Career Tess Daly

1 career

1.1 modelling
1.2 television
1.3 writing
1.4 other work

career
modelling

scouted outside mcdonald s restaurant while waiting sister in manchester, 6 weeks after turned 18 undertook first professional modelling job in tokyo. after series of work assignments across asia , europe while based in london, based in paris 5 years. returned london 6 months, before moving new york work 5 years.

in 1990, daly appeared in 2 duran duran videos songs serious , violence of summer (love s taking over) , both album liberty. appeared nude in video beloved s 1993 song sweet harmony .

she later face of lingerie company la senza in uk , appeared in steal show christmas 2009 campaign.

television

while living on lower east side in new york city, friend arranged red carpet events suggested interview celebrity attendees. after buying video camera, daly s first interview new york-based quentin crisp, author of naked civil servant, became lifelong friend until death. after few red carpet interviews, in 2000, sent showreel producers of channel 4 s big breakfast, contracted host find me model competition. since then, has presented shows including kit off, singled out, smash hits tv, smtv live, reality , first series of make me supermodel dave berry.

daly has co-presented bbc 1 s strictly come dancing since 2004. co-hosted programme bruce forsyth; since 2014 co-hosts claudia winkleman. daly missed first half of second series because had given birth first daughter. natasha kaplinsky, winner of previous series, took place these episodes.

in january 2007, kay , daly co-presented second series of 2 of on bbc one.

daly has hosted time tomorrow , national lottery show broadcast on bbc one. since 2008, daly has presented bbc telethon children in need terry wogan , fearne cotton. won special children in need version of strictly come dancing against terry wogan, partnered anton du beke. on 17 december 2008, daly co-hosted royal variety performance.

in november 2013, daly guest-presented episode of 1 show alongside matt baker. in 2015, co-hosted strictly come dancing charity spin-off people s strictly comic relief bbc one. in 2015, daly co-hosted being mum, new show aol alongside rochelle humes.

writing

in 2011, daly s first novel, camera never lies, tale of love behind scenes, published coronet, imprint of hodder & stoughton. s new york, daly s second book, published in 2013.

other work

in 2013, became new face of l oréal.