Born: January 30, 1980, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Height: 1.68 m
Siblings: Melanie Dowding
Movies: Perfect 10: Model Boxing
Parents: Zena Dowding, Chris Dowding
TV shows: Celebrity Fear Factor UK
Leilani was born on the 30th January 1980 and grew up in Bournemouth with her mother Zena, father Chris and sister Melanie.
She went to St Peter's School in Bournemouth where she gained eleven GCSE's and stayed on in the 6th form where she obtained 2 A's and 1 B in her A levels. At 18 Leilani left home to study for a degree in Economics at the Royal Holloway University in Surrey.
In 1998 Leilani was 'spotted' in Leicester Square and asked if she wanted to enter the Miss Great Britain Competition. She entered and won. She then went to Hawaii to take part in Miss Universe and took a year out from University. Her modelling career took off and Leilani never returned.
After a year as Miss Great Britain, Leilani joined Samantha Bond Management and began doing TV commercials and advertising. In the beginning, Leilani had no intention of undertaking Page 3 but, after meeting page 3 models Jamelah and Jakki, she decided to give it a go realizing they weren't the stereotypical bimbos. Leilani soon became a hit with the readers and, due to her articulate nature, she was usually first choice as the Page 3 girl asked to appear on TV and radio shows. She has been voted as one of FHM's top 100 $exiest women in the world.
Leilani has been on various TV shows, modelling on the 'Big Breakfast' and 'This Morning', acting on 'Dream Team' and 'Mile High' and appearing on the 'Weakest Link', 'Drop the Celebrity', 'Losing It' and 'Faking It' 'celebrity weekest link' Sky 1 'Celebrity Fear factor' and and ITV prime time show'Celebrity Wrestling'. She has also enjoyed a season in Pantomime as Tiger Lilly in Peter Pan. She has even had a documentary made about her for Granada.
Leilani also enjoys visiting the troops and has been to Bosnia, Kosovo and Cyprus on morale boosting trips.
Leilani has also done a lot of work for Ladbrokes, filming a poker dvd and participating in online tournaments. As well as playing in television tournaments for the celebrity heats for both 888.com and partypoker.com shown on Challenge TV and Channel 5.
Early life
Dowding grew up in Bournemouth, and has a younger sister Melanie. They were brought up Roman Catholic by their Filipina mother Zena, and British father Chris. Leilani was named for her mother's cousin and her name literally means "heavenly flower".
Dowding and her sister attended St Peter's School in Bournemouth. She did well in school, earning eleven GCSEs and three A-levels. She studied for an economics degree at Royal Holloway, University of London, in Surrey, with the intention of becoming a city trader. The then eighteen-year-old entered and won the 1998 Miss Great Britain competition. In Hawaii later that year she became the first woman of Asian descent to represent Britain in the Miss Universe pageant
Height: 1.68 m
Siblings: Melanie Dowding
Movies: Perfect 10: Model Boxing
Parents: Zena Dowding, Chris Dowding
TV shows: Celebrity Fear Factor UK
Leilani was born on the 30th January 1980 and grew up in Bournemouth with her mother Zena, father Chris and sister Melanie.
She went to St Peter's School in Bournemouth where she gained eleven GCSE's and stayed on in the 6th form where she obtained 2 A's and 1 B in her A levels. At 18 Leilani left home to study for a degree in Economics at the Royal Holloway University in Surrey.
In 1998 Leilani was 'spotted' in Leicester Square and asked if she wanted to enter the Miss Great Britain Competition. She entered and won. She then went to Hawaii to take part in Miss Universe and took a year out from University. Her modelling career took off and Leilani never returned.
After a year as Miss Great Britain, Leilani joined Samantha Bond Management and began doing TV commercials and advertising. In the beginning, Leilani had no intention of undertaking Page 3 but, after meeting page 3 models Jamelah and Jakki, she decided to give it a go realizing they weren't the stereotypical bimbos. Leilani soon became a hit with the readers and, due to her articulate nature, she was usually first choice as the Page 3 girl asked to appear on TV and radio shows. She has been voted as one of FHM's top 100 $exiest women in the world.
Leilani has been on various TV shows, modelling on the 'Big Breakfast' and 'This Morning', acting on 'Dream Team' and 'Mile High' and appearing on the 'Weakest Link', 'Drop the Celebrity', 'Losing It' and 'Faking It' 'celebrity weekest link' Sky 1 'Celebrity Fear factor' and and ITV prime time show'Celebrity Wrestling'. She has also enjoyed a season in Pantomime as Tiger Lilly in Peter Pan. She has even had a documentary made about her for Granada.
Leilani also enjoys visiting the troops and has been to Bosnia, Kosovo and Cyprus on morale boosting trips.
Leilani has also done a lot of work for Ladbrokes, filming a poker dvd and participating in online tournaments. As well as playing in television tournaments for the celebrity heats for both 888.com and partypoker.com shown on Challenge TV and Channel 5.
Early life
Dowding grew up in Bournemouth, and has a younger sister Melanie. They were brought up Roman Catholic by their Filipina mother Zena, and British father Chris. Leilani was named for her mother's cousin and her name literally means "heavenly flower".
Dowding and her sister attended St Peter's School in Bournemouth. She did well in school, earning eleven GCSEs and three A-levels. She studied for an economics degree at Royal Holloway, University of London, in Surrey, with the intention of becoming a city trader. The then eighteen-year-old entered and won the 1998 Miss Great Britain competition. In Hawaii later that year she became the first woman of Asian descent to represent Britain in the Miss Universe pageant
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