Natalie Pike

Natalie Pike
Born Natalie Pike
(1983-04-04) 4 April 1983
Edinburgh, Scotland
Modelling information
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)[1]
Hair colour Brown
Eye colour Brown
Website www.nataliepike.com

Natalie Pike (born 4 April 1983 in Edinburgh, Scotland, raised in Berwick-on-Tweed and Stockport in England) is a British model and presenter. Pike won the FHM High Street Honeys competition in 2004 and is a presenter for Manchester City FC.

Education

Pike attended Ladybrook Primary School until the age of 11, then went to Bramhall High School until the age of 16, and sat her A levels at Aquinas 6th form college. The A levels she took were Maths,[2] communication studies and Performing arts. Pike completed her degree in Film and Media Studies at Manchester Met University during her year as FHM High St Honeys winner.

Career

Natalie won the FHM High Street Honeys competition in 2004, following in the footsteps of Tanya Robinson and Kayleigh Pearson. She appeared on the front cover of FHM again in 2005[3] and 2007.

Pike also appeared on the cover of Zoo[4] and Nuts magazine several times. She was voted in FHM's list of the 100 Sexiest Women in 2005 (26) and 2006 (51).

Pike is an avid Manchester City supporter. Natalie modelled the new kit in 2006. Since 2011 Natalie has presented City Square, [5] the popular match day programme for Manchester City. Her role has seen her interview players and celebrities, as well as providing analysis on games.

Pike appeared on the first season of the UK version of Beauty and the Geek which aired on Channel 4 and E4. She was partnered with Mathematics student Jamie Sawyer, and they were eliminated after three episodes.[2]

She was a game show hostess on The Price Is Right, presented by Joe Pasquale, weekdays at 2.00pm and 5:00pm on ITV1.

Pike released a single in 2006 with the other FHM High Street Honeys called I Touch Myself which reached no.1 in the box charts.

In the April 2007 FHM (UK edition) it is stated that readers of the magazine voted Natalie the favourite Honey ever and to go the Xbox 360 Global Challenge. As part of the challenge she flew to and from Japan, Australia, LA, and Mexico within a time span of 360 hours. In each country she and 4 other European Honeys competedin missions based on popular Xbox 360 games. Natalie and the team from the UK won the overall competition.

Natalie currently co-presents a weekly football talk show on XS Manchester radio station 'The football social'. As of the 3rd of September 2018 Natalie has stepped in to co-host the XS Manchester breakfast show with Steve Berry while regular co-host Sophie Sveinsson goes on Maternity

On 26 December 2013, Pike escaped serious injury as her car spun off the A1 on black ice as she was driving from Scotland to Manchester, and was taken to hospital in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.[6]

Pike is now a director of the Stockport based homeless charity ‘The Wellspring’.

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 September 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  3. FHM UK edition 03/2005 Uniform Special, triple covers
  4. Zoo Magazine 24–30 March 2006 - High Street Honeys
  5. https://www.dontpanicspeakerbureau.com/dpspeaker/natalie-pike/
  6. City's match day presenter survives Boxing Day horror smash on A1 Manchester Evening News, 27 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
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