Peta Todd
{{short description|English glamour model}}
{{about|the English model|the American economist|Petra Todd}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}{{Infobox model
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|12|8}}{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
| birth_place = Newham, London, England{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
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| occupation = {{hlist|Former glamour model|Page 3 girl}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Mark Cavendish|2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/2013-10-06/cyclist-mark-cavendish-ties-knot-with-model-peta-todd/ |title=Cyclist Mark Cavendish marries model Peta Todd|publisher=ITV News|date=6 October 2013|accessdate=6 October 2013}}
| children = 5
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| eye_colour = Blue
| hair_colour = Brown
}}Peta Louise Todd, Lady Cavendish ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|iː|t|ə}} {{respell|PEE|tə}}; born 8 December 1986){{cite web|url=http://www.mahalo.com/Peta_Todd |title=Todd's bio |website=Mahalo.com |date=29 December 2008 |accessdate=23 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301015242/http://www.mahalo.com/Peta_Todd |archivedate=1 March 2009 }} is an English former glamour model and Page 3 girl.
Modelling career
Todd first appeared on The Sun's Page 3 when she was 18 years old.
Charity work
In 2008, Todd cycled {{convert|400|mi|km}} in five days, raising more than £3,000 through sponsorship and a further £4,000 by auctioning her bicycle and cycling shorts on the last day of her ride, for the Help for Heroes charity.{{cite web|url=http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/peta_todd.html|title=Peta Todd: Help For Heroes pinup|website=Helpforheroes.org.uk|date=30 May 2008|accessdate=23 May 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518045259/http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/peta_todd.html|archivedate=18 May 2012}} In 2009, Todd climbed Mount Kilimanjaro along with injured servicemen and women to raise funds for Help For Heroes.{{cite news|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/5059962.Page_3_Peta_is_top_off_the_class/ |title=Page 3 Peta is top of the class|newspaper=Northern Echo|date=13 March 2010|accessdate=23 May 2012}} She is the charity's official pin-up and patron, and she has completed many challenges for Help For Heroes, including skydives, wing walks and bobsleighing; and she completed the 2010 London Marathon in aid of the charity. In 2010, Todd received an award for outstanding contribution to the charity, which included a personal meeting with Prince William.{{cite web|url=http://musemanagementuk.blogspot.com/2010/06/peta-todd-receives-outstanding.html |title=Peta Todd receives outstanding contribution award|publisher=Muse Management UK|date=8 June 2010|accessdate=23 May 2012}}
Todd has also travelled to Afghanistan to boost the morale of the British troops stationed there.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/peta-todd |title=Peta Todd – Charitable glamour model |magazine=FHM |accessdate=23 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421033412/http://www.fhm.com/girls/covergirls/peta-todd |archivedate=21 April 2012 }}
Media work
Todd appeared on the BBC programme Newsnight in 2010 to discuss the merits of 40 years of Page 3. She has taken part in debates at the Oxford Union and at several other universities, including Durham.
Todd has been a regular radio show contributor, co-hosting the Absolution with Tim Shaw show on Absolute Radio{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1onqr9-E70Q |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/1onqr9-E70Q |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Peta calls Chris Kamara for a little chat|via=YouTube|date=17 September 2009|accessdate=23 May 2012}}{{cbignore}} and talkSport's The Sports Bar.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} She has also appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live to discuss whether the 40th anniversary of Page Three should be celebrated.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00c6bl5 |title=Is Page 3 sexy or sexist?|publisher=BBC|date=16 November 2010|accessdate=23 May 2012}}
Todd took part in the 2014 Wales Rally GB as a co-driver for Tony Jardine; they crashed the Mitsubishi Lancer with PlayStation sponsorship which they used for the rally. They later came back into the rally because of the Super rally rule and later completed the rally.
Personal life
She is married to cyclist Mark Cavendish, having met him in November 2010.{{cite news|last=Glendenning |first=Barry |title=Tour de France 2011: stage five – as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jul/06/tour-de-france-stage-five |work=The Guardian |location=UK |accessdate=23 July 2011 |date=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709203203/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/06/tour-de-france-stage-five |archivedate=9 July 2011 }} Cavendish and Todd have four children together,{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} and she also has a son from a previous relationship.{{cite news|last=Stevenson|first=John|title=MarkCavendish and Peta Todd wed|url=http://road.cc/content/news/95972-mark-cavendish-and-peta-todd-wed|work=road.cc|publisher=Farrelly Atkinson|date=9 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803070522/http://road.cc/content/news/95972-mark-cavendish-and-peta-todd-wed|archive-date=3 August 2014|url-status=live}} Their house in Essex was robbed at knifepoint in November 2021.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-64157253|title=Mark Cavendish: Robbery at Essex home was 'planned invasion'|date=3 January 2023|publisher=BBC}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-64164074|title=Mark Cavendish: Two robbery suspects still at large, trial hears|date=4 January 2023|publisher=BBC}}
Todd is a supporter of West Ham United F.C.{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/more-sports/news/13873/5793265/soccerette-noughties|title=Soccerette Noughties!|publisher=Sky Sports|date=23 December 2009|access-date=31 March 2021}}
See also
{{Portal|Biography}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|3961786|Peta Todd}}
- {{Twitter}}
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Category:British glamour models