7. A college buddy introduced her to freediving and Prinsloo showed promise. Also known for her humanitarian efforts, Giedroyc contributed to Gareth Malone's All Star Choir, in 2014, in an attempt to raise funds for BBC's charityChildren in Need. Women are becoming more adventurous travellers, The surfing holiday for women that changes lives, The world's most influential women travellers, The first woman in space. Introducing the brand new TONE Device! Im deeply honoured that people read Wild and do that. Now married with two children living in a Prairie Craftsman home in Portland, Oregon, shes trying to give her family the experiences she wished shed had growing up. But in time she began tackling the subject of homeland, the same way shed approached writing guidebooks (on Ivory Coast, Guinea, Madagascar, Benin, Ghana and Togo for Lonely Planet and Rough Guides) and writes that she came to love many things about Nigeria: our indigenous heritage, the dances, the masks, the music, the baobab trees and the drill monkeys. The uniquely determined Dutch-born Dekker is the youngest person to sail solo around the world she was just 14 when she set off. With experience in both Australia and Singapore, I love both being in front of the camera and building the careers and confidence of new models who are multicultural, curvy or mature aged. His interview with Richard Nixon was adapted into a play and film. First up Moira Clare Ruby Stuart OBE Moira was iconic! 2. People ask me: are you scared? She currently presents for BBC Sport, Channel 4, BT Sport and Good Morning Sunday on BBC Radio 2. He has presented numerous science programs for BBC radio and TV, especially the Wonders ofseries. Ooo, the blogger did good. Plus, our international connections mean we can help you to find the perfect presenter for any event or studio shoot worldwide! An Idiot Abroad is brilliant. Our professional presenters include an array of famous faces including Clive Myrie, Phil Gayle and Helen Fospero, to some lesser . She was killed, aged just 34, during a test flight (her mechanic was piloting), when the plane went into a spin and she fell out of the open cockpit. Read more over at Journeywoman 8. Our presenters all have a wealth of travel and property knowledge and are passionate about helping their house hunters find their dream homes abroad. Tereshkova orbited the planet 48 times and flew 1.2 million miles (barely eating, she says, because the tube-fed food was so disgusting). Accompanied only by three Amazigh Muslim men and their camels, Scottish explorer Alice Morrison set off to find a hidden . Her charity, the Jordan River Foundation helps rural women find a way to sell their traditional crafts: Queen Rania likes to quote the African proverb: As you educate a woman, you educate the family, she says. The South Sudanese musician is a traveller in the rawest sense, having been a refugee her entire life. Not like those women I saw in France (he had served in Europe during World War I). Home. He has also supported campaigns to legalize drugs like cocaine. After seizing power last year, the Taliban have increasingly imposed restrictions on women's lives . Tony Bourdain. Ive wondered why men have so absolutely monopolised the field of exploration, she told The New York Times in 1912. Amanda Statham @Amanda_Statham Bio: Travel Editor: Women's Health, Muddy Stilettos, 101 Holidays. Often called a female Lawrence of Arabia, this Englishwoman was arguably much more. So, whatever your event, whatever the brief we ensure that the UK presenter selected delivers the perfect presentation at a budget that works for your brief. 4. I speak on behalf of the worlds refugees to say how grateful we are for her incredible dedication.. Amanda Holden is an English actress, TV personality, author, and musician. Her first major commission was researching the effects of the Depression across the USA. He achieved popularity as the producer of Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais' radio program on Xfm. As she climbed Everest, back home her daughter turned three (Tabei drew a birthday cake on a postcard and sent it from High Camp). Not totally convinced? (Tied) Ian Wright and Simon Reeve. She writes: I have never forgotten the exact spot, on a steep hill near Lismore, where this decision was made. For the life of me, I cant figure out if his dislike of travel is an act. For two years they managed to maintain the fiction, no mean feat given there were 116 men on board living in close quarters. Female BBC World News reporters Got that covered too. My aim is to break industry standards and bring to light the value of models . Read This Book: Shani Boianjius The People of Forever Are Not Afraid. 4. However, life in Washington DC didnt quite give Gellhorn her fix. After travelling extensively throughout Africa, she founded the Karisoke Research Centre and based herself here in Rwandas cloud forest. Her shattering writing certainly brought the wider world home in a new way. Those who cared about her begged her to leave and take up a university position back in the USA. When she occasionally returns home, she retreats to a small cabin in the Swiss Alps before she hears again the call of the wild. Ant Anstead is an English TV presenter and car builder. A hero for our times, surely. But when he was a relative unknown, he explored the dark, the depressing, and the mundane with wit and a bit of irreverent compassion. Ben Hillman Craig Rowe Danni Menzies Jasmine Harman Jean Johansson Jonnie Irwin Laura Hamilton She couldnt afford to attend university in South Africa, but heard you could study for free in Sweden if you spoke Swedish; she moved there, learnt the language in six months and signed up to study acting in Gothenburg. His complex, neurotic, anti-establishment turned semi-sellout persona is clearly exhibited in every episode. His tongue-in-cheek presenting style and writing often provokea public reaction. Born in California, this fearless, multilingual photo-journalists first forays took her to Mexico when she was 24, followed by a two-year trip from the Andes to the Amazon, and later crossing Haiti by horseback documenting her travels in National Geographic magazine. In our blog posts, you'll find guides and information on the more under-the-radar destinations such as Cheshire, the Isle of Man, and Lincolnshire, as well as the popular spots such as London, Edinburgh, The Cotswolds, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. Kirsty Gallagher - UK Kirsty hails from Scotland and first appeared on the Sky Sports screen in 1998. Interestingly, every television show has a presenter who hosts the program. She was first woman to notch up the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on each continent. Remember it? She has also taught at a theater school and is a talented chef, having won Celebrity Masterchef and co-hosted other cookery shows. Named to the FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World six times, actor Lisa Faulkner is best known for her roles in series such as Murder in Suburbia and EastEnders. Relationships soured with the local community, with fellow researchers and conservationists. Then she started her own expeditions, established the International League of Conservation Photographers and now spends only a couple of months a year at home on Vancouver Island with her partner Paul Nicklen, also a marine biologist and photographer. With a plethora of channels available in one screen, it caters to the viewing needs of almost every person on earth. After all the American flying schools turned her down, Coleman signed up for French lessons and applied to Frances most elite flight school where she learnt to fly, as well as to master stunts such as tailspins. Steve Berry (presenter) Trish Bertram Will Best Adhuna Bhabani Matthew Biggs Arthur Billitt Caroline Bilton Sarah Bishop Tony Blackburn Jasmine Bligh Kait Borsay Tom Boswell (television presenter) Ned Boulting Alixe Bovey Katie Boyle Bernard Braden Jackie Brambles Stephen Briers Charles Nall-Cain, 3rd Baron Brocket Bob Brolly Downtown Julie Brown She writes hoping her readers too will consider choosing an adventure of the spirit. The former Country Living magazine editor fronted the show for five years and was also known for. The way he interacts with the locals is charming. Id spent the night in a cave full of bats. Marquis has turned that weirdness into a career as a speaker and writer, recently nominated as National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. Back in 1970s Japan, men were the ones to work outside and women were asked just to serve tea, she said. British television has had a pool of talented television presenters who have earned a name for themselves - be it Carol Kirkwood and her show BBC Breakfast where she is the main weather presenter or Nicky Campbell and his shows Wheel of Fortune, Long Lost Family and Watchdog, Kate Thorton and her shows The X Factor and This Morning or David Dikinson and his flagship show The David Dickinson Show. The gung-ho tomboy teamed up with publicist George Putnam, who she married on his seventh proposal, telling him that marriage is a partnership with dual control. Michaela Guzy is an American media executive, entrepreneur, producer + on-air show host. She started working with several charity organizations after marrying Prince Andrew, Duke of York. In fact, presenters earning over 150,000 increased in the previous financial year from 64 to 75. May is known for co-presenting the popular factual television show Top Gear alongside Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson. Which hosts make the top 10? Infectious, adaptable, empathetic, passionate, driven, courteous, and 100% Hostess. Aged 10, she lost her mother; her father raped and threatened to kill her. Its an important part of their education. Upcoming, she vows to return to New Zealand, thats top of my list, and I turned 50 last month, so Ive promised myself Im going to get myself to Italy within the year.. PCFML work focuses on creating and implementing conservation strategies in regions where pollution, over-fishing, poor decision making and/or a lack of infrastructure are taking their toll on marine ecosystems. Hi friends!! Over the years Nadiya Hussain has become a household name in the UK by hosting shows like Nadiya's Family Favourites. Her writing has become unapologetically political: the struggles post-apartheid in South from the Limpopo: Travels Through South Africa; The Ukimwi Road: From Kenya to Zimbabwe, exploring the impact of AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa; and Visiting Rwanda, reflecting on the 1994 genocide. Now a single mother of two living in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, Nyaruach is facing travel restrictions, but she and her brother have put out an Afrobeat album, Naath, and are aiming to tour the UK and the USA this year. Mirela Boureanu Vaida (March 16, 1982) - Romanian actress, singer, leading various talk shows. 14. In fact, for this award-winning 52-year-old photographer, its extraordinary to think she didnt pick up a camera till she was 24. Read on for our full list. But unlike most Americans of that era, she finished high school, then went on to study at Langston University, dropping out only because she could not afford the fees. Famous for her red blazer and confident tone, Moira was the first black woman that I saw on the television. And the sheer insanity and length of his journeys are the envy of any hard-core traveler. On graduation, she moved to the Red Sea to dedicate herself to the sport. His In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great series was the first travel show I ever got into and started my interest in Central Asia. She spends at least half of the year on the road, personally overseeing her projects for the Tiffany & Co Foundation: opposing a proposed mine on Alaskas Bristol Bay that would sit at the headwaters of one of the worlds greatest salmon fisheries and leading journalists to the Great Barrier Reef to raise awareness of ocean conservation. As one of the most well known and experienced on this list of UK based travel bloggers Abi has been featured in the likes of Grazia, Conde Nast, the BBC and Stylist Magazine. Women Who Travel Video SUBSCRIBE AND GET 1 YEAR FOR $21.99 $10 Women Who Travel The Women Who Travel Power List In this inaugural list, we celebrate 30 women paving the way for all. Everyone recognized Attell from his show and the magic was gone. On returning to the USA in 1921, she was unable to become a commercial pilot because of her race and gender and worked as a stunt pilot, declining to appear at any air show that refused entry to blacks. After his military career, Strawbridge has established himself as a TV personality, appearing on several TV programs. Its been a long journey from her rural beginnings growing up on a land-locked farm, but from an early age Prinsloo had a dream to become a mermaid (she and her sister even had their own mermaid language). Chris is also a major contributor to auto magazines such as Evo and Autocar. The list includes many familiar and great British female tv presenters such as Nigella Lawson, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Willoughby, Amanda Holden, Zeinab Badawi. Karl Pilkington. Be sure to scroll the page down and appreciate the attractiveness of woman included in the list. In 1999, at the age of 28, she became the youngest queen in the world when her husband took the throne and became King Abdullah II. Her own fascination stemmed from being raised on a cattle station those early sensual signals of dry air and the smell of arid grass. Open Thread Media, LLC They set about writing a guidebook, which they called Across Asia on The Cheap, sticking it together around their kitchen table with foul-smelling glue, before trying to peddle it to friends and then bookshops. And once upon a time she was a doctor, which explains all the 'lab' influence. to The X Factor. Surprisingly, Alistair has even appeared in Footballers' Wives, of all things. Whether it's the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, Dina Asher-Smith or Holly Willoughby, we bow down to women who rocked in the UK this year. Mel Giedroyc is an English TV presenter, actress, and comedian. NOW! Grub Smith. Her dream of circumnavigating the globe as near its waistline as could be led to her last flight. Mittermeier went on to study marine biology, imagining it would be more about pirate ships and swimming with dolphins than the realities of fisheries and exploitation, a strange start for a woman who now runs SeaLegacy, the powerful ocean conservation non-profit. PCFML works hands-on with local communities . She has spent many days and nights in camps or at border crossings. She then spent half a century observing the chimpanzees at Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, tearing up the book on what we thought we knew of animal behaviour and inspiring a cultish obsession with our closest relative in the animal kingdom. His earlier works (Full Circle, Pole to Pole, Around the World in 80 Days) are admittedly better than his more recent works (Sahara, Himalayas, New Europe). The music, inspired by traditional folklore, reflects on the resilient culture of their homeland. Yes, it is a travelogue, but its also an extraordinary message on how travelling, exploring, sheer physical movement can be a balm, can bring about meaningful resolution. But her calling was too strong. Born a decade before the Wright Brothers even attempted flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Coleman became the first African-American woman to hold a pilots licence. Poverty Alleviation. In 1963, this Russian cosmonaut blasted off in the Vostok 6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, becoming the first woman in space at only 26. FUCK ME NOW. We run the risk of literally eating our oceans empty. Yet shes always upbeat and positive: It is a complex situation with many challenges, but also many solutions., Obsessed with travel since she was a kid in elementary school, looking at maps on classroom walls imagining all the ways (her) life would be expanded if (she) got to Australia or New York City or South Africa, Strayed grew up without money for plane tickets and hotel rooms. TV host and automotive journalist Chris Harris is best known as a primary presenter of Top Gear. Suzannah Lipscomb Actress | Witchcraft Suzannah Lipscomb was born in 1978 in Surrey, England, UK. If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given, she said. Catch the presenters of A Place in the Sun in episodes airing every weekday on Channel 4! Since then she has presented and featured on numerous shows both on Sky and on terrestrial TV. Widely regarded as a national treasure in the United Kingdom, Sir David Attenborough is the only person to have received BAFTAs for TV shows meant for different television sets, such as black and white, color, 3D, HD, and 4K. She has redefined the modern monarch during her world tours of duty while connecting with nearly five million Instagram and 10.4 million Twitter followers (where her profile reads: a mum and a wife with a really cool day job). Hers was a life on the road, as seen in the portraits of Mongolian horse trainers, Chinese factory workers, Cuban prostitutes and political prisoners in Russia. I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills is probably one of the most evocative film openings, conjuring up a dreamily romantic view of life in Africa, played out by Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. Oprah Winfrey even relaunched her Book Club in part to share Strayeds intelligently, elegantly written memoir. Barely a days passed (since publishing Wild) that I havent met or received an email from someone whos said to me, I went and did this because of you, I hiked the PCT or another trail,' Strayed says. We've come a long way since a time when the only gay people on TV were either closeted or unable to openly express their sexuality. Weather Presenter Becky Mantin Credit: ITV Weather. His ability to verbally and poetically share his ideas and experiences with the viewer is uncanny. Yet against this backdrop, Tabei started the Ladies Climbing Club and worked more than one job to fund expeditions as an editor of a scientific journal, a piano tutor and teaching English. Two-time BAFTA-winning naturalist and explorer Steve Backshall soared to fame with the BBC program Deadly 60. His ability to share his experience through the camera lens with just body language and facial expressions is unequaled. She is a newsreader, radio news reporter, and presenter. 35. Lisa Minot @lisaminot Bio: Travel Editor of The Sun - UK's biggest daily national paper - and quite nice, too Location: T: 51.511165,-.061842 Followers: 21K 5. Tragically, Marie herself used to say, No story is worth dying for, because theres no story then'. I said, No, just an American who wants to learn more about Africa.' That was the Jolie before her dozens of field missions, meeting refugees from Kabul and Darfur as well as the Syria-Iraq border. 3. Our TV presenters are all true professionals who have years of experience within the industry, so know how to entice an audience, and they feel more than confident on camera too. The flamboyant man who later pursued his career with ITV and Channel 4 is also a comedian and critic and appeared in a number of films. Her motto was No Uncle Tom stuff for me. In 2011 she made a welcome return to the Sky Sports News desk where she continues to work today. Ewan McGregor/Charley Boorman. View the faces and profiles of CNN Worldwide, including anchors, hosts, reporters, correspondents, analysts, contributors and leadership. He is known for his signature style of sarcastic criticism of society. pre built n scale train layouts. Ian is the best of the Globe Trekker hosts. Franklin D Roosevelts wife Eleanor so admired the chain-smoking war correspondents work that she invited her to live in the White House, which Gellhorn actually did for a while. In 2017, he took part in a race at Circuit of the Americas. She is known for co-hosting series like Light Lunch and Mel & Sue. Unsurprisingly, she prefers to travel by boat than plane, but cant avoid getting on flights given she teaches the sport all over the world in the company of whale sharks in Madagascar, humpback whales in the South Pacific and orcas in Norway. He had a successful YouTube series, Chris Harris on Cars, which was later moved to the Top Gear website. She was drawn to remote and risky places, choosing to go alone, and remarking that she found confronting danger a way of 'passing through fear, to the absence of fear'. Her seven languages, mostly self-taught, helped her research an impressive body of work that includes The Valley of the Assassins, The Hadhramaut, Letters from Syria, Beyond Euphrates, Riding to the Tigris and The Minaret of Djam books that have inspired a generation of travel writers with their evocative descriptions of harems and caravans. Her background includes stints at the US Mission to the United Nations and working for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund with the goal of making sure Americans travel more. Television presenters are basically links between the shows and the audience. David Frost was an English media personality, journalist, television host, comedian, and writer. The rest of the time theyre on the road posting for their millions of Instagram followers. The exact circumstances of her death still remain unclear, but she had many enemies. Required fields are marked *. Rachel followed in her dad Paul Burden's footsteps . "Building the confidence and careers of 25,000 people by 2025."
[email protected] www . On her tomb the plaque reads: No one loved gorillas more. It might be difficult to love Fossey, but she made the world love gorillas. First Female Commentator Match of the Day, Radio & TV music presenter, arts & jazz broadcaster, Widely travelled and respected journalist, Multilingual Presenter, Spanish, Portuguese, Multilingual English, German, French, Hindi, Gujarati, Motorcycle racer, rider, reviewer, adventurer. About Us. The National Geographic image of a passionate intrepid scientist ensconced among the Virunga volcanoes with a family of affectionate mountain gorillas is not the whole truth. I would attribute a lot of our understanding of the earth from our thousands of hours of flying together. She speaks of we a lot, referring to her late second husband Doug Tompkins, who died in 2015. Critically, Lonely Planet carries on the mission that independent travel is easy and doesnt cost a fortune and that has inspired millions to haul on a backpack and head off across the world. Table of Content Who are the most beautiful young weather girls on UK TV? Which, by the way, she was. For over 15 years, his weekday breakfast program,Wake Up to Wogan,drew in millions of listeners. The extreme conservationist behind one of the greatest land legacies ever, California-born Tompkins chose to carve out her adult life thousands of miles from home, in Patagonia. When I travel I always try to think about the place as a whole, rather than just its airport code, she says. A former ballet dancer, Debbie McGee worked as an artistic director for three years in her own ballet company. A CBE and DBE recipient, she has also received the Guild of Food Writers Lifetime Achievement Award and an honorary degree. At the end of the war, Bell was pivotal in drawing up the borders of modern-day Iraq and shaping the country's politics. Record-breaking free divers, ground-breaking royalty, and celebrities whose roles extend beyond the big screen. Amelia Earhart once toasted her, saying I felt an upstart compared to Miss Peck. For years, Black women have consistently brought lively, joyful energy to UK airwaves - via the likes of Choice FM DJ Jenny Francis, Capital Xtra breakfast presenters Yinka and Shayna Marie,. Dan Jones Producer | Modern Love: Mumbai Dan Jones was born on July 27, 1981 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. This 42-year-old Nigerian writer grew up in Surrey, which she describes as a bountiful paradise of Twix bars and TV cartoons and leylandii trees, far removed from the heat and chaos of Nigeria where you see machine guns, tuxedos, army fatigues and evening frocks together at an airport. Her book Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria, is a brave first foray into travel literature; Noos father Ken Saro-Wiwa, who campaigned against government corruption, was executed by the military dictatorship of his country in 1995. Distinguished for his troubled pronunciation of the letter R, Jonathan Ross is aTV and radio presenter who waspractically a synonym for the Friday Night with Jonathan Ross show on BBC One, till he left the broadcaster. From small-town middle-class Mexico, her only travels as a child were once a year to Disneyland in Los Angeles but she was inspired to go further after reading the novels of Emilio Salgari, who painted a picture of places that struck my imagination.