Editing Jo Guest

{{short description|English media figure (born 1972)}}
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| birth_place = [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire]], England
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'''Joanne Guest''' (born 22 February 1972) is an English former<ref name=CNN>{{cite news|website=CNN|title=Celebrities face fibromyalgia (5 of 8)|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/01/health/gallery/famous-people-with-fibromyalgia/index.html|date=1 August 2017|access-date=28 September 2020}}</ref> [[glamour model]] and media personality.

== Glamour career ==
Born and raised in [[Chesterfield, Derbyshire|Chesterfield]], north east [[Derbyshire]], England, she grew up on Poplar Drive in [[Glapwell]].<ref>''Derbyshire Times'' Thursday 12 March 1992, page 9</ref> She attended the former Heath School (open from 1963-91) on Main Street in [[Heath, Derbyshire]], then studied Hotel Management at [[Chesterfield College]].<ref>''Derby Evening Telegraph'' Saturday 26 October 1996, page 4</ref>

Guest started in modelling after she saw an advertisement while on a catering course at her local college.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} She appeared as a [[Page Three|Page 3]] girl in ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]''&thinsp;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/the-suns-page-3-daily-star-responds-with-glee-to-tabloids-removal-of-topless-women-images-9992708.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220609/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/the-suns-page-3-daily-star-responds-with-glee-to-tabloids-removal-of-topless-women-images-9992708.html |archive-date=9 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The Sun's Page 3: Daily Star responds with glee to tabloid's removal of topless women images|newspaper=The Independent|first=Roisin|last=O'Connor|date=21 January 2015}}</ref> and has appeared in the magazines ''[[Loaded (magazine)|Loaded]]''&thinsp;<ref>{{cite news|title=Manchester United 2-2 Liverpool: the Class of 92, Spice Boys and Cantona's return|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/oct/22/manchester-united-liverpool-class-of-92-spice-boys-eric-cantona|newspaper=The Guardian|date=22 Oct 2015|first=Rob|last=Smyth}}</ref> and ''[[FHM]]''. Her ''Loaded'' cover shot was projected onto the [[Houses of Parliament]] in May 1998.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.alamy.com/pa-news-photo-16598-model-jo-guest-launched-her-latest-loaded-magazine-cover-with-a-6Oft-projection-picture-on-the-houses-of-parliament-london-image380466491.html | title=PA NEWS PHOTO 16/5/98 MODEL JO GUEST LAUNCHED HER LATEST "LOADED" MAGAZINE COVER WITH a 6OFT PROJECTION PICTURE ON THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, LONDON Stock Photo - Alamy }}</ref> Guest appeared in the ''[[Playboy]]'' video ''Shagalicious British Babes''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004XS3F |title=Playboy's Shagalicious British Babes: Playboy: Movies & TV |website=Amazon |date=10 October 2000 |access-date=2010-02-05}}</ref>

Guest appeared in a wide range of British "top shelf" magazines, including, ''[[Escort (magazine)|Escort]]'',<ref>[[Escort (magazine)|Escort]] Vol. 13, No. 3 (1993)</ref> ''[[Mayfair (magazine)|Mayfair]]'',<ref>[[Mayfair (magazine)|Mayfair]] Vol. 27, Nos. 6, 7, 9 & 12 (1992), Vol. 28, Nos. 6 & 7 (1993), Vol. 29, No. 1 (1994)</ref> ''[[Men Only]]'', ''[[Men's World (magazine)|Men's World]]'', ''[[Razzle (magazine)|Razzle]]''&thinsp;<ref>[[Razzle (magazine)|The Best of Razzle]] No. 10 (1993)</ref> and ''Whitehouse''. From 2000 she was a television host for the [[Men and Motors]] cable/satellite channel in the UK, operated by [[Granada Television]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=50146 |title=Jo Guest and Danni Hunt set pulses racing at Motor Show |agency=PR Newswire |publisher=Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders |date=2000-10-21 |access-date=2010-02-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608195936/https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=50146 |archive-date=8 June 2011 }}</ref>

Guest 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abandonwarering.com/girlsab/doku.php?id=games:pc:intgirls |title=Interactive Girls [Girls of Abandonware&#93; |publisher=Abandonwarering.com |date=2007-06-16 |access-date=2010-02-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907063835/http://www.abandonwarering.com/girlsab/doku.php?id=games%3Apc%3Aintgirls |archive-date=September 7, 2011 }}</ref>

== Other media work ==
In 1995 Guest appeared in the [[Damien Hirst]] directed music video for [[Blur (band)|Blur]] song "[[Country House (song)|Country House]]" together with [[Matt Lucas]], [[Keith Allen (actor)|Keith Allen]] and [[Sara Stockbridge]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blur - Country House (1995) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b88dc18f7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406062254/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b88dc18f7 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 April 2019 |access-date=2022-08-30 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref>

In 2002 Guest promoted her proposed move into competitive [[rally driving]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Jo Guest to rally|url=https://www.crash.net/rally-uk/news/92234/1/jo-guest-to-rally|first=Robert|last=Wilkins|date=11 Jan 2002|website=Crash|access-date=14 November 2020|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116040834/https://www.crash.net/rally-uk/news/92234/1/jo-guest-to-rally|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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

Guest hosted a number of television programmes on the [[Granada Television|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 appeared in the third series of the British TV show, ''[[I'm Famous and Frightened!]]''&thinsp;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bookingagentinfo.com/celebrity/joanne-jo-guest/|title=Joanne 'Jo' Guest: Contact Information|website=Booking Agent and Management Information Database}}</ref> and in the seventh series, episode one of the British show ''[[GamesMaster]]''.<ref>{{cite web|website=GamesMasterLive|url=http://www.gamesmasterlive.co.uk/gamesmaster/season7.php|title=Season 7|publisher=Hewland International|access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref>

On 21 January 2008, she was a guest on the television show ''[[This Morning (TV series)|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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bloated Jo Guest says illness has ruined her life|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/bloated-jo-guest-says-illness-288584|first=Beth|last=Hardie|date=21 January 2008|newspaper=Daily Mirror}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=CNN/>

== References ==
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* {{IMDb name|1181350|Jo Guest}}

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