Natalie Pike
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Natalie Pike is a British model, raised in Berwick-on-Tweed and Stockport
Stockport
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground southeast of Manchester city centre, at the point where the rivers Goyt and Tame join and create the River Mersey. Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name...

 in England, who won the Miss British Isles Competition and the FHM High Street Honeys competition in 2004.

Education

Pike attended Ladybrook Primary School until the age of 11, then went to Bramhall High School until the age of 16, and sat her A levels at Aquinas 6th form college. The A levels she took were Maths, communication studies and Performing arts. Pike completed her degree in Film and Media Studies at Manchester Met University during her year as FHM High St Honeys winner.

Career

Natalie won the FHM High Street Honeys competition in 2004, following in the footsteps of Tanya Robinson
Tanya Robinson
Tanya Robinson is an English model represented by neon management. She was born in 1981 in Richmond, North Yorkshire, England.- Biography :Robinson has appeared on the cover of Zoo Weekly, Ice, and several times in FHM Magazine, as being the winner of their inaugural "High Street Honeys"...

 and Kayleigh Pearson
Kayleigh Pearson
Kayleigh Emma Pearson is an English model who is most famous for winning FHM's second High Street Honey competition, in 2003. She hails from Worcestershire and grew up in Bewdley. She is represented by International Model Management...

. She appeared on the front cover of FHM
FHM
FHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.- History :The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For...

 again in 2005 and 2007.

Pike is now one of the most popular glamour models in the UK, having also appeared on the cover of Zoo and Nuts magazine several times. She was voted in FHM's list of the 100 Sexiest Women in 2005 (26) and 2006 (51).

Pike is an avid Manchester City supporter
Manchester City F.C. supporters
Since their inception in 1880 as St. Mark's , Manchester City F.C have developed a loyal, passionate and dedicated fanbase.Despite finishing 5th in English football's top division, the club were the third best supported team in English football by average league attendance in the 2009–10 season and...

. She has a tattoo of the Manchester City badge on her lower back and she is a season ticket holder and is regularly spotted supporting her beloved team all over the country. Natalie modelled the new kit in 2006.

Pike appeared on the first season of the UK version
Beauty and the Geek (UK TV series)
Beauty and the Geek is a reality television show, first aired in the United Kingdom on E4 on February 7, 2006, following the success of the format in the United States, and was advertised similarly as "the Ultimate Social Experiment". The first series ended on 14 March, and was repeated on...

 of Beauty and the Geek
Beauty and the Geek
Beauty and the Geek is a reality television series on The CW. It has been advertised as "The Ultimate Social Experiment" and is produced by Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg and Nick Santora....

which aired on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 and E4. She was partnered with Mathematics student Jamie Sawyer, and they were eliminated after three episodes.

She was a game show hostess on The Price Is Right
The Price Is Right (UK game show)
The Price Is Right in the UK was hosted by Leslie Crowther, Bob Warman, Bruce Forsyth, and Joe Pasquale. It ran from 24 March 1984 to 12 January 2007.-Crowther era :...

, presented by Joe Pasquale
Joe Pasquale
Joseph Ellis "Joe" Pasquale is an English comedian from Grays, Essex, arguably most famous for his high-pitched voice, use of visual gags and more recently being crowned "King of the Jungle", on the reality TV show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!...

, weekdays at 2.00pm and 5:00pm on ITV1
ITV1
ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...

.

Pike released a single in 2006 with the other FHM High Street Honeys called I Touch Myself
I Touch Myself
"I Touch Myself" is a 1990 single by the Australian rock band Divinyls. The song was written by Divinyls bandmembers Christina Amphlett and Mark McEntee and professional songwriters Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg for the band's self-titled album...

which reached no.1 in the box charts.

In the April 2007 FHM (UK edition) it is stated that readers of the magazine voted Natalie the favourite Honey ever and to go the Xbox 360 Global Challenge. As part of the challenge she will be flying to and from Japan, Australia, LA, and Mexico within a time span of 360 hours. In each country she and 4 other European Honeys will compete in missions based on popular Xbox 360 games.

In 2007 she did her first ever topless shoot for the men's weekly magazine ZOO.

Natalie loathes cheese, although she does enjoy pizza.

In October 2008 she was turned down by Countdown
Countdown (game show)
Countdown is a British game show involving word and number puzzles. It is produced by ITV Studios and broadcast on Channel 4. It is presented by Jeff Stelling, assisted by Rachel Riley, with regular lexicographer Susie Dent. It was the first programme to be aired on Channel 4, and over sixty-five...

 bosses for apparently being "too sexy" as a replacement for the departing Carol Vorderman
Carol Vorderman
Carol Jean Vorderman MBE is a British media personality, best known for co-hosting the popular game show Countdown for 26 years from 1982 to 2008. In September 2011 she became a co-anchor of the ITV1 panel show Loose Women....

 losing out to Rachel Riley
Rachel Riley
Rachel Annabelle Riley is an English television presenter. Since 12 January 2009 she has been the co-host of Countdown. She replaced Carol Vorderman from the 60th series onwards...

.

She divides her time between London and Manchester.

In 2009 Pike started her own Modelling School with celebrity photographer Scott Ninness.

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