Jodie Kidd's Factfile

Personal Life
Jodie was born in 1978 in Guilford, Surrey: “I was the longest baby in the hospital when I was in born!” She is the youngest child of three siblings; older sister Jemma is a make-up artist and brother Jack is a polo star. Her dad is Johnny Kidd the international show jumper and champion polo-player turned millionaire businessman and grandson of press baron Lord Beaverbrook. Her mum is Wendy, elder sister of Vicki Hodge, notorious for kissing and telling on Prince Andrew!

Jodie is dating Tarquin Southwell whom she met when he taught her to play polo: “It was love at first sight, I was like 'Oh, my God'! We moved in together two weeks after we met. He’s very good looking, a great polo player, he’s got a wonderful body, a good bottom. And he’s better at everything than me, apart from swimming.”


Did You Know?

This year Jodie and Tarquin took part in the Gumball Rally and sped across America in a Dodge Viper. Based on the 1981 film The Canon Ball Run, the race is organised by Maximillion Cooper, a friend of Jodie. The 148 participants collected over 500 speeding tickets between them!

Even though Jodie is used to wearing designer threads down the catwalk she prefers the high street. “You can spend £500 on one Gucci bag or you can go to Topshop and Miss Selfridge and buy loads of clothes – I know which I’d rather do. And these days the high street shops make such amazing replicas of all the catwalk stuff.”

Jodie has recently been made a Red Cross ambassador. “I’m working with the Red Cross for the simple reason that I’ve been offered an opportunity to help. This is my way of giving something back and saying thank you for having been given such an amazing life, amazing job, amazing family and amazing boyfriend."

Cool Credentials

Jodie's idol is her late grandmother who wrote books and got a helicopter licence at the age of 64.

She has size 10 feet.

Jodie featured in the Fun Lovin’ Criminals video ‘Bump’.

Jodis is on record as saying: "There is obviously a fake side to the (fashion) industry and in London you get swept up in it. I need to get back to the countryside, cook a big shepherd’s pie, muck my horses out, go for a walk.”