Celia Holman Lee
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Celia Holman Lee is an Irish
model, fashion stylist and television presenter.
Celia Holman Lee started out as a model at the age of 15 while still at school after being approached while working as a shop assistant. She has been described by the Daily Mirror as having been "Ireland's most successful model" and by the Daily Mail
as having been Ireland's "most sought after face in the seventies and eighties". She founded her own modelling agency, Celia Holman-Lee Model Agency, at the age of 22 and has run it for over 30 years, making it the longest running modelling agency in Ireland.
Celia Holman Lee made her first television appearance on The Late Late Show
. She makes regular appearances on TV3, as well as regularly doing the fashion slot on Ireland AM
. In 2010 she won the Celebrity Salon reality programme on TV3 at the age of 59 to be described as 'Best in Beauty'.
In 2007 she topped a list for Social and Personal
as the most invited person to parties, taking over from the then Taoiseach
, Bertie Ahern
. In 2002 she won a VIP Most Stylish Woman Award
and was nominated for the award again in 2010, while in 2008 she was made RSVP Magazine's Business Woman of the Year.
Holman-Lee has lived in Limerick
for the past 35 years with her husband Ger Lee. She has two children, Cecile, who works in the office at the modelling agency, and Ivan, and became a grandmother in 2008.
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
model, fashion stylist and television presenter.
Celia Holman Lee started out as a model at the age of 15 while still at school after being approached while working as a shop assistant. She has been described by the Daily Mirror as having been "Ireland's most successful model" and by the Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
as having been Ireland's "most sought after face in the seventies and eighties". She founded her own modelling agency, Celia Holman-Lee Model Agency, at the age of 22 and has run it for over 30 years, making it the longest running modelling agency in Ireland.
Celia Holman Lee made her first television appearance on The Late Late Show
The Late Late Show
The Late Late Show, sometimes referred to as The Late Late, or in some cases by the acronym LLS, is the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster and the official flagship television programme of Irish broadcasting company RTÉ...
. She makes regular appearances on TV3, as well as regularly doing the fashion slot on Ireland AM
Ireland AM
Ireland AM is Ireland's only breakfast television programme. The show is broadcast live every weekday morning by TV3 and 3e.- Early years :...
. In 2010 she won the Celebrity Salon reality programme on TV3 at the age of 59 to be described as 'Best in Beauty'.
In 2007 she topped a list for Social and Personal
Social and Personal
Social and Personal is one of the longest running columns in The Irish Times. Previously called Court and Personal it originally published the Court Circulars of the British Royal Family, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and details of which members of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy were available in...
as the most invited person to parties, taking over from the then Taoiseach
Taoiseach
The Taoiseach is the head of government or prime minister of Ireland. The Taoiseach is appointed by the President upon the nomination of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas , and must, in order to remain in office, retain the support of a majority in the Dáil.The current Taoiseach is...
, Bertie Ahern
Bertie Ahern
Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern is a former Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 26 June 1997 to 7 May 2008....
. In 2002 she won a VIP Most Stylish Woman Award
VIP Style Awards
The VIP Style Awards is an annual awards ceremony which takes place in the Republic of Ireland...
and was nominated for the award again in 2010, while in 2008 she was made RSVP Magazine's Business Woman of the Year.
Holman-Lee has lived in Limerick
Limerick
Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the...
for the past 35 years with her husband Ger Lee. She has two children, Cecile, who works in the office at the modelling agency, and Ivan, and became a grandmother in 2008.