Trinny Woodall

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Trinny Woodall
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Born
Sarah-Jane Duncanson Woodall

(1964-02-08) 8 February 1964 (age 60)
Marylebone, London, England
Occupation(s)Founder and CEO of Trinny London, businesswoman, make-over and fashion expert, television presenter, author
Years active1996–present
Notable credit(s) What Not to Wear
Trinny & Susannah Undress...
Trinny & Susannah Undress the Nation
Spouse
Johnny Elichaoff
(m. 1999;div. 2009)
Children1
Relatives Sir John Duncanson (grandfather)
Website https://trinnylondon.com

Sarah-Jane Duncanson "Trinny" Woodall (born 8 February 1964) [1] is a British beauty entrepreneur, businesswoman, and the founder and CEO of direct-to-consumer beauty brand, Trinny London, which launched in 2017 and currently employs over 220 people.

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Woodall initially rose to fame as a fashion and makeover expert, television presenter and author. She was part of a makeover duo with Susannah Constantine, with whom she teamed up to write a weekly fashion column for The Daily Telegraph. They were then commissioned by the BBC to host What Not to Wear in 2001, which was followed by several other television projects, books and clothing ranges.


Early life

Woodall is the youngest of six children, including three half-siblings from her father's first marriage. Her father was a banker, while her maternal grandfather was Sir John Duncanson, controller of the British steel industry in the last two years of the war, who went on to become managing director of the British Iron and Steel Federation (BISF) in August 1945 and then managing director of Lithgows in 1949. [2] [3]

When Woodall was five years old, she was sent home from school after cutting off another pupil's plait. A family friend, Ronald Searle, who created the St Trinian cartoons that inspired the later films, [4] likened her to a mischievous St Trinian girl, and the name Trinny stuck from then onwards. Woodall was educated at boarding schools from the age of six, which included Queen's Gate School in Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London. She also attended Baston School for Girls. [3] She has described one of the boarding schools as "cruel" and "sadistic". [3] She has connected a fear of being naked with the time she was made to stand totally unclothed in front of the other pupils as a punishment for having a water fight. [4] Woodall also attended boarding schools in France and Germany between the ages of twelve and fifteen. [2] During her school years, she felt overshadowed by her older sister who was the "star of the school", which prompted pupils to use Woodall to get to her sister. [2]

Career

Early career

Woodall and Susannah Constantine first collaborated in 1996 on Ready to Wear, a weekly style guide for The Daily Telegraph which ran for seven years. [5] The style guide highlighted affordable high-street fashion, with the pair using themselves to demonstrate clothing that suited different figures. [3] Woodall assumed the role of stylist and made the duo's business decisions. [6]

Television

Woodall and Constantine became household names as co-hosts and fashion advisors for five series of the BBC television series What Not to Wear. They combined their fashion knowledge and their infamous straight-talking advice to improve the dress sense of the candidates selected for the show.

In 2002, Woodall and Constantine won a Royal Television Society Award for their work on What Not to Wear, in the category of best factual presenter. [7] The show itself was nominated for the Features Award at the BAFTAS in both 2002 and 2003. [8]

With What Not to Wear proving popular on BBC America, they frequently contributed as makeover and fashion experts on The Oprah Winfrey Show . [9]

After What Not to Wear, Woodall and Constantine transferred from the BBC to ITV, and Constantine began their new television show, Trinny & Susannah Undress... , in 2006.

Woodall has also made regular appearances giving fashion and beauty advice on shows such as This Morning, The Today Show and The Marilyn Denis Show.

Books

Woodall and Constantine have co-written numerous fashion advice books, which have sold over 3 million copies worldwide. [10] Their books have been translated throughout the world [11] and have placed them number one on both The Sunday Times best-seller list [12] and The New York Times best-seller list. [13]

Awards

YearCountryRecipientAward given by:Details
2018UKTrinny LondonWoman & Home Beauty AwardsThe Trinny London Stack won for Best Makeup Innovation
2018UKTrinny LondonWoman & Home Beauty AwardsWon for Best New Brand: Makeup
2018UKTrinny LondonPositive Luxury AwardsWon the Brand To Trust Award
2018UKTrinny LondonNatwest Every Woman AwardsWon the Brand of the Future Award
2020UKTrinny Woodall and Trinny LondonCEW Achiever AwardsTrinny Woodall won the Achiever Award

Trinny London won the Digital Achiever Award

2021UKTrinny LondonVelvet MagazineTrinny London's Lip2Cheek won the Cheek Colour category
2021UKTrinny LondonVelvet MagazineTrinny London's Miracle Blur won the Magic Trick category
2022CanadaTrinny LondonThe Kit Beauty Disrupter AwardsTrinny London's Be Your Best cleanser won the Best Cleanser category
2021UKTrinny LondonCEW AwardsTrinny London's BFF De-Stress won Best Face Makeup Prestige category
2022UKTrinny LondonNew You Beauty AwardsTrinny London's T-Kit brushes won the Tools of the Trade category
2022UKTrinny LondonSheerLuxe Beauty AwardsTrinny London's BFF SPF 30 Cream won Best Tinted Moisturiser (Readers’ Choice)
2022UKTrinny LondonCosmopolitanTrinny London's Plump Up serum won Best Hydrating Serum
2022UKTrinny LondonGood Housekeeping Beauty Icons AwardsTrinny London's Stacks won
2021USTrinny LondonAllure Best of Beauty 2021Trinny London's BFF Eye won Best Brightening Eye Cream
2022UKTrinny LondonSiftedFastest-Growing Direct-to-Consumer Startup 2020
2021UKTrinny WoodallLDCTop 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders

The Digital Disruptor Award

2021UKTrinny LondonJP MorganJP Morgan Top 200 Female-Powered Businesses in the UK
2022AustraliaTrinny LondonPrevention The Best of Beauty AwardsTrinny London's Be Your Best Enzyme Balm Cleanser won
2022GlobalTrinny LondonBeauty Inc AwardsWon Product of the Year – Skincare

Television credits

YearProgrammeOther notes
2001–2005 What Not to Wear Herself
2002 The Kumars at No. 42 Herself, interview
2003What Not to Wear on the Red CarpetHerself
V Graham Norton Herself, interview
Parkinson Herself, interview
2004 The Terry and Gaby Show Herself, interview
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Herself, interview
Children in Need Herself
Top Gear Herself, interview and racing
This Morning Herself, interview
2005 Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 Herself
ParkinsonHerself, interview
This MorningHerself, interview
Doctor Who Episode "Bad Wolf", voice of Trine-e
2006ParkinsonHerself, interview
This MorningHerself, interview
Sport Relief Herself
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Herself, interview
The Sharon Osbourne Show Herself, interview
The View Herself, interview
The Today Show Herself
2006–2007 Trinny & Susannah Undress... Herself
2007 Richard & Judy Herself, interview
Comic Relief Does The Apprentice Herself, contestant
Friday Night with Jonathan RossHerself, interview
GMTV ; LK TodayHerself, interview
Good Morning America Herself
This MorningHerself
2009Making Over AmericaHerself
Would I lie To You? Herself
7 days on the breadlineHerself
2010Trinny & Susannah: Missie Vlaanderen (channel Vitaya/Belgium)Herself
2011My Life in Books BBC2Herself, Interview
Trinny & Susannah ubierają Polskę (channel TVN Style Poland)Herself
2011–2012 Trinny & Susannah: Missie Holland (channel RTL NL) Herself
2011–2014 Trinny & Susannah: Stylar om Sverige (channel TV4 Plus Sweden)Herself
2011–2015"Trinny & Susannah: Making Over Israel" (Channel 10, Israel)Herself
Trinny & Susannah: Oppdrag Norge (channel FEM) Herself
2013Trinny & Susannah's Makeover Mission India (TLC) Herself
2015 The Real Housewives of New York City Herself
2016ITV This Morning Herself
2019RTE IrelandHerself
2020Sky NewsHerself
The Six O'Clock ShowHerself
SunriseHerself
2021BBC NewsHerself
CBNCHerself
BBC BreakfastHerself
The Six O'Clock ShowHerself
Today Weekend EditionHerself
2021–2022Marilyn Dennis ShowHerself
2022Studio 10Herself
The AM ShowHerself
RTL BoulervardHerself
Today ShowHerself
2023ITV This MorningHerself

Personal life

Woodall married entrepreneur and former drummer Jonathan Elichaoff in 1999. They had a daughter about 2003. [14] [15] They divorced in 2009 after two years of separation. The divorce financial settlement eventually led to a complex and novel legal case in 2016. Elichaoff became bankrupt before the divorce was finalised and the trustee in bankruptcy sought to void the settlement, after Elichaoff took his own life in 2014, and make Woodall responsible for the bankruptcy debts of about £300,000. The case proceeded to hearings in the High Court, where the claim was rejected and later leave to appeal was denied, as orders over a divorce settlement can only be made during their joint lives. [16] [17]

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