Rebecca Le'gon

Rebecca Le'gon (born 1980 in Colchester, Essex) is director and publisher of Manchester-based magazine, Viva Lifestyle and Viva London,[1][2] a free glossy publication and online website about lifestyle, fashion, beauty, fine dining, motoring, property, live music and events. Viva[3] was launched in May 2010 in Manchester and Cheshire, and is targeted at 25- to 45-year-old young professionals. It specialises in events and PR, marketing, advertising campaigns and design work. Le'gon is a former model.

Personal life

Le'gon was born with a hip that did not grow and a shortened left leg. She was fitted with a prosthetic limb at eighteen months.[4] She is a fitness fanatic whose father, a ski instructor in the army, encouraged her to learn to ski.[5]

Early modelling career

In 2008, Le'gon was one of eight physically disabled women contestants in Britain's Missing Top Model[6][7] a TV reality show on BBC3. She appeared in two episodes and was eliminated in the first round.[8][9] In 2010, Le'gon signed to DK Model Management,[10] a modelling agency in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.[11]

References
  1. johanna. "London : VIVA Lifestyle Magazine". Vivalifestyle.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  2. Viva Lifestyle Magazine
  3. Viva Magazine
  4. "Britain's Missing Top Model: Rebecca Le'Gon". Marie Claire. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  5. "Disability Snowsport". Disability Snowsport. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  6. BBC Ouch interview with Lara Masters and Rebecca Le'gon,
  7. "Britain's Missing Top Model - Meet the Models - Rebecca Le'gon". BBC. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
  8. Britain's Missing Top Model Profile, Rebecca Le'Gon. BBC website
  9. "Model of courage (From Oxford Mail)". Oxfordmail.co.uk. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  10. "DK Model Management". Dkmodels.net. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  11. "TODAY's WOMAN - Models who battled through disability - Features". The Star. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2013.


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