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Towie

Towie (Scottish Gaelic: Tollaigh) is a small hamlet in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, close to Alford and Lumsden.

One of the most notable features of Towie is its small primary school with nursery, which is located in the village itself. Towie also has a bowling club and a beautiful church with historic graveyard.

The village is the burial place of Major James Leith (VC).

Coordinates: 57°12′0″N 2°56′7″W / 57.2°N 2.93528°W / 57.2; -2.93528

v t e Settlements and places of interest in Marr, Aberdeenshire Primary settlements Aboyne Alford Ballater Banchory Braemar Huntly Lumphanan Tarland Torphins Other settlements Bellabeg Bogniebrae Cairnie Corgarff Crathie Dinnet Finzean Gartly Inverey Keig Kildrummy Kincardine O'Neil Kirkton of Tough Logie Coldstone Lumsden Monymusk Potarch Rhynie Ruthven Strachan Strathdon Tornaveen Towie Tullich Yonder Bognie Ythanwells Places of interest Balmoral Castle Blelack Braemar Castle Burn O'Vat Cairn O' Mounth Cairngorms National Park Castle Forbes Corgarff Castle Craigievar Castle Crathes Castle Crathie Kirk Forest of Birse Grampian Transport Museum Huntly Castle Kildrummy Castle Lochnagar Lost Royal Deeside Royal Deeside Railway Alford Valley Railway Ythan Wells (Glenmailen) Roman Camp

v t e Areas and primary settlements in Aberdeenshire (see also: Aberdeen City) in Banff and Buchan Aberchirder Banff Fraserburgh Gardenstown Inverallochy and Cairnbulg Macduff Portsoy Rosehearty Sandhaven Whitehills in Buchan Boddam Crimond Cruden Bay Fetterangus Hatton Longside Maud Mintlaw New Deer New Pitsligo Peterhead St Combs St Fergus Strichen Stuartfield in Formartine Balmedie Cuminestown Ellon Fyvie Newburgh Oldmeldrum Pitmedden Potterton Rothienorman Tarves Turriff in Garioch Blackburn Insch Inverurie Kemnay Kintore Newmachar Westhill in Kincardine and Mearns Drumoak Fettercairn Gourdon Inverbervie Johnshaven Laurencekirk Newtonhill Portlethen St Cyrus Stonehaven in Marr Aboyne Alford Ballater Banchory Braemar Huntly Lumphanan Tarland Torphins

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Amy Childs
Born	Amy Andrea Childs (1990-06-10) 10 June 1990 (age 22) Barking, Barking & Dagenham, London, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Model, reality TV participant
Years active	2010–present

Amy Childs (born 8 June 1990)^[1] is an English model, beautician, reality television contestant and television presenter from Essex (though born in East London). Childs rose to fame after appearing in the first two series of the award winning ITV2 series The Only Way Is Essex. Childs came 4th place in Celebrity Big Brother in 2011.

Biography[link]

Amy Andrea Childs was born in Barking but relocated to Brentwood, Essex at the age of six. She attended Raphael's Independent Private School and was appointed Head Girl, but suffered from dyslexia.^[2] She left the school with four GCSE qualifications^[2] and went on to study at 21 Briarwood with Kieth Allan as one of her fellow students where she received a Level Two and Level Three Diploma in Beauty Specialised Techniques before working as a therapist in Harmony Health and Beauty at Epping Forest Country Club for two years. Amy is one quarter Irish as her maternal grandmother was born in Ireland.

[edit] 2010–11: The Only Way is Essex & Start of Modelling Career

Childs became well known in 2010 while appearing in the ITV2 semi-reality programme The Only Way Is Essex where she brought the word "vajazzle" – the adornment and decoration of the pubic region – to public notice. Childs later signed to Can Associates management agency, the same agency that represented Jordan, Childs's heroine: "Jordan is definitely my idol. Her looks, her career, her businesses – she's fantastic."^[3] Childs ^[1] puts her name to a ghost-written column for New! magazine and presents a regular fashion segment on ITV1's This Morning.^[4] She has also posed for the fashion magazine Vogue and attended the 2011 ceremony of the British Academy Television Awards, at which The Only Way is Essex received an award. The Sun revealed a list of the richest The Only way is Essex stars current and previous with Childs holding the top spot with £1.5 million followed by Mark Wright.^[5]

[edit] 2011–Present: Celebrity Big Brother and It's All About Amy

In July 2011, Childs was named Personality of the Year at the National Reality TV Awards.^[6]

On 18 August 2011 Childs began taking part in Celebrity Big Brother alongside actor Bobby Sabel, paparazzo Darryn Lyons, Kerry Katona the former singer, actor Lucien Laviscount, gypsy Paddy Doherty, singers Jedward, David Hasselhoff's second ex-wife Pamela Bach, Sally Bercow, the wife of the Speaker of the House of Commons and Tara Reid the actress. Childs finished fourth in the show, which was for the first time broadcast on Channel 5.^[7] Childs and Jedward filmed an advertisement for Celebrity Big Brother 2012, which first aired on 16 December 2011.

A fly-on-the-wall reality show It's All About Amy débuted on Channel 5 on 1 December 2011. The show involves Childs, her family, and her friends taking part in Childs' business investments.^[8][9] The show was not recommissioned after the first series^[10] Childs competed in an episode of Let's Dance For Sport Relief with her cousin and fellow TOWIE star Harry Derbidge in February 2012. Amy also participated in a celebrity special of The Bank Job on Channel 4 in March.

Filmography[link]

Other work[link]

In 2011 Amy modelled for Bra Queen made by Ultimo available in 2011 exclusively at Tesco. In 2012 she also continued with her modelling, she modelled for the high street fashion store Topman. She has also released her own range at lipsy.

Personal life[link]

Childs lives with her father Billy, mother Julie and older brother Billy and three pugs in Brentwood, Essex.^[11][12] She has her own fashion range, sold exclusively on her website. She supports West Ham United.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Amy Childs at the Internet Movie Database