Biography
Keeley Rebecca Hazell was born on September 18, 1986, in Lewisham, a suburb southeast of London, England. Raised in another nearby London suburb, Bromley, Keeley attended Bromley’s Ravensbourne School. When Keeley was 16, she left school to become an apprentice hairdresser, but she was already looking beyond beauty parlors and nursing ambitions to become a model.
Keeley wanted to be a Page 3 girl and pose topless on the inside pages of British tabloids like The Daily Star and The Sun. Keeley’s former art teacher tried to discourage her, saying that her breasts were too small; in any event, Page 3 girls had to be at least 18. Keeley Hazell was anything but discouraged -- her bust, as time would soon tell, was definitely growing. With the support of her hairdressing colleagues, she had some pictures taken of herself and entered The Daily Star’s “Search for a Beach Babe” contest, which she won.
keeley hazell is a page 3 girl
Keeley Hazell, who was anxious to quit hairdressing, wasn’t yet able to work as a full-time model in spite of this early success. Too young for glamour modeling and too short for fashion modeling, Keeley enrolled in a fashion course at Lewisham College in early 2004. After six months, Keeley Hazell turned 18 and had her boyfriend take some pictures of her to submit to The Sun’s Page 3 Idol contest. A reader favorite, Keeley ended up winning in December 2004. Her prize included £10,000 worth of clothes and an exclusive one-year modeling contract with The Sun.
Keeley Hazell quickly became one of The Sun’s most popular Page 3 girls. Sculptor Leigh Heppell even made three bronze sculptures of Keeley’s breasts, two of which can be found in The Sun’s office (Keeley herself has the third in her house). While posing for The Sun, Keeley Hazell was represented by Girl Management, and then briefly by the Frank White Agency; she finally settled on agent Jon Fowler, who also represents George Michael and Kelly Brook. Once Keeley’s contract with The Sun expired, she began to get broader exposure.
keeley hazell on maxim’s cover
Keeley Hazell appeared on the cover of the June 2005 issue of Maxim, and in September, she did the same for FHM. In quick succession, Keeley graced the covers of many other British men’s magazines, including Loaded, Nuts and Zoo; she turned down an offer to pose for Playboy, though, stating that it wasn’t something she felt comfortable doing. Meanwhile, Keeley Hazell continued to pose for The Sun, as well as for its 2006 Page 3 wall calendar.
In early 2006, Keeley Hazell made headlines after English soccer star Joe Cole was beaten up at a party at her house. Despite rumors that the already engaged Cole had been hitting on Keeley, the altercation had nothing to do with her. She also had two publicized car crashes -- one in 2005 and one in 2006.
keeley hazell in cashback
In 2006, she put out her own calendar, and by 2008 she was posing exclusively for Zoo and FHM.
Keeley Hazell had a minor role in the British movie Cashback (2006), a full-length version of a short film of the same name that was nominated for a 2004 Oscar.
keeley hazell is named no. 13 in 2008 top 99
Not surprisingly, in addition to coming in at No. 9 in FHM's 50 Most Eligible Women and No. 2 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women In The World 2007, Keeley Hazell was also No. 19 on AskMen.com's list of the Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2007. If all those accolades weren't enough, Keeley Hazell ranked No. 13 on AskMen.com's Top 99 for 2008.
keeley hazell on bytemetv
In 2008, Keeley Hazell, always interested in a career that encompassed music as well, released her first music video for the song Voyeur. She also cohosted an online show called ByteMeTV.
Modelling
At sixteen years of age, Hazell left school to work as a hairdresser. Her colleagues persuaded her to try her luck at modelling (she later quit hairdressing) and she enrolled at Lewisham College to start a City & Guilds in fashion, but was not at the college for very long. At seventeen, she competed in The Daily Star's "Search for a Beach Babe" contest and won. A friend told her about The Sun's Page 3 Idol competition. Despite some initial uncertainty about entering the contest, she submitted some photos. She was eventually chosen the winner in December 2004.[12] She won £10,000 worth of "sexy clothes" and "a one-year membership of the Rex cinema and bar". Three cast sculptures were made of her bust by sculptor Leigh Heppell. Two are in the Sun offices and one is in her house.
Hazell regularly featured in Zoo until 2008, and continues to appear in The Sun at least once every two weeks. She has been on the cover of The Sun's 2006 and 2007 Page 3 calendars, in addition to her own 2006 and 2007 wall calendars, the latter of which sold 30,000 in its first few days of release.[3] In April 2008, Hazell left Zoo and signed an exclusive deal to appear in their rival magazine Nuts.
Hazell was once offered a chance to appear in Playboy, but declined because she was not comfortable doing a full nude shoot.
Other media appearances
She is the face of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's Formula One 06 video game for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and F1 CE for PlayStation 3.
Hazell had a small role in the full-length version of Cashback, playing "Naked Girl." She is currently in talks with producers to be in the upcoming Baywatch movie.
Keeley is the presenter of Byte Me TV, alongside IT expert Gary Schwartz. Byte Me TV is an online programme that explains technology in an easy to understand way.
