| Kirsten Imrie | |
| Birth Name: | Kirsten Fifi Imrie |
| Birth Date: | 26 October 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Kensington, London, England |
| Alias: | Kirsten Stewart |
Kirsten Fifi Imrie (born 26 October 1967) is a former Page 3 girl, glamour model, and television presenter.
Imrie was born on 21 April 1969 in Glasgow, Scotland, and raised in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland from the age of three.[1] After leaving school at the age of 16, she worked in various blue-collar jobs in the Edinburgh area.[2] Aged 18, she married a local man from Haddington, East Lothian, but the marriage soon dissolved.[1]
Imrie then moved to London and began a glamour modelling career.[2] She started appearing as a Page 3 girl in The Sun in November 1988, shortly after her 21st birthday, and continued to appear regularly on Page 3 until August 1993.[3] She also posed nude for a wide range of men's magazines, including the US edition of Penthouse, which featured her as its cover girl and Penthouse Pet for December 1989 (modelling under the pseudonym Kirsten Stewart).[4] She continued to pose for glamour photographs through her late 30s, appearing in the April 2007 edition of Mayfair magazine at the age of 39.[5]
Imrie also worked as a television presenter. In 1995, she appeared on the newly launched adult television channel Television X.[6] In 1996, L!VE TV recruited Imrie as a television sports presenter. She replaced another former Page 3 girl, Gail McKenna, who had moved to the channel Five.[7]
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, British tabloid newspapers regularly featured stories about Imrie's jet-setting lifestyle, her alleged alcohol and cocaine abuse,[8] her celebrity relationships, and even her alleged lesbian affairs with other glamour models.[1] [9]
In the 1990s, Imrie struggled with debt. On 27 September 1994, when she appeared in a London court on charges of driving under the influence (DUI), her solicitor told the court that she was no longer receiving regular modelling work, was struggling under a "mountain of debt," was living on unemployment benefits, and was "almost on the breadline".[7]
In November 2000, tabloid newspapers ran stories reporting that Imrie was penniless and sleeping rough on Clapham Common, having sold her house to pay off debts.[8] [10] [11] The tabloids later claimed that readers' donations had enabled Imrie to rent a flat in South London, resume her modelling career, and turn her life around.[12] [13]
In 2003, Imrie spoke about her homelessness and addiction problems in the UK television documentary The Curse of Page 3.[14]