Tamara Beckwith (born
17 April 1970) is a former
It girl and
celebrity noted for her coverage in glossy celebrity magazines such as
OK!. She is a presenter for
MTV,
VH-1 and regularly appears as a
reporter for television shows including
This Morning and
Watchdog. Tamara has also appeared in
The Vagina Monologues.
[1] She also designs a range of diamonique jewellery for
QVC UK.
She is the daughter of property business tycoon
Peter Beckwith and lived in
Wimbledon, London as a child. Both she and her sister
Clare attended
Cheltenham Ladies College. Tamara dropped out in order to have her daughter, Anouska Poppy Pearl - the father was an
American Marine. Anouska is now studying acting in
Los Angeles.
After coming to notoriety as an It-Girl with friend and fellow socialite
Tara Palmer Tomkinson, Tamara developed a minor
reality television career as a guest on many television programmes such as
Shooting Stars,
Brass Eye,
Loose Women,
Celebrities Under Pressure,
The Big Breakfast,
Trigger Happy TV,
I'm Famous and Frightened! and
Dancing on Ice.
Beckwith has dated
Sylvester Stallone,
Charlie Sheen and was engaged to
Sharon Stone's brother,
Michael, before marrying construction heir
Giorgio Veroni in
Venice on
August 27,
2007.
[2]
She recently appeared on the
BBC's
reality TV programme
Celebrity Scissorhands where
Lee Stafford trained celebrities to cut hair, raising money as part of the BBC charity
Children in Need.
[3]
On 10th April 2008 Tamara participated in a celebrity edition of
Channel 4 show
Come Dine With Me along with fellow celebrities
MC Harvey,
Jonathan Ansell and
Lynsey de Paul. Tamara finished in third place.
