Lilah Parsons

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Lilah Parsons
Born (1988-02-18) 18 February 1988 (age 36)
Hammersmith, London, England

Lilah Veronica Parsons (born 18 February [1] 1988) [2] is currently an English broadcast journalist. She was formerly a model, as well as formerly being a TV and radio presenter. She is best known for being a presenter on MTV, co-presenting Capital Breakfast with Dave Berry and George Shelley, hosting a solo radio show on Heart, and her current job role of being a freelance broadcast journalist for BBC News.

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Career

Parsons was scouted as a model at a party at the age of 20. She modelled for brands such as Chanel, Make Jewellery Magazine, Peacocks, Harper’s Bazaar, Vivienne Westwood, and Swatch before getting a job at MTV and moving into presenting. [3]

She is represented by Select Model London.

Media

Parsons hosted several shows at MTV UK, such as MTV Essentials, [4] MTV Asks [5] and This Week’s MTV Top 20, [3] as well as MTV's coverage of Snowbombing Festival in Austria in 2013 [6] and 2014; [7] some of these programmes also aired elsewhere on MTV Live HD. Parsons also hosted a weekly programme on Fridays and co-hosted Hoxton Fashion Show on Shoreditch web radio station, Hoxton Radio, in 2014 and 2015. [8] [9]

In February 2016, along with George Shelley, Parsons was confirmed as a new co-presenter of CapitalBreakfast, joining Dave Berry [10] and replacing Lisa Snowdon, who left the show at the end of 2015. [11] In early 2016, she hosted the Brits Red Carpet live show alongside George Shelley. [12] The duo also hosted the Brit Awards Red Carpet in 2017, interviewing Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry, Little Mix, Dua Lipa and more. [13]

In December 2017, Parsons began to cover radio shows on Heart Radio, a sister network of Capital (both are owned and operated by Global). On 9 January 2018, it was announced that she would be hosting her own late show Friday to Sunday nights from 10pm, Heart's Feel Good Weekend. The first episode aired four days later. Parsons stepped down from Sunday nights in July 2018. [14]

Parsons left Heart in December 2021 and was replaced by Rezzy Ghadjar.

Parsons co-hosted the first season (2017–2018) of PopBuzz Presents, a weekly entertainment show from PopBuzz (now Capital Buzz) that was live-streamed on Twitter with guests such as Meghan Trainor, Craig David, Louis Tomlinson and P!nk with Will Hardy. [15]

Since May 2024, Parsons has been a freelance broadcast journalist for BBC News.

Personal life

Parsons is the daughter of Sir John Christopher Parsons, KCVO and The Hon. Lady Parsons (formerly The Hon. Anne Constance Manningham-Buller). Her maternal grandfather was Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne, and is the niece of Eliza Manningham-Buller. She attended Oundle School in Northamptonshire and briefly studied French at the University of Exeter.

Parsons also studied fashion at City and Guilds of London Art School, before getting scouted as a model at a party.

Between September 2023 and June 2024, Parsons studied for a master's degree for Television Journalism at City, University of London, leading her to her career at BBC News.

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  2. ↑ "findmypast.co.uk" . Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 "MTV presenter Lilah Parsons: I had an amazing time modelling but I wanted to do something with longevity". metro.co.uk. 9 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "MTV Essentials: Rihanna". RadioTimes. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "MTV Asks Bruno Mars". RadioTimes. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
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  7. ↑ "More Added to Complete Snowbombing Line-up". IHouseU. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
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  10. ↑ "Capital FM" . Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  11. ↑ Rainbird, Ashleigh (12 November 2015). "Lisa Snowdon reveals she's leaving Capital FM breakfast show – and eyes lie-ins". Daily Mirror . Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "Lilah Parsons and George Shelley Announced as the Red Carpet Live hosts!". Brit Awards . Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "(Video) The one and only Ed Sheeran chats to George Shelley and Lilah Parsons ahead of his performance tonight at The BRITs 2017!". BRIT Awards's Facebook page. BRIT Awards. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "We Have A New Feel Good Weekend Line-Up!".
  15. ↑ Whyte, Woodrow (10 November 2017). "Watch Our New TV Show On Twitter – PopBuzz Presents!". PopBuzz. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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