Early life

Willerton was born in Bristol, England to parents Bruce and Sarah alongside siblings Erin Willerton and Ross Willerton who is severely disabled. The family communicates with Ross using Makaton sign language.

She attended Cotham School before completing her A levels at North Bristol Post 16 Centre. Amy was due to study Media at University in Cardiff before deferring to pursue her modelling career.

Modelling career

Amy began her modelling career at 15, after being scouted by Kate Marshall of Room 3 model agency whilst out shopping with her sister. Appearing on catwalks around the world for brands such as Karen Millen and Guess and winning campaigns such as the face of Sure and the body of Slendertone.

Amy is often compared to supermodel Cindy Crawford. Willerton appeared on FHM's 100 Sexiest 2014 and 2015 list at number 22 then 14. And has appeared on the cover of FHM Magazine twice. She signed with top London agency Models 1 in 2014. Upon relocating to the USA in 2016 signed with One Management in New York.

Pageants

Miss Bristol 2010, Miss Bath 2011, Miss London 2012

At age 17, Willerton won Miss Bristol. She went on to win Miss Bath in 2011 and Miss London in 2012. At the Miss England contest in 2012, Willerton reached the top five.

Miss Asia Pacific World 2011

In 2011, Willerton caused controversy at the Miss Asia Pacific World pageant, held in South Korea, while representing the United Kingdom. Willerton, as well as a number of other contestants demanded answers from organisers after discovering that some contestants had been offered automatic top-ranking placements in exchange for sex, by organisers.

The events were filmed by Willerton and other contestants (which were later uploaded to YouTube under the title Confessions of a Beauty Queen and spread throughout the pageant industry). Subsequently, she and the representatives from Guyana and Costa Rica fled their hotel to the airport, where the pageant organisers had tried to keep them there against their will and had followed them to the airport to stop them escaping. Despite the organisers denying all accusations the pageant has continued to cause controversy with subsequent winners also fleeing the country and making similar claims of indecency.

Miss Universe 2013

On 8 June 2013, Willerton was crowned Miss Universe Great Britain in Birmingham and was quickly tipped as a potential winner of Miss Universe by international media and pageant forums. On 9 November 2013, Willerton participated at the Miss Universe contest in Moscow, Russia. Where she became the first woman competing as Miss Great Britain to place in the semifinals, eventually finishing in the Top 10. Previous British contestants have placed as 1st Runner-up at Miss Universe, competing as Miss England, Miss Scotland and Miss Wales respectively. Willerton is the first UK contestant in thirty years to reach the top ten at Miss Universe, the previous woman to achieve this being Karen Moore, who as Miss England, reached the top five in 1983.

Television career

Amy began her broadcasting career covering events for Fashion TV as a teenager.

Previously, Willerton was scouted whilst on tour with comedian Russell Brand for the modelling reality show Signed by Katie Price on Sky Living. winning the competition against runner up Rylan Clark.

Less than 24 hours after landing into London from filming the Miss Universe pageant in Moscow, Willerton flew out to Australia to compete on ITV's I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and placed 5th. the show had its highest ever recorded ratings and won 'Best Entertainment Show' at the National Television Awards2014

After competing in I'm a Celebrity Amy's became a household name in Britain. Amy's popularity with viewers led to many appearances on This Morning, Good Morning Britain,Big Brother's Bit On The Side,The Chase,Mastermind and Lorraine. In 2015 Amy appeared on ITV's Get Your Act Together which involved her joining and performing with the Moscow State Circus.

Since relocating to the USA in 2016, Amy now hosts for Fuse TV Network alongside DJ Skee.

Philanthropy and Other Ventures

Due to growing up with a disabled sibling - Amy's prime charity focuses have always been on helping the disabled. She organised her first event Bristol Rockstyle for Variety Club children's charity as a teenager. In 2014 she ran the London Marathon to raise money for The Chickenshed Theatre School. In 2016 Amy hosted an Oscars viewing party for the Children Uniting Nations charity.

In 2015 Amy began writing for the Huffington Post. She was a speaker at the world famous Oxford Union debating society at Oxford University. In 2016 Willerton will be sailing across the Atlantic as part of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race - sailing from New York to London in summer 2016.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]