Helen Chamberlain
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| Born: | April 2, 1967 Street, Somerset |
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| Occupation: | Television presenter |
Helen Marie Chamberlain (born April 2, 1967 in Street, Somerset) is an English television presenter.
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[edit] Biography
Chamberlain started her career as a Blue Coat at Pontins holiday camp, before becoming a club Disc Jockey. In 1993 Chamberlain worked at Chessington World of Adventures for two seasons as public announcer, and also feeding fish to the sea lions.
She was discovered at Chessington by a producer for Nickelodeon, where she began presenting in 1994. She began presenting on Sky Sports of 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 also Sky Sports Friday-evening sports show Soccer AM's All Sports Show.
She appeared in a raunchy photoshoot for the May 2004 edition of Penthouse[1]. She also modelled in underwear for Euro 2004 in Trafalgar Square, and during the photoshot caused the driver of a double decker bus to run into the back of another bus[2].
[edit] Sports
A pub-league level darts player when she was younger, Chamberlain beat Eric Bristow in a game of darts-cricket during a celebrity challenge, where the winner is the first player to go round the board trying gaining trebles[3]
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. 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.
A keen football player, she is also a Torquay United fan and has a tattoo of the club crest on her left buttock.
[edit] Personal life
Chamberlain lives in South London, with fiancé Nathan King from Level 42.[4]
She is tee-total and a vegetarian. She has also learned to fire eat and has done so on Soccer AM on various occasions.
Her current car collection, revealed on Sky TV show Vroom Vroom, is:
- Range Rover Vogue SE
- Jaguar XKR Convertible
- Austin Frog Eyed Sprite
- Fred Pontin's own Mercedes Benz 280 SE
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Bio at SkySports
- Biography on Internet Movie Database
- PokerPlayer magazine interview
- Interview with TotalGambler website
- Interview with The Sun newspaper website
- Interview with The Guardian newspaper website
| Soccer AM |
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| Soccer AM |
| Spin-offs: All-Sports Show | Cricket AM |
| Presenters: Helen Chamberlain | Tim Lovejoy |
| Channel: Sky Sports 1 |
| Other: List of guests |
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