list.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dowding has featured as a guest on various television shows, modelling on <a href="/wiki/The_Big_Breakfast" title="The Big Breakfast"><i>The</i> <i>Big Breakfast</i></a> and <i><a href="/wiki/This_Morning_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="This Morning (TV series)">This Morning</a></i>, and appearing on <i><a href="/wiki/Faking_It_(UK_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Faking It (UK TV series)">Faking It</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Celebrity_Wrestling" title="Celebrity Wrestling">Celebrity Wrestling</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Fear_Factor" title="Fear Factor">Celebrity Fear Factor</a></i>. She appeared on a charity Page 3 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Weakest_Link_(British_game_show)" title="The Weakest Link (British game show)">The Weakest Link</a>,</i> competing on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/RSPCA" title="RSPCA">RSPCA</a> and breast cancer charities.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She has featured in pantomime, playing Tiger Lilly in <i><a href="/wiki/Peter_Pan" title="Peter Pan">Peter Pan</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-LeilaniBio_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeilaniBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has competed in celebrity poker tournaments and has done promotional work for <a href="/wiki/Ladbrokes_Coral" title="Ladbrokes Coral">Ladbrokes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LeilaniBio_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LeilaniBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her reality television work has included the US show <i><a href="/wiki/Tough_Love_Miami" title="Tough Love Miami">Tough Love Miami</a></i> and the British programme <i><a href="/wiki/The_Real_Housewives_of_Cheshire" title="The Real Housewives of Cheshire">The Real Housewives of Cheshire</a></i>. She also established her own clothing line, the Leiluna Collection.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2022, she has been a conservative commentator on media hosted by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Steyn" title="Mark Steyn">Mark Steyn</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leilani_Dowding&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dowding has dated a number of footballers and became known as a "<a href="/wiki/WAGs" title="WAGs">WAG</a>" in the British tabloid press.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was engaged to former <a href="/wiki/Wimbledon_F.C." title="Wimbledon F.C.">Wimbledon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> defender <a href="/wiki/Mark_Williams_(footballer,_born_1970)" title="Mark Williams (footballer, born 1970)">Mark Williams</a> but ended their two-year relationship after he allegedly had an affair with glamour model <a href="/wiki/Linsey_Dawn_McKenzie" title="Linsey Dawn McKenzie">Linsey Dawn McKenzie</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Williams and McKenzie subsequently married.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dowding was also engaged to former <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a> attacker <a href="/wiki/J%C3%A9r%C3%A9mie_Aliadi%C3%A8re" title="Jérémie Aliadière">Jérémie Aliadière</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-times-football_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-times-football-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thisisdorset_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thisisdorset-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dowding stated on twitter that "fat people cause the most strain on the NHS" and blamed them for, "making lockdown longer".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She lived in the United States for over a decade, where she was briefly married to American actor and restaurateur Richie Palmer, a former husband of actress <a href="/wiki/Raquel_Welch" title="Raquel Welch">Raquel Welch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While living in California, she began dating <a href="/wiki/Billy_Duffy" title="Billy Duffy">Billy Duffy</a>, lead guitarist of British rock band <a href="/wiki/The_Cult" title="The Cult">the Cult</a>. She became engaged to Duffy in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple moved back to the UK and live in Manchester.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has stated that she wishes to remain <a href="/wiki/Voluntary_childlessness" title="Voluntary childlessness">childfree</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leilani_Dowding&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-LeilaniBio-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LeilaniBio_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LeilaniBio_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LeilaniBio_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LeilaniBio_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LeilaniBio_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LeilaniBio_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LeilaniBio_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.leilanifanclub.co.uk/biography.asp%7C">"Leilani fan club"</a>. <i>leilanifanclub</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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