Lisa Butcher (born 14 October 1971) is a former English fashion model and TV presenter.

Career [ edit ]

Butcher won British Elle 's first ELLE's Angels modelling competition in 1987, judged by Marie Helvin , Laraine Ashton, and photographer Terry O'Neill . Her first job after she finished school was for Ralph Lauren in New York . ^[1]

Royal photographer Norman Parkinson called Butcher the "Face of the '90s", ^[2] and she appeared on the covers of Vogue , Elle , Marie Claire , Harpers and Queen and Tatler . She has also appeared in numerous commercials including for Max Factor , Olympus Cameras , Vision Express , Lancaster, Vidal Sassoon, Pirelli, Clarion mascara and Onebiol moisturiser. ^[3]

Butcher appeared regularly at the pret-a-porter shows in Paris , Milan and New York until she became a mother for the first time in 1995. As a mother of two, Butcher works exclusively from London. She has modelled for many brands, including Yves Saint Laurent , Ferritti Jeans and John Galliano . She has also been the face of Hardy Amies since 2003.

Butcher has her own jewellery collection, the Eden Collection. ^[4]

TV presenter [ edit ]

Butcher first appeared on TV with an appearance on The Big Breakfast alongside Chris Evans . Due to her demanding schedule, she shelved her TV career until she appeared, years later, as the host for Living TV 's Britain's Next Top Model .

After it was announced that Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine would be defecting to ITV , Butcher and her friend singer Mica Paris were announced in April 2006 as the new presenters of BBC1s fashion show What Not to Wear .

TV production company [ edit ]

Butcher formed Libra Productions under the umbrella of Alchemy. ^{[ citation needed ]}

Personal life [ edit ]

Butcher married her first husband, chef Marco Pierre White , when she was 21 ? Albert Roux was best man, but the union lasted just 15 weeks. ^[5] They met at Tramp, the Jermyn Street nightclub, and were married three weeks later at the Brompton Oratory in Knightsbridge . White claimed ^{[ when? ]} that he was intoxicated by her looks, but it did not help the marriage when, after being asked by a reporter what he thought of his bride's ￡3,000-floor-length, backless white dress designed by Bruce Oldfield , White said she looked dressed to go down the catwalk rather than the aisle. ^[6]

Her partners after this have included actor Jeremy Northam , entrepreneur Damian Aspinall , Jonathan Rhys Meyers ; ^[7] and then 24-year-old Jacobi Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe .

Butcher's second husband was Chilean polo player Gabriel Donoso ? the father of her two children ? who died in 2006. Her two daughters, ^[8] are singer Amber Donoso ^[9] and model Olivia Donoso. ^[10]

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