A varied career

Chloe Kelling, a sucessful model and singer-songwriter, now has a new venture I arrive for my interview with Chloe Kelling and I'm asked to wait in the garden. I hardly have time to start looking round at the carefully tended flowerbeds when Chloe appears. Every bit as tall and striking as I'd e pected, Chloe emerges from the house wearing an oversi!ed man's "acket, a delicately patterned top and "eans. Chloe is known for her slightly #uirky sense of fashion and, of course, she looks great as she makes her way towards me through the flowerbeds. Chloe Kelling, m-t m. h/nh th0nh c.ng v0 ca s1-nh2c s1, hi3n nay c4 m-t li5n doanh m6i 7.i 89n v6i cu-c ph:ng v;n c<a t.i v6i Chloe Kelling v0 t.i y5u c=u ch> 8?i trong v@>n. 7.i h=u nh@ kh.ng c4 th>i gian 8A bBt 8=u t/m ki9m ung #uanh C luDng hoa c4 u h@6ng cEn thFn khi Chloe u;t hi3n. GHi bit nh@ l0 cao v0 nIi bFt nh@ t.i mong 8?i, Chloe nIi l5n tJ ng.i nh0 mKc Lo khoLc #uL khI c<a m-t ng@>i 80n .ng, m-t h0ng 8=u tinh t9 hoa vMn v0 #u=n "ean. Chloe 8@?c bi9t 89n v6i m/nh hNi nhanh ch4ng cOm giLc th>i trang v0, t;t nhi5n, c. ;y tr.ng tuy3t v>i nh@ c. ;y l0m theo cLch c<a m/nh vP phQa t.i th.ng #ua cLc luDng hoa. RChloe Kelling, m-t m. h/nh th0nh c.ng v0 ca s1-nh2c s1, bSy gi> c4 m-t li5n doanh m6i t.i 89n cho cu-c ph:ng v;n c<a t.i v6i Chloe Kelling v0 t.i 8@?c y5u c=u phOi ch> 8?i trong v@>n. 7.i h=u nh@ kh.ng c4 th>i gian 8A bBt 8=u t/m ki9m vTng t2i flowerbeds cEn thFn tended khi Chloe u;t hi3n. GHi bit nh@ l0 cao v0 Un t@?ng nh@ t.i 8V mong 8?i, Chloe nIi l5n tJ nh0 mKc Lo khoLc c<a m-t ng@>i 80n .ng #uL khI, m-t 8=u delicately khu.n mWu v0 #u=n ,ean. Chloe 8@?c bi9t 89n v6i m/nh cOm giLc hNi kX #uKc c<a th>i trang, v0 t;t nhi5n, c. ;y tr.ng tuy3t v>i nh@ c. 8V l0m theo cLch c<a m/nh 8Di v6i t.i th.ng #ua cLc flowerbeds.Y ZCh[ng ta hVy n4i chuy3n trong vMn phTng c<a t.i,Z c. n4i, dWn 8@>ng kh.ng trC vP nh0, nh@ng thay v0o 84 8A m-t 8o0n caravan cI 8Fu l5n b5n c2nh n4. Khi ch[ng t.i leo l5n b5n trong chi9c e nh: g\n, m]i t@Ni n@6ng ch0o 84n ch[ng t.i. G-t bOng nh: ch^ng ch;t cao v6i cupcakes, mHi 8L trong m0u sBc khLc nhau. Chloe 8@?c bFn r-n, v0 c4 m-t cOm giLc thFt vui chNi tr0 b5n trong m-t den bQ mFt) _h@ng nh`ng g/ khLc n5n t.i c4 da ki9n sb tJ m-t ng@>i phc n` v6i nh@ m-t nghP nghi3p 8a d2ng v0 th[ vd+ RZ ch[ng ta hVy n4i trong vMn phTng c<a t.i,Z c. ;y n4i, dWn 8@>ng kh.ng #uay trC l2i nh0, nh@ng thay cho cI bVi 8Fu e nh0 l@u 8-ng l5n k9 b5n. Khi ch[ng t.i leo b5n trong e tOi nh: nh: g\n, m]i me t@Ni m6i ch0o ch[ng t.i. *0n nh: Qu 8@?c ch;t 8=y bLnh n@6ng nh:, mHi @6p l2nh trong m0u khLc. f.i uy5n @Nng 8V bFn r-n, v0 c4 thac sa g thhc chNi b5n tr0 trong hang bQ mFt) _h@ng khLc nh`ng g/ t.i sb ngh1 l0 tJ phc n` v6i nh`ng thay 8Ii v0 th[ vd nghP+Y Chloe ban 8=u 8@?c 80o t2o nh@ m-t ngh3 s1 trang 8iAm, c4 8A l2i nh0 n@6c l[c ij tuIi 8A thk v0 l0m cho t5n c<a c. l0 m-t ng@>i mWu C %ondon, v0 s6m c4 l0m vi3c trong #uOng cLo, kinh doanh th>i trang. Z7.i 8V

$%et&s talk in my office,' she says, leading the way not back to the house, but instead to an ancient caravan parked up ne t to it. (s we climb inside the compact little van, the smell of fresh baking greet us. ( tiny table is piled high with cupcakes, each iced in different colour. Chloe&s been busy, and there&s a real sense of playing tea parties in a secret den) *ut what else should I have e pected from a woman with such a varied and interesting career+

Chloe originally trained as a make-up artist, having left her home in the country at nineteen to try and make her name as a model in %ondon, and soon got work in adverts and the fashion business. $I went to ,apan to

work for a short period, but felt very homesick at first,' she recalls. $It was very demanding work and, though I met loads of nice people, it was too much to take in at nineteen . if I&d stayed longer, I might have settled in better.' (longside the modelling, Chloe was also beginning to make contacts in the music business. $I&d been the typical kid, singing with a hairbrush in front of the mirror, dreaming of being a star one day,' she laughs. lhe "oined a girl band which $broke up before we got anywhere', before becoming the lead singer with the band mhoosh, which features on a best-selling clubbing album. nnusually though, Chloe also sing with two other bands, one based in lweden and another in %ondon, and each of these has a distinct style. It was her work with mhoosh that originally led to Chloe&s link with lweden. lhe was offered a songwriting "ob there with a team that was responsible for songs for some ma"or stars, but gradually became more involved in writing music for her own band. (lthough she now divides her time between %odon and lweden, her first stay there turned out to be much longer than she&d bargained for. $7he rooms are very tall over there and so people have these rather high beds that you climb up to', she e plains. $I fell as I climbed up the ladder and craked three ribs. (lthough the people at the hospital were very kind, I was stuck there for while, which was very frustrating. lnee!ing and laughing were so painful at first, let alone singing)' It was while recovering from her in"uries that Chloe hit upon the idea of staging what she calls vintage fairs $It was snowing in lweden and I wanted something nice to look forward to'. Chloe had always loved vintage clothes, particularly from the ijops, and decided to stage an event for others who shared her passion for these. qinally back in England, she began turning her plans into reality. 7he first fair was held in her home village and featured stalls selling all sort of clothes and crafts dating back to the ijops. It was a huge hit, with rpp people turning up. $mhen I had the idea of the first fair, it was only meant to be a one-off, but we had so many compliments, I decided to go ahead with more', say Chloe. s7here&s something for all ages and people find old things have more character than stuff you buy in modern shops. It also fits perfectly with the idea of recycling&. %ooking round Chloe&s caravan, I can see what she means.

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momen&s bo ing is a new addition to the list of sports included at the tlympic uames. *ut according to %ucy t'Connor, who has won a number of international competitions, it's a sport that is still widely misunderstood. 7his is a lituation that %ucy is hoping to change. (fter graduating, %ucy "oined the navy, where lhe took up bo ing on the advice of her sports coach, who thought it would improve her general fitness. *ut %ucy soon set her sights on competitions. ver first bout, as bo ing matches are called, was at the _ational Championships. (lthough she lost, the competition was a ma"or turning point in her career. This was because it spurred her on to train harder and win the next

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Every day now starts with a run at w a.m., followed by a skill and techni#ue session or a strength and conditioning circuit. Come the afternoon, there are more aerobic workouts, before %ucy gets into the ring and practises with other elite bo ers. (s with all competitors, diet is a huge part of %ucy's life.

(s with all competitors, diet is a huge part of %ucy&s life. lince she first started bo ing she&s had to shed twenty- eight kilos. %osing the last si , which took her into the flyweight category, re#uired great determination.