From the catwalk to the dancefloor! Jerry Hall is set to take part in the latest series of Strictly Come Dancing
By SARA NATHAN
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She has strutted down the catwalks of the world – but now Jerry Hall is swapping Chanel for the Cha Cha Cha after signing up to Strictly Come Dancing.
The former supermodel, 56, will star on the new series of the BBC ballroom hit when it returns next month.
Miss Hall has four children with her ex-husband, Rolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger, and since their split in 1999 has continued to model and act, including in stage versions of The Graduate and Calendar Girls.
Set to dance! Jerry Hall, pictured here last year, will appear on the next series of Strictly Come Dancing which starts next month
And although the Texan-born star has graced the front pages of Vogue – this will be the first time that she has taken her posing to the dancefloor.
A show source said: ‘We were very keen to get Jerry on Strictly. She’s a beautiful, dynamic woman and mother.
‘She mulled it over for a while and now she’s doing it, so we’re all excited.’
Miss Hall will join a realm of vibrant women over 40 on the new series of Strictly, as former This Morning host Fern Britton, 55, has signed up, alongside BBC newsreader Sian Williams, 47.
Strictly Come Dancing usually leaves contestants looking super-slim due to the hours of gruelling rehearsals, but the still-slender Miss Hall would need no help there.
Co-stars: Joining Jerry on the show will be Fern Britton and Sian Williams (R)
Indeed, she has been vehement that she will not even resort to plastic surgery as she ages, saying: ‘I’m definitely not going to have plastic surgery. I think it’s a sickness. I see people who have had work done and I don’t even recognise them. They’re like monsters, scary!’
Miss Hall has been happily in a long-term relationship with Australian millionaire Warwick Hemsley, the Australian millionaire from Perth for nearly two years, recently calling him ‘the nicest man in the world’.
Her daughter Elizabeth, 28, is a model and actress, as is her younger daughter Georgia May, 20.
While her son James, 27, is a musician and her youngest son Gabriel, 14, dreams of becoming a history teacher, she said.
Tuning in: Jerry's model daughter Georgia May Jagger will no doubt be cheering her mother on
Meanwhile, it is expected that Olympic gold medallist Victoria Pendleton, 31, will also appear, alongside five-times gold medallist, feted rowing champion Sir Steve Redgrave.
A host of Olympians have made it clear they would like to appear on Strictly, including swimmer Rebecca Adlington and gymnast Beth Tweddle.
However, a BBC source said they did not want to fill the programme with the stars of Team GB alone.
The source said: ‘Obviously, it is brilliant that so many Olympians want to join us, but we have to have a good mix of people – and we need to save a few athletes for the next series!’
Team GB: Olympics stars Victoria Pendleton and Sir Steve Redgrave are also said to be taking part
Cycling star Miss Pendleton, who won a gold and silver medal at the games last month, said this week: ‘The idea of being very glamorous, it definitely appeals to me.
'After wearing Lycra suits and tracksuits for so long and not a lot of make-up I think, yeah, that would be good fun.’
The Strictly Come Dancing launch show will air on September 15 and the first live show is on October 5.
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