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Who is Gail Porter?

Gail Porter was born on 23rd March 1971 in Edinburgh, Scotland, she is sometimes known by her married name Gail Hipgrave. Gail is a well-known British television presenter, she has tended to present family-friendly television, or shows aimed directly at children. In the late-'90s she began to pose for photos in men's magazines such as FHM and Loaded. She has been on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World list four times (1999–2002), ranking her highest in 1999 at number eight. In 2004 she was voted 59th sexiest woman of the decade. The best-known photo of her is one still in which she is seen completely nude from behind, but turning her head back to make eye contact with the camera. This photo is seriously famous in the UK. It was used by FHM who projected it onto the parliament buildings, a sixty-foot high nude billboard, with the words "vote Porter" across her back during the 1999 election campaign. Porter married guitarist Dan Hipgrave in August 2001, with whom she had a daughter, Honey, in 2002. They separated in 2004. In 2005 her medical conditions triggered alopecia, causing her to lose all of her body hair, she refused to wear a wig, her hair is now growing back.