Danielle Lloyd

Biography Danielle Lloyd was born December 16, 1983, in Liverpool, England. The daughter of a respected bank manager and an engineer, Danielle was a sickly child who contracted whooping cough at the age of 3 months. The affliction left her lungs severely weakened and she suffered from asthma for most of her early years. Despite her condition, Danielle still managed to get into plenty of mischief. “I was always dancing and running.” she recalls.

In fact, Danielle’s long legs proved to be so adept at running that she represented her county in cross country running and hurdles. She also competed nationally as a member of the Sports Acrobatics Liverpool Team.danielle lloyd and modelingDanielle turned her attention from athletics to modeling at the age of 16, which was when she began entering a number of competitions in her native Liverpool. Then, tragedy struck. The night before the Miss Merseyside Pageant, Danielle was savagely beaten by an abusive boyfriend. ”I was attacked and dragged from my car by my hair, whilst it was still moving,” she recalls. “After falling to the ground I was then dragged along the road feeling every piece of gravel embedding itself into my back, legs, arms and head. Suddenly the car stopped as it hit the curb and rolled over my arm. I lost most of my hair in clumps and had severe cuts and bruising all over my body.” Despite her innumerable injuries, Danielle still went ahead with the competition and miraculously placed in the top seven.

That happy ending to an otherwise horrific event encouraged Danielle to enter more competitions and she soon won a bevy of impressive titles including Queen of Clubs World Model of the Future, Miss Hawaiian Tropic Great Britain and Miss Velvet Lounge Liverpool. Every subsequent win also helped her to regain her dignity and confidence.