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Abigail Clancy Biography: Early Life

Born in Liverpool, the oldest of four children born to Karen (née Sullivan) and Geoffrey Thomas Clancy, Clancy formed girl band Genie Queen, who were managed by Andy McCluskey from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD).

Abigail Clancy Biography: Career

ABIGAIL CLANCY BIOGRAPHY: MODELLING CAREER

In summer 2006, the second cycle of Living TV's Britain's Next Top Model included Abigail Clancy as one of the thirteen finalists in the competition, competing over 10 weeks for a modelling contract. Abigail Clancy made it to the final runway show with fellow contestant Lianna Fowler, but at the final judging Clancy lost out to Fowler.
Since appearing on Britain's Next Top Model, Abigail Clancy has modelled for several magazines and newspapers. In May 2007, Abigail Clancy appeared on the front cover of Arena magazine, and modelled the Triumph Bonneville Motorbike in the Daily Mail newspaper. Abigail Clancy was chosen to appear in Sports Illustrated magazine in the 2010 swimsuit edition. Abigail Clancy was featured for her sporting connection to Peter Crouch and was photographed for the magazine wearing only body paint to make it appear as if she was wearing an England shirt.
Abigail Clancy appeared in a 2010 campaign for Umbro sportswear, modelling an England shirt, along with other footballer's wives and girlfriends from countries that have won the World Cup.
Abigail Clancy walked in the Giles Deacon Ready-To-Wear line Giles Spring 2011 collection.
In March 2011 Abigail Clancy appeared on the Elite Model Management: New York division website. She also graced the August 2011 cover of UK Esquire (magazine) shot by photographer Solve Sundsbo.

ABIGAIL CLANCY BIOGRAPHY: TELEVISION CAREER

Abigail Clancy has appeared as a talking head in the documentaries Slave to Fashion and The Ultimate Bikini Guide for Channel 4, as a guest on programmes such as Richard & Judy, The Chris Moyles Show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, GMTV, This Morning and in her own reality TV series Abbey and Janice: Beauty and the Best which followed her attempts to break the Los Angeles modelling scene with Janice Dickinson as her mentor. The show aired from 14 May to 18 June 2007 on Living TV.
Abigail Clancy featured in the third series of Hell's Kitchen. She was the third contestant to be voted off the show by the public, and the fifth to leave overall.
On 10 May 2009, Abigail Clancy featured on Chris Moyles' Quiz Night alongside Patsy Kensit. She won her episode and was the overall winner of the first series.
Abigail Clancy also co-hosted the ITV2 series, The Fashion Show with model Michelle de Swarte and George Lamb. Her cousin Chloe Cummings, made the top 13 contestants in the fifth cycle of Britain's Next Top Model, of which Clancy herself was a guest inepisode 8, being the first ex-contestant from the Top Model franchise to appear on the judging panel.
On 22 December 2009, Abigail Clancy appeared as a "contestant" on a spoof version of Blind Date as part of an episode of Alan Carr: Chatty Man in which Cilla Black was a guest.
In April 2010, Abigail Clancy was featured in ITV2's The Parent Trip along with her mother Karen. She also appeared as a panellist on A League Of Their Own.
Abigail Clancy was a regular guest on James Corden's World Cup Live.
She also co-hosted the reality TV show Great British Hairdresser in 2011.

Abigail Clancy Biography: Personal Life

Abbey Clancy's brother Sean is a professional football player, now with Fleetwood Town in the Blue Square Premier.
Abigail Clancy started dating footballer Peter Crouch in 2006. The couple were engaged from July 2009 and their daughter Sophia Ruby was born 14 March 2011. On 30 June 2011, Clancy and Crouch married at Stapleford Park Hotel in Leicestershire.

Abigail Clancy Biography: Awards and Nominations

Abigail Clancy was ranked 37th in FHM magazine's annual 100 sexiest women in the world poll of 2007 but dropped down to number 55 the following year. In 2009, Abigail Clancy had moved up to 12th place, and in 2010 she went up to 10th place in the annual poll.

Abigail Clancy Biography: Facts about Abigail Clancy

Abigail Clancy was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, and now she lives in London, she is a famous British lingerie and catwalk model and television presenter.