Peaches Geldof

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Peaches Honeyblossom Michelle Charlotte Angel Vanessa^[1] Geldof, (born 16 March 1989 in London, England) is the second daughter of Bob Geldof and the late Paula Yates. She is a writer, broadcaster, socialite and something of a media figure in the UK.

1 Background
2 Life in the spotlight
3 Filmography
4 References
5 External links

Background

Her sisters are Fifi (born 1983) and Pixie (born 1990), and she also has a younger half-sister, Tiger (born 1996). She resides in Chelsea with her family. In 2006 she sat AS-level exams in History Of Art, Classical Civilisation, Politics, and English at Queen's College, London and plans to study English and Journalism at New York University.

Life in the spotlight

She wrote and presented her own reality TV programme, Peaches Geldof: Teenage Mind in 2005, which was followed up with Peaches Geldof: Teen America, which aired on Sky One in the UK on March 1st 2006. She has recently acted as a guest reporter for Tonight with Trevor McDonald for the ITV network and presented The beginner's guide to Islam and T4's coverage of the NME Awards 2007 for Channel 4. She has also penned a number of columns and articles for The Daily Telegraph and ELLEgirl magazine.

In 2006, Peaches was placed at number seven in the Tatler's list of Top Ten Fashion Icons for the year. She was the youngest person on the list.^[2]

Some commentators have suggested that her well-publicised and (to some) premature progression from childhood to young adulthood did not necessarily set young people a good example. Pete Doherty blamed his poor performance at 2005's Live 8 concert on Peaches making a "suggestive" comment to him shortly before he went onstage, which the teenager denies.^[3]

Peaches and friend Fifi Brown make up a DJ-ing duo known as "Trash Pussies". Peaches also DJs with Saint Frederick Blood-Royale as part of self-styled 'soundtrack collective' "The New Testament PartyCrew" and acts as "manager" and Muse to the Fashion/Music collective Rodnik.^[4]

In late 2006, Geldof presented the Winter warmer for AOL which included performances from Sugababes, Amy Winehouse and McFly, she reportedly left the event early after being booed off stage.

Geldof regularly updates her Myspace Blog which is frequently quoted by Tabloid newpapers and Celebrity based magazines in the UK.

She has been romantically linked to Donny Tourette, Fred Les from Les Incompetents and Noel Fielding amongst others and is known for a long-running feud with Lily Allen.

Filmography

Peaches Geldof: Teenage Mind (2005)
Peaches Geldof: Teen America (2006)
Beginner's Guide To Islam (2006), in which Peaches travelled to Morocco, staying with a devout Muslim family.
Tonight with Trevor McDonald (2006), a report on the Size Zero Trend.
T4: Shockwaves NME Awards 2007 (2007), co-host with Alex Zane.