Abigail Marie Clancy (born 10 January 1986) is an English lingerie and catwalk model, and television personality. She was the runner-up of Britain’s Next Top Model (cycle 2) in 2006 and won series 11 of Strictly Come Dancing in 2013. Since 2015 she has been presenting Britain’s Next Top Model.
How did Abbey Clancy become a model?
Abbey’s first claim to fame came after appearing as a contestant on Britain’s Next Top Model, in 2006. Abbey came runner-up in the series – losing out to fellow contestant Lianna Fowler. After the show, Abbey went on to enjoy an array of different modelling gigs, featuring in several magazines and newspapers
After appearing on Britain’s Next Top Model, Clancy modelled for several magazines and newspapers. In May 2007, Clancy appeared on the cover of Arena magazine and modelled the Triumph Bonneville Motorbike.
Clancy was chosen to appear in Sports Illustrated magazine in the 2010 swimsuit edition. 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, shot by Yu Tsai.