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Louise Glover (born 8 February 1983) is an English model, beauty queen, and photographer. She is well known from her work as a glamour model, with appearances in British lad mags, including FHM, Bizarre, Maxim, Loaded, and tabloids such as the News of the World, The Sun and Daily Star. She is the first British model to be named "Model of the Year" in Playboy Special Editions.

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 '''Louise Glover''' (born 8 February 1983) is an [[England|English]] [[Model (person)|model]], [[beauty queen]], and [[photographer]]. She is well known from her work as a [[glamour model]], with appearances in British [[lad mags]], including ''[[FHM]]'', ''Bizarre'', ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'', ''[[Loaded (magazine)|Loaded]]'', and tabloids such as the ''[[News of the World]]'', ''[[The Sun]]'' and ''[[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star]]''. She is the first British model to be named "Model of the Year" in ''[[Playboy]] [[Playboy Special Editions|Special Editions]]''.
-Glover grew up with a troubled childhood, with drug abusing parents, in [[foster care]], and eventually living alone from the age of 15. She struggled to become a model from an early age. At the start of her career, she was sentenced to [[community service]] for not reporting her early earnings while receiving [[Welfare (financial aid)|welfare]]. Glover has been a continued participant in and supporter of the charity [[Raleigh International]], which she credits for contributing to her early motivation.
-== Early life ==
-Louise Glover was born on 8 February 1983 in [[St Helens, Merseyside]], [[England]].<ref name=Savvy>[http://www.savvy.com/savvy_girls/featured/louise_glover_british_beauty "Louise Glover British Beauty"], interview with photos by Andy Lesauvage, June 22, 2007, Savvy.com. Retrieved 2007-12-04.</ref><ref name=AboutLouise>[http://www.louiseglover.com/aboutlouise.asp "About Louise"], official site. Retrieved 2007-12-05. Also [http://web.archive.org/web/20070607174406/http://www.louiseglover.com/aboutlouise.asp archived] as of 2007-06-07 by the [[Internet Archive]].</ref> She had a troubled childhood; her parents had problems with drugs and spent time in jail. She ended up growing up partly in St Helens with her father's family, partly in [[Great Yarmouth]] with her mother's, and partly in [[foster care]], which, she says, led to her being bullied and made her a very shy and quiet child. She changed homes and schools many times. At age 15, she was released from foster care, and got her own apartment.<ref name=PlayboySE>[http://www.playboy.com/commerce/email/specialeditions/06_22_06/ "Playboy Special Editions Newsletter"], announcement and interview, 2006-06-22. Retrieved 2007-12-04.</ref><ref name=Echo20060512/><ref name=Knockout>[http://www.knockoutmag.com/issue5/december06/december06.html "Louise Glover Interview"]. Cover, interview, and pictorial, ''Knockout Magazine'', December 2006, interview and pictorial on pages 49-51. Retrieved 2007-12-05.</ref>
-Glover had started her modelling career early, when at the age of 9, a photographer noticed her on a shopping trip with her mother, and compared her to a young version of [[Lorraine Chase]] from the British TV show ''[[Emmerdale]]''.<ref name=Savvy/><ref name=AboutLouise/>  Glover found she enjoyed being photographed, and planned to become a professional model from the age of 12.<ref name=LETelegraph2000/> She began entering modelling contests at the age of 14,<ref name=BrianX/> and [[beauty contest|beauty pageant]]s, to get noticed as a model. She was a regional finalist for the top beauty title [[Miss Great Britain]] at the age of 17, and traveled to London to be a national finalist at the age of 18, while studying [[Holistic therapy|Holistic Therapy]] at [[St Helens College]].<ref name=LETelegraph2000>[http://archive.chorleycitizen.co.uk/2000/6/9/727157.html "Louise is sitting pretty"], ''[[Lancashire Evening Telegraph]]'', 9 June 2000. Retrieved 2007-12-05.</ref><ref name=SHStar2002>[http://archive.thisischeshire.co.uk/2002/1/10/203138.html "Louise eyes up top beauty title"], ''Guardian Series'' (''[[St Helens Star]]''), 10 January 2002, online at ThisIsCheshire.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-12-04.</ref>
-Living on her own in the charitable Grosvenor Housing Association's<ref name=GrosvenorHousingAssociation>[http://www.communityship.org.uk/club_clubDetails.asp?ClubID=14820 "WLCVS: Grosvenor Housing Association Details"], Wigan & Leigh CVS. Retrieved 2007-12-04.</ref> Ravenhead Foyer in St. Helens, Glover had to appeal to others for financial support for the contest entry fee and travel costs.<ref name=SHStar2002/> She found time to raise funds to help others, however, traveling to [[Belize]] in 2000 with a [[Raleigh International]] project, and to [[Israel]] in 2001, to teach [[English language]] to disadvantaged children.<ref name=LETelegraph2001>[http://archive.theboltonnews.co.uk/2001/5/10/678925.html "Louise on Middle East mission"], ''[[Lancashire Evening Telegraph]]'', 10 May 2001. Retrieved 2007-12-04.</ref> The ten weeks in Belize had a great impact on her motivation. "It was the best thing I could have ever done at that point in my life", she says.<ref name=PlayboySE/> At age 19, she represented [[Great Britain]] in the [[Miss Earth]] contest in the [[Philippines]]. Soon after, her modelling offers increased tenfold.<ref name=AboutLouise/>
-== Career ==
-[[Image:Louise Glover 3.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Glover at Max Power Live 2006.]]
-Glover began getting paid modelling work in 2002.<ref name=LDPost20050714>[http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_headline=model-in-pound-15-000-benefits-swindle%26method=full%26objectid=15734852%26page=1%26siteid=50061-name_page.html "Model in £15,000 benefits swindle"], by Dan Mcmullan, ''[[Liverpool Daily Post]]'', July 14, 2005. Retrieved 2007-12-04.</ref> In 2003, at the age of 20, she had a [[breast enlargement]] from a 34A to a 34D, paid for as a Christmas present from her family, since she couldn't afford the £3300 herself.<ref name=LiverpoolDailyPost2004> [http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_method=full%26objectid=13823111%26siteid=50061-name_page.html "Give a friend a lift with a plastic token gesture"], January 16, 2004, By Clare Usher, ''[[Liverpool Daily Post]]''. Retrieved 2007-12-04.</ref> It was later reduced to 34C in 2007, with multiple [[breast reduction]] surgeries, as she claimed to be going for "a more natural look".<ref name=MySpaceBlog/>
-She became known as a [[glamour model]], appearing nude or scantily dressed in British [[lad mags]], including ''[[FHM]]'', ''Bizarre'', ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]'', ''[[Loaded (magazine)|Loaded]]'', and tabloids ''[[News Of The World]]'', ''[[The Sun]]'' and ''[[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star]]''. She was featured in TV shows and documentaries including ''[[Dream Team (TV series)|Dream Team]]'', ''[[Test the Nation|National IQ Test]]'', ''Blaggers'' and ''Secrets of the Sex Goddesses''.<ref name=LDPost20050714/> She has also appeared as a clothing model, for [[Ed Hardy]] clothing, Sex Symbol denim wear, [[Austin Reed]] ladies wear, and on front covers, photo shoots and interviews for magazines in South America, USA, Canada, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Russia, South Africa, and Australia.<ref name=AboutLouise/>
-Glover kept supporting [[Raleigh International]] after her modelling success, raising funds for the group, and traveling to [[Malaysia]] in 2004 to help build a footbridge and teach English to residents of a remote village.<ref name=SHStar2004>[http://archive.thisissthelens.co.uk/2004/10/14/2234.html "Malaysia next stop for Louise"], ''[[St Helens Star]]'', published 14 October 2004. Retrieved 2007-12-04.</ref> She climbed [[Mount Kinabalu]], the highest mountain in Malaysia, to help Raleigh International raise funds.<ref name=PlayboySE/> She ran in the 2005 [[London Marathon]] to raise money for [[Cancer Research UK]].<ref name=SHStar20050210>[http://archive.thisissthelens.co.uk/2005/2/10/1335.html "Running mates"], ''[[St Helens Star]]'', published 10 February 2005. Retrieved 2007-12-04.</ref>
-=== Legal problems ===
-In August 2005, Glover was sentenced to 240 hours [[community service]] by St Helens magistrates after admitting claiming £14,831 in [[welfare benefits]] between August 2002 and November 2004 while posing for newspapers and magazines. She stated that she did not know the small and irregular earnings would make a difference to her benefits, and that she had been sometimes too [[Clinical depression|depressed]] to leave her flat.<ref name=LDPost20050714/><ref name=BBCNews>{{cite news | title=Benefit cheat model is sentenced | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4140126.stm | date=2005-08-10 | accessdate=2006-12-31 | publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> While performing the community service in 2006, she was assaulted twice by a group of girls, one attack leaving her with a broken nose. This cost her a month of modelling work, and contributed to her depression, but also to her taking [[kickboxing]] classes to learn to defend herself.<ref name=Echo20060503>[http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_method=full%26objectid=17026160%26siteid=50061-name_page.html "I'm learning to kickbox to beat bullies"], by Dawn Collinson, May 3, 2006, ''[[Liverpool Echo]]''. Retrieved 2007-12-05</ref><ref name=Echo20060512>[http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=17069530&method=full&siteid=50061&headline=benefit-fraud-model-tells-of-childhood-blighted-by-drugs-name_page.html  "Benefit fraud model tells of childhood blighted by drugs"], by Mike Hornby, May 12, 2006, ''[[Liverpool Echo]]''. Retrieved 2007-12-05.</ref>
-=== Playboy ===
-Glover says appearing in ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine was an important goal for her ever since becoming a glamour model.<ref name=Savvy/> She met publisher [[Hugh Hefner]] during a photo shoot in [[Los Angeles]],<ref name=SHReporter2005>[http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/st-helens-news/Louise-hits-the-big-time.1281489.jp "Louise hits the big time with Playboy's Heffner"], ''[[St Helens Reporter]]'', 9 December 2005. Retrieved 2007-12-04.</ref> when she was 21. He offered her a test shoot, and she visited the [[Playboy Mansion]].<ref name=AboutLouise/> Glover appeared on the cover of ''Playboy Vixens'' magazine in January 2006, in the "Top 100 Sexiest Playboy Models" 2006 pictorial special edition, and won ''[[Playboy Special Editions]]'' Model of the Year 2006;<ref name=PlayboyMOY>[http://www.playboy.com/girls/girlpages/moy2006/ "Playboy - Special Editions - Model of the Year 2006"] ''[[Playboy]]'' official site. Retrieved 2007-12-05.</ref> she was the first British winner.<ref name=PlayboySE/> To celebrate her success, she was portrayed on the cover and inside a special edition of ''Playboy Lingerie'',<ref name=Echo20060727>[http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_method=full%26objectid=17459730%26siteid=50061-name_page.html "Glover's cover"], July 27, 2006, The Insider, ''[[Liverpool Echo]]''. Retrieved 2007-12-05.</ref> which she calls possibly her favourite magazine cover.<ref name=BrianX/>
-Glover became the UK's ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]'' "Pet of the Month" for March 2007 after posing for a celebrity cover and 10 page feature. She has appeared in the American edition of ''Playboy'' magazine for September 2007, and on the cover of ''Playboy'' France.<ref name=AboutLouise/> Her beauty pageants also continued, and after three tries, she won Miss [[Hawaiian Tropic]] UK 2007, and competed in the international finals in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]].<ref name=Savvy/><ref name=BrianX>[http://brianx.com/divas/miss-october-2007.html "Louise Glover UK Bikini Model Photographer"], interview with BrianX Magazine, October 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-05.</ref>
-Besides modelling, Glover has attempted to expand her career into other areas, as a fall-back if she can't make it as a model.<ref name=Savvy/> She has maintained a web site as a professional photographer since 2004.<ref name=BrianX/> In 2006 Glover co-launched an adult [[lingerie]] online store called Female Bliss, and signed a contract with a Swedish record label as an aspiring singer.<ref name=SHReporter20060728>[http://www.sthelensreporter.co.uk/st-helens-news/Model-Louise-sets-her-sights.1658865.jp "Model Louise sets her sights on pop stardom"], ''[[St Helens Reporter]]'', 28 July 2006. Retrieved 2007-12-04.</ref> In 2007, she appeared in her first [[music video]] acting role, for [[Scouting for Girls]]' single "[[She's So Lovely]]".<ref name=STV>[http://www.stv.tv/content/out/music/newtalent/display.html?id=opencms:/out/music/newtalent/Scouting_For_Girls "Scouting for Girls"], interview by Oliver Gaywood, 30 August, 2007, [[STV]]. Retrieved 2007-12-04.</ref><ref name=MySpaceBlog>[http://www.myspace.com/louiseglovermodel "Louise Glover Model MySpace Blog"], personal MySpace (follow the link to View All Blog Entries <!-- Because we can't link directly to a MySpace blog. Silly restriction.-->). Retrieved 2007-12-05.</ref> In 2007, Glover was interested in expanding from glamour modelling into [[Model (person)#Fitness models|fitness modelling]],<ref name=BrianX/> and was in talks with [[WWE]] to become a [[professional wrestler]], which were put on hold due to her lack of US citizenship.<ref name=Savvy/><ref name=MySpaceBlog/>
-== Personal life ==
-{{As of|2007}}, Glover lives in London, but travels the world for recreation as well as photo shoots. She has loved to travel since her early days working for the charity [[Raleigh International]] in Malaysia and Belize.<ref name=Savvy/><ref name=AboutLouise/> She spends much time in the [[United States]] that she says she should have been born in America.<ref name=Savvy/> In 2007, she married, to a London man named Ben, in a ceremony held in the [[Grand Canyon]].<ref name=AboutLouise/>
-Glover's favorite sports pastime is [[scuba diving]] in her travels, with a goal to scuba dive in the [[seven seas]],<ref name=AboutLouise/> and to be able to teach scuba internationally (again, as something to fall back on if the modelling doesn't work out). She has scuba dived in the [[Red Sea]], passed open water certification in [[Malta]], and an advanced scuba diving course in [[Borneo]].<ref name=Savvy/><ref name=PlayboySE/>
-==See also==
-* [[List of glamour models]]
-== References ==
-{{reflist}}
-== External links ==
-{{Commonscat|Louise Glover}}
-* {{MySpace|louiseglovermodel}}
-* [http://louisegphotography.com/ Louise Glover Photography]
-* [http://brianx.com/divas/miss-october-2007.html 2007 Exclusive Interview with Louise Glover]
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