Jess Davies
{{Short description|Welsh radio personality, influencer and model}}
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| birth_name = Jessica Davies
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|04|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hereford, Herefordshire, England
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| height = 5 ft 6in
| eye_colour = Blue
| hair_colour = Blonde
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| occupation = Radio personality, influencer, Glamour model
| yearsactive = 2010-present
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Jessica Davies (born 11 April 1993) is a Welsh radio personality, TV presenter, campaigner, influencer and former glamour model.
Davies was born in Hereford, England but moved to Aberystwyth, Ceredigion in Wales in her early years.{{Cite web |date=11 February 2021|title=Meet Jess Davies - Cardiff |url=https://walesinternational.cymru/en/blog-en/meet-jess-davies-cardiff/|access-date=2025-05-19|website=Wales International}} She is a fluent Welsh language speaker as she learnt at her local Welsh school in her village.
Career
Davies modelled for Zoo Magazine, Nuts and FHM magazines after competing in the final of the 2010 Miss Wales beauty pageant.{{Cite web |last=Morgan |first=Sion |date=2014-04-20 |title=Model Jessica Davies' whirlwind rise to fame shows no signs of stopping |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/model-jessica-davies-pictures-aberystwyth-7007282 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Wales Online}}
She balanced her modelling career with studying for a degree in Sociology at the University of Glamorgan.{{Cite web |date=30 June 2013|title=Glamour model Jess Davies proves beauty does come with brains |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/glamour-model-jessica-davies-proves-4749823|access-date=2025-01-29|website=Wales Online}} With the closure of Lads mags, Davies's modelling opportunities diminished. She has pivoted to other careers in the media.{{Cite web |date=1 December 2015|title= If you think closing FHM and Zoo is a step towards gender equality, you're wrong|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/news-opinion/you-think-closing-fhm-zoo-10499519|access-date=2025-01-29|website=Wales Online}}
Davies has presented documentaries and digital series for Welsh language broadcaster S4C.{{Cite web |date=19 December 2020 |title=S4C Jess Davies|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0k5g9xh |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=BBC Programmes - S4C}} She has also worked for Welsh language BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio Wales
Her BBC Three documentary When Nudes Are Stolen uncovered the trade of leaked and stolen content.{{Cite web |date=7 April 2021 |title=BBC Three - When Nudes Are Stolen |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09bljg9 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=BBC3}}{{primary source inline|date=January 2025}}{{Cite web |date=4 January 2025 |title=Jess Davies |url=https://encantatalentmanagement.com/talent/jess-davies/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Encanta Talent Management}} Pictures of Davies had been used to con money out of men all over the world. Davies traces where and how her pictures are being used and explains the effect it's had on her life.{{Cite web |date=7 April 2021 |title=When Nudes Are Stolen: Inside the online 'nude trade' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/d497a8d4-a0b4-4cf7-8b29-662a5635e71e |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=BBC News}}{{Cite web |date=19 December 2020 |title='Instagram making it harder to report fakes' says Welsh former glamour model|url=https://nation.cymru/news/instagram-making-it-harder-to-report-fakes-says-welsh-former-glamour-model/|access-date=2025-02-07 |website=Nation Cymru}}
Davies has been a campaigner for women's rights and body positivity. She has written a book, published in 2025, called No One Wants to See Your D*ck about understanding and tackling online misogyny.{{Cite web |date=15 May 2025 |title=The most important book you'll read this year: 'No One Wants To See Your D*ck' |url=https://thenewfeminist.co.uk/2025/05/the-most-important-book-no-one-wants-to-see-your-dck/ |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=The New Feminist}}
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Category:21st-century Welsh women
Category:Alumni of the University of Glamorgan
Category:British glamour models
Category:People from Aberystwyth