Jakki Degg (born 20 February 1978) is an English glamour model and actress. While the bulk of her work has been done in England, she has appeared in American film and television, and has posed for posters and magazine pictorials.

Early life

Although born in

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, Degg, daughter of David Degg, was raised in

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, Staffordshire, England. Degg studied dance as a child, particularly ballet, and won several competitions. She went on to hairdressing school and managed a salon of her own by age 20.Jakki Degg
at

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; Accessed July 28, 2010.

Career

Modelling

Jakki became famous when, at her mother's encouragement, she entered and won the inaugural Max Power magazine babes competition. Following this she became a Page 3 girl for '' The Sun'' newspaper. She has posed topless and semi-nude for lad mags such as '' Front''.

Acting

She has appeared on television several times. She had a small role in the drama ''

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'' ( Sky One) and played the lead in the short film ''Remember My Dream'', directed by Joao Costa Menezes. She was also a stand-in for the TV show ''The Games'' but was not used. She wielded a shotgun on

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's '' Banzai'' as viewers were encouraged to wager on how many balloons she would pop with it. Degg won the Page 3 model charity special edition of

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's ''

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'', beating

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in the sudden death round, with her winnings going to the

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. However, her appearance on the show's 1,000th episode was short lived, as she was the first contestant eliminated on a countback. She was sent off after incorrectly answering the question: "In the abbreviated names of fruit and veg often found in a

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, pots is an abbreviation of which word?", to which Degg answered "

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"; the correct answer was potatoes. In 2004 she won the ''Celebrity

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'' on ITV with her winnings also going to the

. Quote: "Took part in 'Celebrity 24 Hour Quiz' on Channel 3, came runner up and won just under £5000 which she again donated to the R.S.P.C.A." She also appeared in ''The Poker Academy'', and the American film '' Eurotrip''.

References

External links

Jakki Degg's official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Degg, Jakki 1978 births Glamour models Living people Page 3 girls People from Stone, Staffordshire People educated at Kingsmead School, Hednesford