Nationality English Name Amy Childs Siblings Billy Childs Website Official website | Net worth £2.75 million Height 1.73 m Years active 2010–present Role Television Personality | |
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Full Name Amy Andrea Childs Born 7 June 1990 (age 34) ( 1990-06-07 ) Barking, East London, Occupation Model, Television Personality, Fashion Designer, Businesswoman Parents Julie Childs, Billy Childs Similar People Sam Faiers, Lauren Goodger, Gemma Collins, Kirk Norcross, Jessica Wright Profiles | ||
Residence Brentwood, United Kingdom | ||
Peter Andre (with Elen Rivas) Interview for iFILM LONDON / AMY CHILDS 21ST.
Amy Childs - 100% Me
Amy Andrea Childs (born 7 June 1990) is an English television personality, model, businesswoman and fashion designer. Childs appeared in the first two series of the ITV2 series The Only Way Is Essex. She had her own reality television programme It's All About Amy from 2011 to 2012. Childs came in fourth place in the Channel 5 show Celebrity Big Brother 8 in 2011. In 2014, she participated in the Channel 4 show The Jump.
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- Peter Andre with Elen Rivas Interview for iFILM LONDON AMY CHILDS 21ST
- Amy Childs 100 Me
- Early life
- Merchandise
- Guest appearances
- References
Early life
Childs was born in Barking, but relocated to Brentwood, Essex. She attended Raphael Independent School where she was appointed head girl. She left the school with four GCSE qualifications.
Childs became well known in 2010 while appearing in the ITV2 semi-reality programme The Only Way Is Essex. She later signed to Can Associates management agency, the same agency that represented Jordan, Amy's heroine: "Jordan is definitely my idol. Her looks, her career, her businesses – she's fantastic." Childs puts her name to a ghost-written column for New! magazine and presents a regular fashion segment on ITV1's This Morning. She has also posed for the fashion magazine Vogue and attended the 2011 ceremony of the British Academy Television Awards, at which The Only Way is Essex received an award. The Sun revealed a list of the richest The Only way is Essex stars current and previous with Amy holding the top spot with £1.5 million followed by Mark Wright.
In July 2011, Childs was named Personality of the Year at the National Reality TV Awards.
Childs competed in an episode of Let's Dance for Sport Relief with her cousin and fellow TOWIE star Harry Derbidge in February 2012. Amy also participated in a celebrity special of The Bank Job on Channel 4 in March 2012.
In 2011 her estimated earnings were £2.75 million.
Merchandise
Childs launched a fragrance on 21 August 2012, which she promoted with her partner David Peters. Amy has also released her own range of Eyelashes, beauty and tanning range, a fitness DVD and calendar.