Tess Daly is an English model, novelist and television presenter, best known for co-presenting the BBC One celebrity dancing show Strictly Come Dancing since 2004. Tess is also known for her noticeable work on programs like SMTV: Live, Just The Two Of Us, Children In Need and Being Mum. Daly is also a novelist. Her first novel was “The Camera Never Lies” published by Coronet in 2011. She wrote her second book with the name “It’s Up to You New York”, published in 2013.
Tess Daly is best famous as a co-presenter on BBC one celebrity dance show named as “Strictly Come Dance” since 2004 and for her first novel “The Camera Never Lies”, a love story behind the scenes published by Coronet in 2011.
She undertook her first professional modeling job in Tokyo at age 18. She then had assignments across Asia and Europe while based in London. she was based in Paris for five years. And then in New York for another five years. She came to mass attention after she appeared in two Duran Duran videos for the songs "Serious" and "Violence of Summer (Love's Taking Over)", and for The Beloved's 1993 song "Sweet Harmony".She was later the face of Danone Shape yogurt and also of lingerie company La Senza in the UK and appeared in their Steal the Show Christmas 2009 campaign. n 2013, she became the new face of L'Oréal.[11] On 7 December 2017, Tess became the new face of Vitabiotics' Wellwoman supplement brand. She began to do red carpet events interviews after a friend suggested in 2000.
she sent a showreel to the producers of Channel 4's The Big Breakfast, who immediately contracted her to host the Find Me a Model competition. Since then, she has presented shows including Get Your Kit Off, Singled Out, Smash Hits TV, SMTV Live, Back To Reality and the first series of Make Me a Supermodel with Dave Berry. In 2003, Daly became the presenter of ITV makeover show Home On Their Own. Daly has co-presented BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing since 2004. In January 2007, Daly and her husband Vernon Kay co-presented the second series of Just the Two of Us on BBC One.
Her other BBC host and co-host programs include, This Time Tomorrow(2008), the National Lottery(2008), Children in Need(2008), Royal Variety Performance(2008), The One Show(2013), Strictly Come Dancing charity spin-off: The People's Strictly for Comic Relief(2015) and Being Mum(2015).In 2019, she played an unnamed character who hosts fictional TV show The Spotlight, in the CBBC drama: Almost Never. As a novelist, Daly published her first novel, The Camera Never Lies, a tale of love behind the scenes in 2011 with Coronet, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton. Her second book was published in 2013 named, It's Up to You New York.
Daly was born as Helen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly on 27 March 1969, in Stockport, Cheshire, England. She was born to the textile-factory worker, Felix James Vivian Daly (father), who died of emphysema in 2003, and Sylvia. She grew up in Birch Vale near New Mills, Derbyshire. She has a younger sister, Karen. She is British nationality and her ethnicity is Irish. Her religion is Christianity and her zodiac is Taurus. She attended Hayfield Primary School and New Mills Secondary School, where she gained 9 O-levels.
The famous BBC One TV presenter and host, Tess has an estimated net worth of £4 million as of 2020. Also, her average salary is revealed to be between £350,000 and £399,999 annually. She has bagged this huge sum from her long professional career as co-presenter of the BBC One celebrity dancing show Strictly Come Dancing since 2004. Additionally, she is also a model. Tess has worked as an ambassador for makeup giants L'Oréal in 2017. Tess also became the face of Vitabiotics' Wellwoman supplement brand.
She has endorsed and modeled for various luxury jewelry brands like Pandora as well. She and husband Vernon Kay share a beautiful family home in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire alongside two daughters, Phoebe and Amber.No other property details are available right now.
Tess is a married woman. Daly married DJ and TV presenter, Vernon Kay on 12 September 2003, at St Mary's Catholic Church in Horwich, near Bolton. The couple has two daughters, Phoebe, the firstborn in Westminster, London, on 17 October 2004, the second, Amber born on 30 May 2009, also in London. Daly and Kay live in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire home along with their two daughters happily as of today.
The English model, Tess has a very tall height of 5 ft 9 in or 175 cm. As she is a model she has a slim body build and weighs a balanced mass of 57kg. The BBC One presenter age is 51 years as of 2020 however she lacks no brilliance in her beauty still today. She has gorgeous blonde hair color and hazel eyes color. Moreover, she has a body measurement of 34-25-34 inches. Similarly, her bra size is 34C and her feet size is 8(US). Her dress size is currently not known. She has a straight sexual orientation.