Victoria Hervey

Biography

Lady Victoria Frederica Isabella Hervey (; born 6 October 1976) is an English model, socialite, and former "It girl". She is the daughter of the 6th Marquess of Bristol, half-sister of the 7th Marquess, and sister of the 8th Marquess and Lady Isabella Hervey.

== Early life ==

Lady Victoria is the eldest child of the 6th Marquess of Bristol and his third wife, Yvonne Marie Sutton, and was born on her father's 61st birthday, 6 October 1976. She is the elder sister of the incumbent 8th Marquess of Bristol and Lady Isabella Hervey. Her older half-brothers were the 7th Marquess of Bristol and Lord Nicholas Hervey, both of whom are deceased. Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, stood sponsor as one of her godfathers. For the first two years of her life Hervey lived at Ickworth House, the family seat in Suffolk, before her parents went into tax exile in Monaco. At the time of her father's death in 1985, the family was living in an apartment in Monte Carlo. She was educated at Benenden School, and spent a gap year in Florence before working at advertising agencies in London.

== Career ==

=== Early work === After Hervey turned down a place to study French and History of Art at the University of Bristol, her mother stopped her allowance and she reluctantly became a receptionist for producer Michael Winner.

=== Modelling and fashion ===

Hervey became a part-time catwalk model in a career move she hoped would take her into television presenting, but with her statuesque six-foot height she took to the career full-time, ultimately modelling for Christian Dior. In 1999, she appeared together with Melania Trump in a photoshoot for Town and Country Magazine. In April 2000, she and friend Jayne Blight opened Knightsbridge fashion boutique Akademi. Frequented by Victoria Beckham, Meg Mathews and Martine McCutcheon, it closed in 2001 with debts estimated at £350,000. Hervey was reportedly only £20 out of pocket by the business failure but in the year following the closure, Hervey owed a series of personal debts. In 2012, it was reported that Hervey had taken the position as Events and Society Editor for The Untitled Magazine, a bi-annual magazine about fashion and entertainment.

=== Film === In December 2003, Hervey secured a small part in the 2004 Colin Hanks film Rx as a waitress in a diner.