Danielle Lloyd Profile
Name: Danielle Lloyd
Known As: Danielle Lloyd
Date of Birth: 16/12/1983
Age: 25
Place of Birth: Penny Lane, Liverpool UK
Previous Partners: Teddy Sheringham, Marcus Bent
About: For someone so young, Danielle Lloyd has packed an incredible amount into her 23 years but her journey certainly hasn’t always been plain sailing…
Born in the legendary Penny Lane, Liverpool in 1983, daughter of Jackie and Arthur Lloyd (a bank manager and engineer respectively), Danielle was a sickly child and contracted whooping cough at 3 months old, leaving her lungs weak and her suffering from Asthma. Aged 4 the Lloyd family moved to Aigburth and Danielle attended Southbank Infants school followed by Gilmour Junior School, eventually gaining a place at St Hilda’s High School for Girls where, not just a pretty face, Danielle got nine GCSE’s under her belt and then went on to study Advanced Science in both Biology and Chemistry. At school Danielle was rarely far from the sports field despite still suffering asthma and competed nationally for the Sports Acrobatics Liverpool Team at the Centre of Excellence as well as representing her county at cross country running and the hurdles.
From the age of 16 Danielle loved modelling, frequently entering
competitions in and around Liverpool so upon finishing her academic studies, she decided to pursue a career in modelling and also train as a beautician.
However just as things were hotting up in her career, prior to the Miss Merseyside contest, Danielle was brutally attacked by her boyfriend at the time.
She was dragged from her car after an argument with him whilst it was still moving, suffering terrible grazes and severe bruising to her body and losing most of her hair.
Danielle almost gave up on modelling altogether after that but with the firm encouragement of her family, friends and Women’s Aid, as well as many months of counselling to try and deal with what happened, she felt strong enough to continue in her dream career. The incident brought to light the fatal flaws in her relationship at the time and Danielle had to admit to herself and others that she was, and had been, in a physically and mentally abusive relationship for 3 years. Despite her young age, Danielle knows first hand how hard it is to face up to the reality of being in a destructive relationship and says of the experience now.
“Deep down you can’t forget what’s happened now matter how much counselling you have, you blame yourself and tell yourself you deserve it – I was given help when I most needed it and I want to be able to help others now. Too many women (1 in 4) suffer domestic violence at some time and support centres such as Women’s Aid aren’t able to answer all of the calls due to being under resourced. Ill always do all that I can to help raise awareness and help people. Being in a violent relationship, you are constantly living in fear – and that’s no way for anyone to live their life”.
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