Tania Strecker

Tania Strecker
Born
Tanya Strecker
(1973-06-26) 26 June 1973
OccupationsModel and television presenter
Years active1999–present
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
ChildrenMia (b. 1996)
MotherMaren Enthoven

Tania Strecker (born 26 June 1973)[1] is a Danish-Britishmodel and television presenter in the United Kingdom.

Her break into TV began with Channel 4's Naked Elvis,[2] and she then co-hosted MTV's SELECT with Richard Blackwood. After several further presenting jobs, she joined The Big Breakfast with Richard Bacon, and then Beachmate.[3]

Personal life

She is the daughter of ex model Maren Enthoven, she took her stepfather David Strecker's surname. Between the ages of 5 and 7, she lived in Los Angeles; otherwise she spent her life in London. Her mother divorced her father, an asset manager, when she was very young. Strecker is of Danish maternal and Argentine paternal descent.[4][5]

She has a daughter, Mia, born in 1996,[6] from a relationship with the pub owner and convicted drug dealer James Mosbacher. They later married when Strecker was 22, the couple later separated and divorced.[7]

In 2005, Strecker married Anthony James de Rothschild,[8][9] the eldest son of Evelyn de Rothschild and Victoria Schott.[10]

She is the subject of the Robbie Williams song "She's Madonna".

References

  1. ^"June Birthdays". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  2. ^Cowing, Emma (5 September 1999) "Naked without my trainers; Consuming passions" Sunday Times London, UK, (Sept 5, 1999): p.12
  3. ^"Pretty Polly picks new face to front Nylons relaunch" Marketing (August 23, 2001): p.4
  4. ^Fancy Pants The Evening Standard 5/2/2004
  5. ^My London: Tania StreckerArchived 2010-10-10 at the Wayback Machine London Evening Standard 22/2/2002
  6. ^My London: Tania StreckerArchived 2010-10-10 at the Wayback Machine London Evening Standard 22/2/2002
  7. ^Fancy Pants The Evening Standard 5/2/2004
  8. ^Tania's boring old soul mate
  9. ^Forthcoming marriages
  10. ^Stewart-Liberty, Olivia (17 March 2006) "Social adventurer" The Evening Standard London, UK, (March 17, 2006 Friday) ES Magazine p. 51