Kris Smith (born 20 August 1978) is an

English Australian English Australians, also known as Anglo-Australians, are Australians whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England. In the 2021 census, 8,385,928 people, or 33% of the Australian population, stated that they had English ancestry (wheth ...

model, television presenter and former professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer.

Career

Rugby league

In England, Smith played for a number of British

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clubs including the Leeds Rhinos,

London Broncos The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club in London, England. The club competes in the RFL Championship. It was a member of Super League from its inaugural season in 1996 until the end of the 2014 season, when they were relegat ...

Halifax Blue Sox The Halifax Panthers are a professional rugby league club in Halifax, West Yorkshire, which formed in 1873. Halifax were one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895. They have been Rugby Lea ...

Salford Red Devils The Salford Red Devils are a professional rugby league club in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, who play in the Super League. Formed in 1873, they have won six Championships and one Challenge Cup. Their home ground since 2012 has been t ...

Oldham Roughyeds Oldham R.L.F.C., also known as the Roughyeds, is a professional rugby league football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. The club currently competes in the RFL League 1, the third tier of British Rugby League. Formed in 1876 as Old ...

( Heritage № 1201) and

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.Kris Smith
Celebrity Speakers. Accessed 20 September 2019.

Modelling

Smith has worked extensively as a model after he was signed to an agency in the United Kingdom following his retirement from rugby league. Following his move to Australia in 2008, he was signed as a

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ambassador - a contract that has subsequently been renewed several times.

Television

In 2010, Smith was announced as the new co-host of FOX8 reality series ''

Football Superstar ''Football Superstar'' is an Australian reality television series that aired on FOX8. It was hosted by Lee Furlong and Brian McFadden, with Kris Smith replacing McFadden in the third season. The show aimed to find a new football (soccer) star ...

'' replacing

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. Smith was one of the celebrity contestants to compete on the first episode of '' Celebrity Come Dine With Me Australia'' on

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. Smith competed against Josh Thomas,

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and Prue MacSween on the episode which aired in December 2012. Throughout 2012 and 2013, Smith was a regular contributor to

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's discussion program ''

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''. In June 2013 Smith was announced as one of the four original presenters of the

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's new early afternoon infotainment program ''

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'', hosting the show alongside Tom Williams,

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and

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. Smith continued in this role until it was announced he would be scaling back his commitments to the program from January 2015. It was revealed in January 2017 that Smith would be one of the contestants to compete on the third series of Network Ten reality series, '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. Smith was the fourth celebrity to be eliminated from the competition. His nominated charity was

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, having revealed on the show he was once the victim of

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. Smith guest hosted Network Ten lifestyle program ''

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'' in 2018. Also that year, he was one of the celebrities who took part in the Seven Network's ''The Real Full Monty''. In early 2019, it was reported that Smith had teamed up with three of his ''The Real Full Monty'' castmates (

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and Brian Taylor) to film a new travel comedy show for the Seven Network called ''Mates on a Mission''. In August 2019, Smith appeared on a celebrity edition of ''

The Chase Australia ''The Chase Australia'' is an Australian television quiz show based on the British program of the same name. It is broadcast on the Seven Network and premiered on 14 September 2015. Four contestants play against an opponent, known as the "chas ...

'' alongside

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, Brendan Jones and

Ricki-Lee Coulter Ricki-Lee Dawn Coulter (born 10 November 1985), also known mononymously as Ricki-Lee, is a New Zealand-born Australian singer, songwriter, television, and radio presenter. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand, grew up on the Gold Coast, Que ...

. The team managed to achieve a collective total of $47,000 during the first four rounds for their respective charities, but lost the money when they were beaten by The Chaser, Matt Parkinson in the "Final Chase". Smith was representing Challenge.

Personal life

Smith has had a number of highly publicised relationships, including with performer

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, with model and nutritionist Maddy King, and with personal trainer and former ''

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'' contestant, Sarah Boulazeris. He has one son with Minogue who was born 2010, and two daughters with Boulazeris, born in 2018 and 2019. Smith suffers from

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and will need to get titanium

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s in the future. Smith is also known for his involvement with a number of charitable organisations and causes.Moran, Jonathan (14 December 2017
Model Kris Smith supports Oxfam appeals and urges Christmas giving
''The Daily Telegraph''. Retrieved 20 September 2019.

References

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