Kathy Lloyd was born in
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland and grew up in Netherton,
Bootle where she attended Warwick Bolam High School. Lloyd left school at 16 and worked at the
Top Shop clothing store in
Liverpool before venturing into modelling. Some of her early photos were taken by
Beverley Goodway, a famous UK glamour photographer who persuaded her to send some photos to
The Sun. She first appeared as a
Page 3 girl in
The Sun in early 1986, at the age of 18, where she quickly became a regular and voted page 3 girl of the year three times in 1986, 1990 and 1994. Later she appeared in "Lads' magazines" such as
Maxim,
Loaded, and
FHM; and hosted two television talk shows for
Granada Television's
Men & Motors satellite station in 2002,
Talking Dirty, and
Kathy Lloyd's Naughty Business. She was listed in the
FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005. ==Television appearances==