Ruth Higham

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Ruth Higham
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Ruth Higham

1978 (age 43–44)

Ruth Higham (born 1978) is an English former glamour model from Harwood, Lancashire (a suburb of Bolton). She began appearing as a Page 3 girl in the Daily Star and The Sun newspapers in 1998.

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Early life

Higham attended Canon Slade School in Bradshaw, Greater Manchester, [1] which Sara Cox had also attended several years earlier. She became a beauty consultant for Max Factor.

Modelling

Higham was a Page 3 model from 1998 until around 2004. She first appeared on Page 3 of The Sun on 17 April 2000 and appeared in the newspaper 30 times. From 2002 to 2006, she was the model for Aintree-produced Big D peanuts; this caused a 35% increase in sales in 2003. [2] She was also associated with a testicular cancer awareness campaign under the slogan "Say nuts to cancer". [3] In April 2005, she starred in a television commercial for BT with Jeremy Clarkson. She has also appeared in advertisements for PS2 and Solpadeine. In 1999, she appeared in a web-based 'soap opera' called Launderama for detergent manufacturer ACDO in Bolton, where she played the part of Glo White in a tour of UK universities. [4] She also appeared in a short drama series on the former channel Granada Breeze called 4Play, in which she played the role of a TV presenter based in Manchester. In February 2003, she appeared with two other models on Blind Date , becoming the first candidate to be rejected. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rejection for Ruth". This is Lancashire. 3 February 2003. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Nutty return for Page Three ads". BBC News. 27 January 2003.
  3. ↑ Nesbitt, Jessica (25 July 2003). "CAMPAIGN: Charity PR - BigD Nuts PR tackles male cancer issue". PR Week.
  4. ↑ "Glamorous Ruth stops the traffic with her glowing looks!". Bury Times. 24 February 1999. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.
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