Carol Vorderman

March 11th, 2008 admin Posted in Top 100 Women 2008 |

Birth Name
Carol Jean Vorderman

Height
5′ 5″ (1.65 m)

Spouse
Patrick King (May 1990 - September 2000) (separated) 2 children
Christopher Mather (December 1985 - 1986) (divorced)

Trivia

Father is Dutch; mother is Welsh.

TV personality

Grew up in Leeds, UK.

Studied engineering at Cambridge University; graduated in 1981.

When she first appeared as a TV personality, she used the name Carol Mather, her married name at the time.

Daughter: Katie, 1991, with King

Member of MENSA with IQ of 154

In 2004 she was voted runner-up in a Radio Times poll of ‘Thinking Man’s Crumpet’, behind fellow forty-something Nigella Lawson. Came sixth in a Sky TV survey of men’s sexual fantasies.

She was awarded an M.B.E. in the 2000 Queen’s Birthday Honors List for her services to broadcasting.

Was the winner of the final show of Ant and Dec’s Gameshow Marathon, Family Fortunes, a part of ITV’s 50th birthday celebrations.

Her primary school was St Mary’s School, Rhyl, Wales

She attended Blessed Edward Jones High School, Rhyl, Wales before graduating from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge with a Bachelor degree in engineering. She then went on to obtain a Masters degree in Engineering.

Carol was briefly a backing singer in the Leeds-based pop group Dawn Chorus and the Blue Tits which was fronted by radio DJ Liz Kershaw.

BBC has stated that she is gluten intolerant.