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Amy Diamond (born 8 February 1988) is an English
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,
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, former
glamour model A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows) or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography. Though ...
, and
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girl.


Early life

Diamond was born in Widnes, Cheshire. She currently lives in
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. Diamond studied at St Peter and St Paul's Catholic High School and then went on to study performing arts at
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, Chester.


Career

As a glamour model, Diamond has posed for British
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such as '' Nuts'' and '' Loaded'' as well as tabloid newspaper '' The Sun''. Diamond has also modelled as part of promotional work for brands such as Ann Summers. In 2009, she posed outside the British
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painted with the colours of the
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as part of a publicity stunt for
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. In 2010, Diamond took part in the
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talent-search '' Over the Rainbow'', which aimed to find an actress to play
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in an upcoming production of '' The Wizard of Oz''. Diamond made it through to become one of the top eleven finalists in the competition. In the first week of live performances for the public vote, she sang a rendition of Fergie's "
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" but was eliminated after the vote and Andrew Lloyd Webber's decision. Diamond also took part in a group performance of Love Machine by
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with contestants Bronte Barbe, Emilie Fleming, and Jessica Robinson and in the final show, performed with the former eight Dorothys in a group performance of
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by
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. Later, in 2010, Diamond was cast as "Janet" in a production of the musical ''
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'' at
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. She has danced on
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s, and she also had a small part in the
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series '' Hustle''. Diamond currently works as a professional singer.


See also

*
Lad culture Lad culture (also the new lad, laddism) was a media-driven, principally British and Irish subculture of the 1990s and early 2000s. The image of the "lad"—or "new lad"—was that of a generally middle class figure espousing attitudes typically at ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diamond, Amy Living people English stage actresses Glamour models Page 3 girls People from Widnes 1988 births