Ten Things You Never Knew About Sam Fox
Wednesday, January 23 2008, 06:00 GMT
By Beth Hilton, Entertainment Reporter
Ten Things You Never Knew About Sam Fox
Rex Features
Samantha Fox's breasts may have adorned a million walls in her Page 3 heyday but she was also one of the world's most successful singers. Her first three singles raced into the top ten in all corners of the globe, while her six albums shifted a whopping 30 million copies between them. Her career took a nosedive in the 1990s but she could always fall back on her iconic status in the Balkans, India and Siberia. With her recent forays into TV (shambolic performance at the Brits in 1989, tipsy ramblings on 2003's The Club) best swept under the carpet, she's now poised to make her small-screen comeback on Channel 4's Celebrity Wife Swap. As she prepares to square up to comedian Freddie Starr on Sunday night, we offer up ten fascinating facts about the nation's most celebrated pin-up.
1. Sam began readying herself for global stardom at an early age. She enrolled in the Anna Scher Theatre School at the age of 5, made her TV debut at 10 and started at the Judi Dench Mountview Theatre School at 11. She also scored her first record deal with her band SFX at the age of 14.
2. Sam has no problem reconciling topless modelling with her strong Christian beliefs. She says: "God gave me my body. I know it has made many people happy. There is no conflict there. I don't and have never promoted pornography. I am doing what God wants me to do."
3. Sam dated Spanish bullfighter Rafi Comino, KISS guitarist Paul Stanley and Cherie-gate conman Peter Foster before re-thinking her romantic allegiances.
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