Babe of the Month - It's Skelton hot in here!

Helen Elizabeth Skelton was born was born on 19 July 1983 in Carlisle, Cumbria and is an English television presenter, who recently hosted coverage for the BBC of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, with Rebecca Adlington, Adrian Moorhouse, Andy Jameson and Mark Foster. 
She became an 'internet sensation' whilst hosting the swimming events during the Olympics by appearing on screen in a number of 'sexy and revealing' outfits!

      'Hell's Bells' - The Cumbrian born babe caused quite a stir at Rio with her outfits!

Helen was brought up on a dairy farm in the village of Kirkby Thore. She graduated from Cumbria Institute of the Arts, where she gained a BA degree in journalism. During her time at college, she worked as an extra on Coronation Street and Cutting It.

She is probably best known for co-presenting the BBC children's programme Blue Peter from 2008 until 2013 and as an occasional presenter on Countryfile. Skelton worked on other projects during her time on Blue Peter, mainly correspondent-based. These included reporting from the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.

After her departure from Blue Peter, she became a presenter of live FA Women's Super League football matches for the BT Sport channel, as well as retaining her BBC reporter roles, including presenting the London Marathon Highlights show on the BBC.

Helen is also well known from her incredible charity achievements and is a self confessed "adrenaline junkie."

In April 2009, Skelton became only the second woman ever to finish the 78-mile (126 km) Namibian Ultra Marathon. Skelton completed the run in 23 hours and 45 minutes – just 15 minutes under the time limit of one day. "It was a gruelling experience, but one I'll never forget. There were tough times but also amazing times," she told Newsround. Just weeks later, she completed the 2009 London Marathon.

In early 2010, Skelton kayaked the entire length of the River Amazon for Sport Relief 2010. She kayaked 2,010 miles (3,230 km) on a solo journey from Nauta in Peru on 20 January, to Almeirim, Brazil on 28 February. She achieved two Guinness World Records: the longest solo journey by kayak, and the longest distance in a kayak in 24 hours by a woman.

On 28 February 2011 Skelton walked a 150-metre tightrope between chimneys at Battersea Power Station, 66 metres above the ground, to raise money for Comic Relief. Blue Peter created two specials about her walk.

In 2012, Skelton raised more money for Sport Relief by becoming the first person to reach the South Pole using a bicycle. The bike was custom built for her trip, with eight inch-wide tyres. She also used skis and a kite to help her pull a sled containing 82 kg of supplies.

In April 2013, wanting to inspire the young Blue Peter viewers to do something to support Comic Relief, she took on seven challenges set by Comic Relief while breaking one world record. She called this series of challenges her "Magnificent 7," a reference to the 1960 Western 'The Magnificent Seven.'

Performing In 2 Shows On One Night – Succeeded
Rugby Kick – Failed
Flying With the Red Arrows – Succeeded
Photo Shoot – Succeeded
Rope Bridge – Succeeded
Longest Line of Bunting – Succeeded (at the time, a World Record)
Coin Toss – Failed


In December 2013, Skelton married England national rugby league team player Richie Myler. Skelton ran the London Marathon again in 2014 (below), and gave birth to her first child, a boy named Ernie, on 19 June 2015. After Myler joined the Catalan Dragons rugby club, the couple moved to France in September 2015.

You can follow Helen on Twitter and Instagram

Babe of the Month - Gorgeous TV presenter and model Layla Anna-Lee

Layla Anna-Lee was born on 22nd March 1983 in London, England.

Layla is an English TV presenter, host, model and actress, best known as the voice of the London 2012 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, broadcast live to an audience of nearly one billion. She also hosted the London 2012 Olympic Beach Volleyball Finals.

That same year Layla hosted the Queen's Diamond Jubilee party live in front of 20,000 people in Trafalgar Square.

Layla has hosted 'OK! Insider,' since its launch in 2008, presenting red carpet events and interviewing celebrities for the magazine's website. In 2010, she became the face of  'OK! Magazine Online,' and has interviewed cast members of the Twilight movies, actor Harrison Ford, and fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, as well as covering 'Big Brother' series eleven in 2010, which lead to her appearance on 'Big Brother's Little Brother.'

Having presented the Goal Line show on Goal.com, Layla was headhunted by MLS's 'KickTV' and hosted their weekly show 'The Rumour Mill' before hosting 'KickTV’s' journey to the Confederations Cup in 2013.

In 2014 Layla returned to Brazil for the World Cup for 'KickTV.' Whilst in Rio the views on Layla’s videos helped 'KickTV' reach their 100 million viewer milestone. During the World Cup Layla also hosted adidas' live World Cup show 'The Dugout' - where she interviewed many legends of the game such as David Beckham, Kaka and Ruud Gullit.

Layla continues to work with the brand fronting their Champions League show 'adidas GameDay+,' currently the most popular football show online.

Layla has also worked for Eurosport and Sky Sports covering major road cycling events and mountain biking.

Layla has continued to interview many footballing legends including a rare interview with Lionel Messi, Gareth Bale, Pep Guardiola and Luis Suarez.

Since 2013, she has co-presented 'The Munch Box,' a Saturday morning children's cooking show alongside Ben Ebbrell and then Joe Hurd for ITV and CITV.

An accomplished writer, Layla attended the London School of Journalism and regularly writes for the Huffington Post. She is an avid Crystal Palace fan and has a regular column in the Crystal Palace official match day programme under the appellation 'Layla The Eagle.'

Layla speaks French, Spanish and Portuguese and can be seen on 'BBC Bitesize,' helping children learn French. She has also modelled for Max Factor, Daewoo, Samsung, Bacardi, First Choice Holidays, Harvey's and Kinder Bueno.

In 2013 Layla was named in FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women in the World and appeared in an exclusive interview and photo shoot for a 6-page FHM feature in their April 2013 edition. In 2012 she made Time Out’s Hot 100 – a prestigious list of the most influential creatives in Great Britain.

You can follow Layla on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram

Babe of the Month - TV Presenter Laura Esposto

Laura Esposto was born on 8th August 1978 in Bologna, Italy and works as a sports television presenter.

Formerly a volleyball player and model, Laura moved from Bologna to Milan in 2001 and started working for 'Milan Channel' (AC Milan’s official network). 
Laura says she was in the right place at the right time when she met someone who worked for the Milan Channel. 

The television company were looking for a new girl to work on their programmes. Laura was working as a model then, but they asked her if she'd like to do something in television, and she was keen to get some experience in something different. Laura started off as a reporter for a reality programme. Then they asked her if she'd like to be involved in football and she agreed. Being a huge football fan - it was her ideal job!

In 2007 Channel Five in the United Kingdom gained the rights to broadcast Serie A highlights and live games during the 2007–08 season.
The people at Channel Five in the United Kingdom were looking for an Italian girl to present this Italian football show, who could speak perfect English, and knew what they were talking about when it came to football. They saw Laura on the Milan Channel, & offered her a co-presenting role on the show.


Laura took the chance as she thought it would be a great chance to do something new, and in 2007 she moved to England to co-present 'Football Italiano' alongside Mark Chapman on Channel Five Television. The show thus returned to terrestrial television and live games were shown weekly at 1:30pm UK time on Sundays, as the original series on Channel Four.

However Channel Five didn’t buy the rights to Italian football after 2008, so Laura moved back to Italy and has worked on Sky Sport (Italy) since September 2009.

Since 2011 she has been the Presenter of  'Studio1Stadio' - a weekly Football Magazine about Serie A on DigitalTv.

Laura continues to work with Milan Channel and was also involved with the Italian candidacy in May 2010 to host the UEFA 2016 European Championships, which was held in Geneva.

You can follow Laura on: Facebook and on her Official Website

Babe of the Month - Latino Beauty Vanessa Huppenkothen

Vanessa Huppenkothen Labra was born on 24th July, 1984 in Mexico City. She is a TV Presenter, actress and model of German/Mexican decent. Her father is German and her mother Mexican. Vanessa is a lover of sport and in particular football. She grew up in Mexico, but she also lived with her father in Duisburg. At that time she attended FC Schalke games, and is still an avid fan of the Bundesliga.

After finishing school Vanessa studied International Relations and her master's thesis was on FIFA. She speaks four languages fluently - Spanish, German, English and French.
She currently works for Televisa Deportes, a division of the Mexican television network Televisa that produces sports programming for Canal de las Estrellas, Canal 5, Galavision and Televisa Deportes Network.

In 2008, she covered the Summer Olympic Games from Beijing. She reported on the Mexican soccer team during the Football World Cup in South Africa in 2010, and again was a presenter for Televisa's coverage of the Mexican national team during the 2014 Football World Cup. During the tournament in Brazil she generated considerable attention on social media platforms, and was among the top five social media searches in Singapore!

Vanessa covers a lot of the football action in Mexico as well as conducting interviews with coaches and players.

She was featured as the cover feature model for GQ in June 2014 and Esquire in June 2013. Vanessa also featured in GQ in November 2012 .

You can follow Vanessa on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram 

Babe of the Month - Irish Hottie Laura Whitmore

                                                                            
Laura Whitmore was born 4th May 1985 in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. Laura is an Irish presenter on British television for MTV Europe.

Laura attended St Patricks Primary School and Loreto Bray Secondary School until she was 18 years old. She then went on to study journalism at Dublin City University (DCU), with a semester abroad at Boston University USA.

In April 2008, MTV Networks Europe launched a campaign Pick Me MTV, where Laura battled it out against other contestants to become the face of  'MTV News' in MTV Europe.

In August 2009, Whitmore launched a self-branded clothing range available at 'AWear,' an Irish clothing chain.
In 2010, Whitmore hosted the Teenage Cancer Trust concerts for ITV2.

In October 2011, she was confirmed as the new presenter of 'I'm a Celebrity......Get Me Out of Here NOW!' on ITV2 airing after I'm a Celebrity.....Get Me Out of Here! replacing Caroline Flack.

In February 2012, she hosted the '2012 BRIT Awards' Red Carpet and Backstage shows alongside Keith Lemon on ITV2, later appearing on his show 'Celebrity Juice' in April 2012.
In Summer 2012, she appeared on Miriam O'Callaghan show 'Saturday Night with Miriam' after carrying the 2012 Summer Olympics torch. She then hosted 'Beat TV' alongside Darren McMullen and Dave Berry.

She is a spokeswoman for the 'Because I Am a Girl' charity clothing campaign.

Currently, Laura hosts news bulletins for 'MTV' in Ireland, the UK and pan-European MTV channels and on the 22nd May 2013 Laura became the front woman for Asda’s G21 fashion label designed by Graduate Fashion Week winners.

You can follow Laura on Twitter and on Facebook