Danielle Bux

She was born in Cardiff, Wales, to parents Kim Lewis and Roy Bux. They divorced when she was young. Bux grew up in Cardiff. She has one sister, three brothers, and one half-brother. She attended Cantonian High School in Fairwater, Cardiff. Bux reports that she suffered from racist bullying during her childhood. Her grandfather was from Bengal (present-day Bangladesh). ==Career==

Bux started modelling as a teenager after winning a place in the Miss Hawaiian Tropic contest in Las Vegas. Whilst modelling part-time, she was a flight attendant with Virgin Atlantic. Becoming a full-time model, she has since appeared on the cover of various magazines including Hello!, OK!, and Maxim. She assisted Trevor McDonald onstage at the 2008 National TV Awards. She finished in third place in the 2009 series of ITV's ''Hell's Kitchen''. In June and July 2009, she was a guest panellist on ITV's Loose Women. Bux made her acting debut on the stage at the Bristol Hippodrome in Calendar Girls in 2011. ==Personal life==

and Bux at The Asian Awards in 2015 Bux has a daughter from a previous relationship when she was 22. She married Gary Lineker on 2 September 2009, in Ravello, Italy. They went on to win £30,000 for charity on ITV's gameshow Mr and Mrs. On 13 January 2016, Lineker and Bux announced they were divorcing after six years of marriage, the reason given being Lineker not wanting more children. Bux is a patron of the Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation. She began fundraising for the charity after her half-brother sustained a life-altering spinal injury from a fall at the age of 22. Filmography ==References==