Sian Adey-Jones (born December 1957) is a former beauty queen and

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. Adey-Jones was born at

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, Wales. She won the

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title in 1976 and was second runner-up in

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. She then finished first runner-up in

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1976 behind Carol Grant, who as

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had finished one place behind Adey-Jones at the Miss Universe contest. Adey-Jones also took part in

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, competing as Miss Britain. She subsequently turned to

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modelling, regularly appearing as a Page 3 girl in '' The Sun'' newspaper, as well as a rare fully nude appearance in the September 1983 edition of ''Mayfair'' (vol.18, #9). She also had a background role in the 1985 Bond movie ''

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''. In 1978, to celebrate Britain's only team to qualify for the Argentina World Cup, she appeared in the ''

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'' wearing just a Scotland football shirt. She now lives on the island of Ibiza with her Italian husband Rocco. She has a son Dylan (born 1993) and adopted daughter Tallulah.

Filmography

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'' (1985) - The Girl

References

1957 births Bodfari Living people Miss Universe 1976 contestants Page 3 girls People from Denbighshire Welsh beauty pageant winners Welsh female models Welsh film actresses {{Wales-bio-stub