Ruth Higham
{{Short description|English glamour model}}
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Ruth Higham (born 1978) is an English former glamour model from Harwood, Lancashire (a suburb of Bolton). She began appearing as a Page 3 girl in the Daily Star and The Sun newspapers in 1998.
Early life
Modelling
Higham was a Page 3 model from 1998 until around 2004. She first appeared on Page 3 of The Sun on 17 April 2000 and appeared in the newspaper 30 times. From 2002 to 2006, she was the model for Aintree-produced Big D peanuts; this caused a 35% increase in sales in 2003.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2696073.stm | title=Nutty return for Page Three ads | website=BBC News | date=27 January 2003 }} She was also associated with a testicular cancer awareness campaign under the slogan "Say nuts to cancer".{{cite magazine | url=https://www.prweek.com/article/186305/campaign-charity-pr---bigd-nuts-pr-tackles-male-cancer-issue | magazine=PR Week | first=Jessica | last=Nesbitt | date=25 July 2003 | title=CAMPAIGN: Charity PR - BigD Nuts PR tackles male cancer issue }} In April 2005, she starred in a television commercial for BT with Jeremy Clarkson. She has also appeared in advertisements for PS2 and Solpadeine. In 1999, she appeared in a web-based 'soap opera' called Launderama for detergent manufacturer ACDO in Bolton, where she played the part of Glo White in a tour of UK universities.{{cite news | url=http://www.burytimes.co.uk/archive/1999/02/24/Lancashire+Archive/6132751.Glamorous_Ruth_stops_the_traffic_with_her_glowing_looks_/ | journal=Bury Times | date=24 February 1999 | title=Glamorous Ruth stops the traffic with her glowing looks! | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720131107/http://www.burytimes.co.uk/archive/1999/02/24/Lancashire+Archive/6132751.Glamorous_Ruth_stops_the_traffic_with_her_glowing_looks_/ | archive-date=20 July 2011 }} She also appeared in a short drama series on the former channel Granada Breeze called 4Play, in which she played the role of a TV presenter based in Manchester. In February 2003, she appeared with two other models on Blind Date, becoming the first candidate to be rejected.{{cite news | url=http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/archive/2003/02/03/Lancashire+Archive/5920121.Rejection_for_Ruth/ | journal=This is Lancashire | date=3 February 2003 | title=Rejection for Ruth | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921000213/https://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/archive/2003/02/03/Lancashire+Archive/5920121.Rejection_for_Ruth/ | archive-date=21 September 2012 }}
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