Stacey Dooley has certainly had her share of surreal moments. From being plucked from nowhere aged 21 to front her own investigative documentary series to being awarded an MBE and scooping the Strictly Come Dancing glitterball (‘a f***ing miracle!’, as she chirpily puts it), life has taken some unexpected twists and turns since her days as a teenage tearaway from Luton.
Today, she’s chatting about her latest ‘pinch me’ development, involving her first ever beauty gig. Half a lifetime ago, she was flogging perfumes at Luton Airport, today she’s all glossed up and gorgeous as the new face and hair of Clairol Nice ’n Easy hair colour. ‘I’m going to be on the dye box!’ she says, delightedly. ‘I even saw them put the logo on my photo.
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