Helen Chamberlain
| Helen Chamberlain | |
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| Born | 2 April 1967 Street, Somerset |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
Helen Marie Chamberlain (born 2 April 1967, in Street, Somerset) is an English television presenter.
She previously worked as a holiday-camp entertainer and disc Jockey before working on a variety of radio and television programmes. Chamberlain has won money in a Poker Million tournament, which she spent on a racehorse.
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[edit] Biography
Chamberlain worked as a Bluecoat at Pontins holiday camp and an announcer at Chessington World of Adventures,[1] before becoming a club Disc Jockey.[citation needed]
She was discovered at Chessington by a producer for Nickelodeon, where she began presenting in 1994. She began presenting on Sky Sports's popular British Saturday morning sports show Soccer AM from 1995. She also guest presented on two former Channel 4 breakfast shows - The Big Breakfast alongside Johnny Vaughan, and RI:SE.
Chamberlain is still a presenter on Soccer AM and has also presented on Sky TV's dedicated Poker channel Sky Poker.[2]
She appeared in a raunchy photo shoot for the May 2004 edition of Penthouse.[3] She also modelled in underwear for Euro 2004 in Trafalgar Square, and during the photoshoot caused the driver of a double decker bus to run into the back of another bus because he was staring at her.[4]
[edit] Sports
A pub-league level darts player when she was younger, Chamberlain claims to have once beat Eric Bristow in a game of darts-cricket.[1]
Chamberlain finished second in the 2005 Poker Million tournament winning $400,000. She spent her winnings on buying a Range Rover for her boyfriend, and the racehorse Birkspiel.[5] The horse is trained by Simon Dow at Clear Height Stables in Epsom. On his first outing for the presenter, in April 2006, he won a €50,000 Group 3 race in Baden-Baden, Germany. One month later, he finished third in a Group 2 race in Cologne, Germany. She also owned the flat racer Napoletano, and co-owned sprinter Merlin's Dancer who finished second in The Dash which is the race before the Epsom Derby in 2008. All three horses have now retired. [6]
Chamberlain is a Torquay United fan,[7] and has a tattoo of the club crest on her bottom.[citation needed]
[edit] Personal life
In a 2005 interview Chamberlain stated that she is teetotal.[8] She has also learned to fire eat and has done so on Soccer AM on various occasions.[citation needed] Her current car collection, revealed on Sky TV show Vroom Vroom, is:[citation needed]
- Range Rover Vogue SE
- Two Austin-Healey "Frogeye" Sprites
- Fred Pontin's own Mercedes-Benz 280 SE
- 1974 Fiat 500
- Aston Martin DB9
[edit] References
- ^ a b Greenslade, Nick (8 January 2006). "My passion: Helen Chamberlain". The Guardian (London). http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1677742,00.html. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ^ Sky Poker Presenter Profiles
- ^ Soccer AM World - Helen Chamberlain Penthouse Pictures
- ^ Rothstein, Simon (21 May 2007). "Tim and Helen shoot back". The Sun (London). http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,3-2004540036,00.html.
- ^ "Helen Chamberlain on her new passion". britishhorseracing.com. http://www.britishhorseracing.com/goracing/racing/newsweather/features/view.asp?item=003352. Retrieved 19 March 2008.
- ^ "Napoletano". Pedigree Querry. http://www.pedigreequery.com/napoletano. Retrieved 19 March 2008.
- ^ "Soccer AM Profile: Helen Chamberlain". Sky Sports. 29 November 2011. http://www.socceram.com/crew/0,,13879,00.html. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
- ^ Doyle, Paul (5 August 2005). "Small Talk: Helen Chamberlain". guardian.co.uk. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2005/aug/05/smalltalk.sportinterviews. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
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