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Amanda Louise Smith (born 17 July 1970) is an English dance-pop singer, former model and aspiring actress. In 1983, at age 13 she started dating 47-year-old The Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman, with the consent of her mother. Smith married Bill Wyman in 1989; they divorced in 1991. Her wedding dress and those of her bridesmaids and pageboy was designed by Louise Hamlin-Wright. The press coverage that surrounded these affairs largely contributed to Smith`s career as a singer. In 1986, at 16 she was signed to PWL by Stock Aitken Waterman. The SAW team wrote and produced her first two singles - I Just Can`t Wait and Positive Reaction. Collaboration with Daize Washbourne further singles, Boys and Girls (which reached No. 8 in South Africa) and Victim of Pleasure. Despite the lack of British chart success with these singles, an album, Mandy, was released in 1988. Mandy Smith was successful in Scandinavia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Japan, where she entered the Top 10 music chart.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Smith appeared in TV series and shows. She appeared in magazines as a model. On 19 June 1993 she married footballer Pat Van Den Hauwe, but this only lasted two years. She published her biography It`s All Over Now in 1993. Smith was named "Rear of the Year" in Britain in 1994, award for her posterior. In 1995, she was 72nd in FHM`s list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World". In 2001, she was briefly engaged to Vanity Fair fashion model Ian Mosby with whom she had a son, Max Harrison Mosby. Smith is now resident in Manchester. Having tried a career as a make-up artist, Smith is presently training to be a counselor. Mandy has also set up her own business together with her sister Nicola, a Marketing company named Kiss PR.
Biography Credit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Smith
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