25 Facts About Carol Vorderman

1. Carol Vorderman is an active supporter and advocate of the RAF Wings Appeal charity, appearing at airshows and taking part in other fundraising events.

2. Carol Vorderman shares her Bristol home with her mother, her two children and her best friend Mandy along with her own two teenage boys.

3. Carol Vorderman took part in the second series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2004.

4. Carol Vorderman explained: "I am getting into the hard work for my planning and training to go round the world next year.

5. Carol Vorderman beamed for the cameras and confidently posed with her hand on her hip.

6. Carol Vorderman is an active supporter and advocate of the RAF Association charity, appearing at airshows and taking part in other fundraising events.

7. Carol Vorderman appeared in a short film entitled 'Run for the future' which promotes prostate cancer awareness and a charity run held every year on the Bristol Downs to raise funds for the BUI prostate appeal.

8. In November 2011 Carol Vorderman appeared in the music video for New Vorder's 'Carol O Carol' a song written by Jim Salveson in 1999 about his love for Carol Vorderman.

9. Carol Vorderman is a patron of the Cleft Lip and Palate Association (her older brother, Anton, was born with a cleft lip and palate).

10. David Cameron commented, "Carol Vorderman has got a passion for maths.

11. Carol Vorderman was honoured as a Member of the Order of the British Empire for "services to broadcasting" in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2000.

12. On 20 November 2014 Carol Vorderman accepted the appointment of ambassador to the Royal Air Force Air Cadets, saying: "I am truly honoured to be appointed as an ambassador for the RAF Air Cadets.

13. In 2014 Carol Vorderman qualified for a private pilot's licence and announced that she planned to fly solo around the world.

14. On 2 June 2012 Carol Vorderman named a Class 91 "Battle of Britain Memorial Flight" at the National Railway Museum as part of the Railfest 2012 Event.

15. Carol Vorderman had maintained a long-standing endorsement of the debt consolidation company First Plus, an association that ceased in 2007.

16. On 2 March 2010 Carol Vorderman publicly launched her new commercial venture of an online mathematics coaching system for 4—to 12-year-old children under the name of the MathsFactor.

17. Carol Vorderman expanded her business ventures, launching a number of Sudoku products.

18. Carol Vorderman has had newspaper columns in The Daily Telegraph, and in the Daily Mirror on Internet topics.

19. In 2016, Carol Vorderman finished in eighth place in the sixteenth series of I'm a Celebrity.

20. Carol Vorderman is the presenter of the annual Pride of Britain Awards, which are televised by ITV.

21. On 14 July 2014, Carol Vorderman announced her departure as a presenter on Loose Women.

22. Carol Vorderman recorded her last Countdown show on 13 November 2008 which was broadcast on 12 December 2008.

23. Carol Vorderman appeared on Countdown from the show's inception until 2008.

24. Carol Vorderman went to Cambridge as one of the youngest women admitted at the time.

25. Carol Vorderman was a presenter of ITV's Loose Women from 2011 until 2014.