{"id":10253,"date":"2013-09-02T21:35:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T20:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=10253"},"modified":"2013-09-02T23:22:41","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T22:22:41","slug":"strictly-come-dancing-2013-ladies-line-up-abbey-clancy-deborah-meaden-fiona-fullerton-natalie-gumede-rachel-riley-sophie-ellis-bextor-susanna-reid-vanessa-feltz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/10253\/strictly-come-dancing-2013-ladies-line-up-abbey-clancy-deborah-meaden-fiona-fullerton-natalie-gumede-rachel-riley-sophie-ellis-bextor-susanna-reid-vanessa-feltz\/","title":{"rendered":"Strictly Come Dancing 2013 Ladies Line-up: Abbey Clancy, Deborah Meaden, Fiona Fullerton, Natalie Gumede, Rachel Riley, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Susanna Reid, Vanessa Feltz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Strictly Come Dancing is back on our screens this autumn and these are the famous ladies that will be entertaining us through the cold dark nights. <\/p>\n

Abbey Clancy<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"abbey<\/a>Queen of the runway and TV presenter Abbey Clancy, 27, will be used to competition after featuring as one of 13 finalists in the 2006 Living TV series Britain\u2019s Next Top Model. After coming runner up her career continued to rise, modelling for numerous magazines and once ranking in FHM magazine\u2019s annual 100 Sexiest Women in the World. The wife of Premier League footballer Peter Crouch also has a regular slot on ITV\u2019s This Morning as their fashion expert.<\/p>\n

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\nDeborah Meaden<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"deborah<\/a>British multi-millionairess Deborah Meaden, 54, became a household name in 2003 when she joined BBC Two\u2019s Dragons\u2019 Den to become one of the show\u2019s five investors. She has been a successful business woman from a young age, launching her own glass and ceramics export company before setting up one of the first Stefanel fashion franchises in the UK. With several successful businesses in the leisure and retail sector under her belt, Deborah now devotes time to finding good investment opportunities. Let\u2019s hope that Deborah finds the time to invest in training for the dance floor.<\/p>\n

Fiona Fullerton<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"fiona<\/a>Nigerian born Fiona Fullerton, 56, is one of Britain\u2019s most versatile actresses, having appeared in movies, TV shows and West End theatre productions. She is perhaps best known for her starring role alongside Roger Moore \u2013 as KGB spy Pola Ivanova in the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill. With a career spanning over 30 years, she has a number of other impressive credits to her name, including playing Guinevere in Camelot and Alice in Alice in Wonderland.<\/p>\n

Rachel Riley<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"rachel<\/a>Television presenter Rachel Riley, 27, is best known for co-presenting Countdown and The Gadget Show. The Oxford graduate was an unknown star when she joined Countdown in January 2009, becoming the face and brains behind the letters and mathematics solutions on the show. Chosen from more than a thousand applicants, despite having no television experience, Rachel has since filmed over 1000 episodes of the show. In June 2013, Rachel became a presenter on the Channel 5 programme The Gadget Show, co-hosting alongside Jason Bradbury.<\/p>\n

Natalie Gumede<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former Coronation Street baddie Natalie Gumede is best known for playing Kirsty Soames in the ITV soap. For 18 months Natalie, 29, was at the centre of one of the show\u2019s most gripping and shocking storylines, playing a role that landed her the award for Best Newcomer at the British Soap Awards in 2012 and Villain of the Year in 2013. The actress and self-proclaimed Strictly fan graduated from the prestigious Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in 2003.<\/p>\n

Sophie Ellis Bextor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Multi-platinum selling singer\/songwriter, model and DJ Sophie Ellis-Bextor, 34, is certainly top of the pops. She achieved widespread success in the early 2000s with her disco inspired pop music, and is best known for the number one smash hit Groovejet (If This Ain\u2019t Love) by Spiller, as well as Take Me Home and Murder on the Dancefloor. With a song title to her name like Sophie has, let\u2019s hope there\u2019s no bloodshed on this dance floor.<\/p>\n

Susanna Reid<\/strong><\/p>\n

Journalist and presenter Susanna Reid, 42, is a face many will be used to waking up with having regularly presented BBC Breakfast since 2003. She has broken many major news stories, interviewed the Prime Minister and presented the BBC\u2019s coverage of the Oscars live from Hollywood. Since 2008 Susanna has been part of Children In Need, and in 2011 performed in a Strictly competition with three other newsreaders, which she won with dance partner Robin Windsor.<\/p>\n

Vanessa Feltz<\/strong><\/p>\n

TV presenter, broadcaster and journalist Vanessa Feltz, 51, is known for presenting on Jewish radio show BBC GLR, and The Big Breakfast. She was named Speech Radio Personality of the Year at the Sony Radio Academy Awards, she now writes a weekly column in the Daily Express and presents BBC Radio 2\u2019s Early Breakfast Show. Vanessa has already shown she can steal the show when she took part in the BBC\u2019s Let\u2019s Dance for Comic Relief early this year, with her performance of Cher\u2019s If I Could Turn Back Time.<\/p>\n