Amy Guy
| Amy Guy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
21 December 1983 Wrexham |
| Alma mater | Yale College, Wrexham |
| Show | Gladiators |
| Show | Homes Under The Hammer |
| Country | Wales |
| Spouse(s) | Alex |
Amy Guy (born 21 December 1983) is a Welsh beauty queen, television performer and athlete.
She attended Yale College, Wrexham and secondary school at Ysgol Rhiwabon, Wrexham, Wales, and was the Welsh Schools National 100m and 300m Hurdling Champion. She is an architectural designer and graduated from Nottingham University completing her architecture degree.
She won the Miss Wales pageant in 2004,.[1][2] and the Miss Sport award at Miss World 2004 and automatically advanced as one of the top 15 semi-finalists. As the highest placed of the four contestants from the UK, Guy won the title of Miss United Kingdom and went on to compete as Miss UK at the 2005 Miss International contest. She was in a revived version of Gladiators as a Gladiator Siren.
She has represented Wales on five consecutive occasions horse riding, and was a member of the Great British Team. Guy has aligned with British Show Jumping as an Ambassador for the Sport giving her full support to their delivery of medals for Great Britain campaign through to 2012 and beyond.[3] She currently competes in modern pentathlon, and recent activities have involved marathon running around the world, competing in Asia, America and Europe.
In 2009 she took up polo as an additional sport, and competed in the Asprey World Class Cup day charity match in July 2010 at Hurtwood Park. In 2009 Guy became the female face of Polistas, a clothing and lifestyle brand on the polo circuit, and collaborated with Polistas on a full ladies’ range from polo shirts and jeans to dresses, luggage and handbags.
In December 2013, Guy appeared with her husband, Alex on the BBC program Homes Under the Hammer after taking up a new career in property development.[4]
References
- ↑ BBC News – Amy's hopes on 'lucky frock'
- ↑ "Miss Wales promoted to Miss UK". News Wales. 12 January 2005. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
- ↑ "Amy Guy an Ambassador for British Show Jumping" (PDF). British Showjumping. 25 February 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 December 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
- ↑ http://www.polistas.co.uk/news/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=84&Itemid=105