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Vogue Williams, born October 2nd, 1985, is an Irish media personality, presenter, and model. Her journey into the spotlight began with the reality series *Fade Street* in 2010 and 2011. From there, she embraced the challenge of the Australian *Dancing with the Stars* in 2012, followed by *Stepping Out* in 2013, and ultimately claiming victory in the first series of *Bear Grylls: Mission Survive* in 2015. Vogue also lent her voice to several RTÉ documentaries and graced the airwaves of Heart FM. Her passion for conversation soon found a new home in podcasting, co-hosting *My Therapist Ghosted Me* with Joanne McNally, her own show *Never Live It Down*, and *Vogue & Amber* alongside her sister. In 2025, she bravely entered the jungle for the twenty-fifth series of *I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!*
Born in Portmarnock, a Dublin suburb, on October 2nd, 1985, Vogue's early life saw her parents, Sandra and Freddie, separate when she was seven. Her father passed away in 2010. The youngest of three, she has a brother, Frederick, and a sister, Amber, along with two half-siblings. Vogue's education took place at the all-girls Santa Sabina Dominican College in Sutton. After her Leaving Certificate, and at the urging of her property-developer stepfather, Neil Wilson, she enrolled in construction design and management at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. However, after just one year, she decided to leave the program.
Vogue's professional career officially kicked off in November 2010 with the Irish reality TV series *Fade Street*, which offered a glimpse into the lives of four Dublin women. The show highlighted Vogue's work at Stellar Magazine, her acting studies, and her burgeoning interest in disc jockeying. In April 2012, she took on the Australian version of *Dancing with the Stars* as a contestant, partnered with Christopher Page, though they were the third couple to be eliminated. In 2013, she and Brian McFadden showcased their dancing talents on ITV's *Stepping Out*, securing second place.
On February 4th, 2015, it was announced that Vogue would be participating in the ITV reality series *Bear Grylls: Mission Survive*, which premiered on February 20th. She emerged victorious on April 3rd, 2015, outlasting competitors like Kelly Holmes and Mike Tindall. December 2015 saw Vogue reunite with Brian McFadden for a celebrity edition of *Catchphrase*. On June 21st, 2016, she joined the panel as a guest on an episode of *Loose Women*, and on October 30th and 31st of that same year, she was a guest on *Celebrity Haunted Hotel*.
Vogue presented her own four-part series, *Vogue Williams – On the Edge*, delving into issues affecting millennials, such as drugs, social anxiety, gender dysphoria, and the pressures surrounding body image. She was slated to participate in the fourth series of Channel 4's *The Jump* in February 2017, but an injury sustained during training forced her to withdraw, with Amy Willerton stepping in.
In June 2017, in the aftermath of terrorist attacks in Manchester and London, Vogue penned an opinion piece for the Sunday World proposing internment camps as a "grim necessity" for detaining "3,000 [Muslim] extremists living in the UK" without trial. While acknowledging the historical failures of internment in Northern Ireland, she argued that modern terrorists could not be negotiated with. Donald Clarke of The Irish Times criticized her views as "illogical, totalitarian and profoundly sinister," drawing comparisons to Breitbart and UKIP and highlighting how internment in Northern Ireland had alienated Irish Republicans from negotiation. He also noted some responses to her column as "predictably patronising, borderline sexist." Vogue later admitted she had made a mistake and apologized for her stance, explaining she had written the piece out of fear and anger, and that her advocacy for internment was misguided. She also revealed she had received death threats.
March 2020 marked Vogue's arrival as the new host of Sunday Breakfast on Heart FM. By September 2021, she was presenting the Virgin Media One talent show, *The Big Deal*. In November 2021, she was announced as the host of a new virtual reality show, *Send Nudes: Body SOS*, which explored people's decisions regarding planned plastic surgery and aired on E4 in 2022. Since 2021, Vogue has been a familiar face in numerous Fairy adverts, promoting their laundry capsules and scent boosters.
Vogue began hosting the *Spooked Ireland* series, which premiered on UK television in September 2023, following its earlier debut in Ireland. In December 2024, she participated in that year's *Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special*. Initially partnered with Carlos Gu, he was forced to withdraw due to injury, leading to Vogue being paired with Gorka Márquez. They performed a Jive to "Rockin' Robin," scoring 33 points. In 2025, she joined the twenty-fifth series of *I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!* as a late arrival alongside Tom Read Wilson.
In May 2011, Vogue began dating former Westlife singer Brian McFadden. Their engagement was announced on January 12th, 2012, and they married on September 2nd, 2012, in Florence, Italy. In June 2015, Vogue purchased an apartment in Howth, near Dublin. On July 7th, 2015, Vogue and McFadden announced their separation after three years of marriage, with their divorce finalized in 2017.
Vogue became engaged to reality television star Spencer Matthews in January 2018. Vogue and Matthews married on June 9th, 2018. The couple are parents to a son born in 2018, a daughter born in 2020, and another son born in 2022. Their first two children were christened in the Church of England, while their third child was christened Catholic.
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Vogue Williams (born 2 October 1985) is an Irish media personality, presenter and model. After appearing on the reality series Fade Street (2010–2011), she went on to participate in the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars in 2012, as well as appearing on Stepping Out in 2013 and winning the first series Bear Grylls: Mission Survive in 2015. She also fronted several documentaries for RTÉ and presented on Heart FM, before going on to host several podcasts including My Therapist Ghosted Me alongside Joanne McNally, as well as her own titled Never Live It Down and Vogue & Amber which she co-hosts alongside her sister. In 2025, she appeared on the twenty-fifth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
== Early life and education ==
Williams was born on 2 October 1985 in Portmarnock, a suburb of Dublin. Her parents, Sandra and former car salesman Freddie, separated when she was seven, and her father died in 2010. She is the youngest of three siblings, after brother Frederick and sister Amber; she also has two half-siblings.
Williams attended the all-girls Santa Sabina Dominican College in Sutton. After securing her Leaving Certificate, at the insistence of her property-developer stepfather Neil Wilson (who is best-known for establishing the IT company Datalex), she enrolled for but subsequently dropped out after a year of a degree in construction design and management at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.
== Career ==
Williams' public career began in November 2010, in an Irish reality TV series Fade Street, which followed the lives of four Irish women in Dublin. The episodes included Vogue's work at Stellar Magazine, her acting studies and her interest in disc jockeying. In April 2012, Williams appeared as a contestant on the twelfth series of Dancing with the Stars in Australia, partnered with Christopher Page; they were the third couple to be eliminated from the competition. In 2013, Williams and Brian McFadden took part in the ITV celebrity dancing competition Stepping Out, finishing in second place.
On 4 February 2015, Williams was confirmed to be participating in the ITV reality series Bear Grylls: Mission Survive which started airing on 20 February 2015. She won the show on 3 April 2015, beating Kelly Holmes and Mike Tindall. In December 2015, Williams appeared alongside Brian McFadden in a celebrity episode of Catchphrase. On 21 June 2016, she was a guest panellist on an episode of Loose Women. On 30–31 October 2016, she was a guest on Celebrity Haunted Hotel on W.
Williams presented her own four-part series called Vogue Williams – On the Edge, in which she investigated issues affecting the lives of fellow "millennials", for example drugs, social anxiety, gender dysmorphia and obsessiveness around 'the body beautiful'. She was to take part in the fourth series of The Jump on Channel 4 in February 2017, but pulled out due to injury sustained whilst training. She was replaced by Amy Willerton.
In June 2017, in the wake of terrorist attacks in Manchester and London, Williams wrote an opinion piece for the Sunday World entitled "Internment camps are grim necessity", which called for the establishment of internment camps for the detention without trial of "3,000 [Muslim] extremists living in the UK". She acknowledged that internment in Northern Ireland didn't work but that terrorists today could not be negotiated with. Donald Clarke of The Irish Times criticised her views as "illogical, totalitarian and profoundly sinister" and compared them to Breitbart and UKIP. He pointed out that internment in Northern Ireland drove Irish Republicans away from negotiation. He also criticised some response to her column as "predictably patronising, borderline sexist". Williams later said she had made a mistake and apologised for her stance, saying she had written it when she was frightened and angry and that her advocacy of internment was misguided. She also said she had received death threats.
In March 2020, Williams became the new host of Sunday Breakfast on Heart FM. In September 2021, she became the presenter on the Virgin Media One talent show The Big Deal. In November 2021, she was announced as the host of a new virtual reality show called Send Nudes: Body SOS, about peoples' decisions relating to planned plastic surgery, which ran on E4 in 2022. Since 2021, Williams has appeared in numerous adverts for Fairy, including for their laundry capsules and scent boosters.
Williams began presenting the Spooked Ireland series, which premiered on UK television in September 2023, following its earlier Irish launch. In December 2024, she was a contestant on that year's Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special, initially partnered with Carlos Gu until he was forced to withdraw due to injury, she was paired with Gorka Márquez and they danced a Jive to "Rockin' Robin scoring 33 points. In 2025, she appeared on the twenty-fifth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, entering as a late arrival alongside Tom Read Wilson.
== Personal life ==
In May 2011, she began dating former Westlife singer Brian McFadden. Their engagement was announced on 12 January 2012 and they were married on 2 September 2012 in Florence, Italy. In June 2015, Williams purchased an apartment in Howth, near Dublin. On 7 July 2015, Williams and McFadden announced that they were separating after three years of marriage. The couple divorced in 2017.
Williams became engaged to reality television star Spencer Matthews in January 2018; Williams and Matthews married on 9 June 2018. The couple have a son born in 2018, a daughter born in 2020 and a son born in 2022. Their first two children were christened Church of England, while the third was christened Catholic.
== Filmography ==
== References ==
== External links ==
Official website
Vogue Williams at IMDb
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