Jo Guest

Joanne Guest (born 22 February 1972) is an English former[1] glamour model and media personality.

Jo Guest
Guest at Punk Aid 2004
Born
Joanne Guest

(1972-02-22) 22 February 1972
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)

Glamour career

Born and raised in Chesterfield, north east Derbyshire, England, Guest started in modelling after she saw an advertisement while on a catering course at her local college. She appeared as a Page 3 girl in The Sun [2] and has also appeared in the magazines Loaded [3] and FHM. She also appeared in the Playboy video Shagalicious British Babes.[4]

Guest appeared in a wide range of British "top shelf" magazines, including, Escort,[5] Mayfair,[6] Men Only, Men's World, Razzle [7] and Whitehouse. From 2000 she was a television host for the Men and Motors cable/satellite channel in the UK, operated by Granada Television.[8]

Guest also appeared in an interactive erotic magazine for PC called Interactive Girls. She starred in an erotic PC game called Jo Guest in the Milk Round, released by Interactive Girls Club in 1994.[9]

Other media work

In 1995 Guest appeared in the Damian Hurst directed music video for Blur song "Country House" together with Matt Lucas, Keith Allen and Sara Stockbridge.[10]

In 2002 Guest promoted her proposed move into competitive rally driving.[11]

Starting with the June 2002 issue, Guest had a monthly advice column in Front magazine. She had previously appeared in a weekly "agony babe" advice column in the Daily Star newspaper from November 1998 to March 2000.

Guest hosted a number of television programmes on the Granada Men & Motors cable/satellite channel in the UK. Shows include:

  • Jo Guest's Private Parts (Nov 1998)
  • Undressed with Guest (the second series was shown in Spring 1999)
  • Jo Guest in Jamaica (Jan-Feb 2000)
  • Jo Guest’s Capital Exposed (Nov 2002)
  • The Steam Room: with Jo Guest (Oct 2004)
  • Jo Guest UK Exposed (Nov 2004)
  • British Babes Exposed (included The Steam Room: with Jo Guest) (Oct 2008)

Guest also appeared in the third series of the British TV show, I'm Famous and Frightened! [12] and in the seventh series, episode one of the British show GamesMaster.[13]

On 21 January 2008, she was a guest on the television show This Morning, during which she discussed a mystery illness she had been suffering from for the past 14 months that had left her unable to work and that doctors had been unable to diagnose.[14] On 10 April 2008 she returned as a guest on This Morning and confirmed that, as a direct result of help from viewers that had seen her previous appearance, she had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia.[1]

References
  1. "Celebrities face fibromyalgia (5 of 8)". CNN. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  2. O'Connor, Roisin (21 January 2015). "The Sun's Page 3: Daily Star responds with glee to tabloid's removal of topless women images". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022.
  3. Smyth, Rob (22 October 2015). "Manchester United 2-2 Liverpool: the Class of 92, Spice Boys and Cantona's return". The Guardian.
  4. "Playboy's Shagalicious British Babes: Playboy: Movies & TV". 10 October 2000. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  5. Escort Vol. 13, No. 3 (1993)
  6. Mayfair Vol. 27, Nos. 6, 7, 9 & 12 (1992), Vol. 28, Nos. 6 & 7 (1993), Vol. 29, No. 1 (1994)
  7. The Best of Razzle No. 10 (1993)
  8. "Jo Guest and Danni Hunt set pulses racing at Motor Show". Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. PR Newswire. 21 October 2000. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  9. "Interactive Girls [Girls of Abandonware]". Abandonwarering.com. 16 June 2007. Archived from the original on 7 September 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  10. "Blur - Country House (1995)". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  11. Wilkins, Robert (11 January 2002). "Jo Guest to rally". Crash. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  12. "Joanne 'Jo' Guest: Contact Information". Booking Agent and Management Information Database.
  13. "Season 7". GamesMasterLive. Hewland International. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  14. Hardie, Beth (21 January 2008). "Bloated Jo Guest says illness has ruined her life". Daily Mirror.
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