“Everything life throws at you makes you stronger”

Sometimes, you have to lose everything to win. Just ask Gail Porter. After reaching rock bottom a little over a decade ago, the TV host is today not only stronger and wiser, but enjoying a simple life, where gratitude and benevolence deliver daily rewards.

In the late 90s and early 00s, after her nude image was famously projected onto the Houses of Parliament as part of a lads’ magazine stunt, former model Porter became a TV presenting superstar.

For a decade, she fronted shows including the BBC’s flagship Saturday morning show, Live & Kicking, The Big Breakfast, Top of the Pops and ITV’s Fully Booked. Then, a series of life-changing circumstances caused the walls of the incredible life she had built to crumble.

The decline has been well-reported. In 2004, Edinburgh-born Porter’s high-profile marriage to indie musician Dan Hipgrave ended acrimoniously and, the following year, during a work trip to Las