18 Facts About Paula Hamilton

Paula Hamilton was born on 2 January 1961 and is an English model.

Paula Hamilton is best known for her appearance in the 1987 Mk II Volkswagen Golf TV advert Changes.

Paula Hamilton is dyslexic and did not learn to read and write until she was 11.

Paula Hamilton later attended the Licensed Victuallers' School, which was then in Slough, along with Nicholas and Simon Cowell, who were both at the school for one year.

At the age of 18, after appearing in pornographic poses and after several rejections as a model, Paula Hamilton moved to Tokyo, Japan, and worked for 18 months.

Paula Hamilton then established herself in Australia and Germany before moving to Italy.

Paula Hamilton promptly cut her hair, got the job, and went on to learn the tricks of the trade at Ferrei's side.

Paula Hamilton reached the zenith of her modelling career at the age of 27 when she appeared in an iconic 1987 television advert for the Volkswagen Golf.

Changes starred Paula Hamilton, made up to resemble Diana, Princess of Wales.

Paula Hamilton went into rehab in her twenties, having become addicted to cocaine after being introduced to the drug by her agent.

Paula Hamilton was clean of drugs for seven years before becoming an alcoholic.

Paula Hamilton, while being regressed, revealed that in a former life, she had been a male servant named Ashley Brown who emigrated from London to Dublin.

Paula Hamilton acted, appearing in feature films such as Mad Dogs and Englishmen and Monk Dawson.

Paula Hamilton received therapy in 2006 and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

In May 2011, Paula Hamilton starred in the second series of Channel 4's Celebrity Five Go to.

On 3 January 2013, Paula Hamilton was revealed as a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother 11, becoming the third celebrity to enter the house on that night, and was sent straight to the basement.

Paula Hamilton has reported losing her virginity to Simon Cowell, then a boy attending the same school, when she was sixteen.

In September 1986, Paula Hamilton met Dan Mindel, a camera focus puller, and they married in London the following year.