Model Lily Cole makes first-class start at Cambridge despite her jet-setting lifestyle

Posted by mija on Jun 20, 2009 in News | 0 comments

Her modelling career is going from strength to strength.
But it seems that Lily Cole is not just a pretty face, for the 21-year-old supermodel clearly has an IQ to match.
She has passed her first year at Cambridge University with flying colours after being awarded a first.
The red-headed Marks and Spencer star, who is studying History of Art, had her results pinned up on the noticeboard outside the university’s Senate House on Friday afternoon and was one of only three students who received the top grade.
It means that she scored an average of more than 70 per cent in her end of year exams.
If she repeats the feat in her final exams at the end of the third year, then she will be awarded a double first class degree.
The star will welcome the news after learning that she will not be having her contract with Marks and Spencer renewed as the retailer battles with the effects of the credit crunch.

It is a remarkable achievement for the star, who as well as modelling is also carving out a reputation as a respected actress.
Lily won a place a Cambridge University three years ago to study social and political sciences, but took two years off to concentrate on her modelling career.
She then switched to a three-year history of art degree.
Throughout the past year she has tried hard to balance the demands of being an internationally renowned model with the rigours of her studies.

While she has for the most part given up on the glitz and glamour of the catwalk, she seems unable to completely let go of her jet-set lifestyle.
In the days leading up to her end of year exams she was spotted partying and promoting her new film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
She has constantly been seen on nights out in London with a host of celebrities including Jude Law and Brian Ferry was spotted at a star-studded party in New York just days after staring her first term at the university.
Only 24-hours before she enrolled at King’s College last October she appeared naked on the cover of Playboy magazine. She featured inside the magazine in a 14-page spread wearing just a pair of white socks and a giant pink teddy bear to preserve her modesty.
However, the added attention has clearly not hindered her progress.
‘It’s very important to pass the end of year exams,’ said one of her fellow students. ‘No one wants to be doing re-takes in their summer holidays. Lily will be very relieved to have done so well.’
Only 24-hours before she enrolled at King’s College last October she appeared naked on the cover of Playboy magazine. She featured inside the magazine in a 14-page spread wearing just a pair of white socks and a giant pink teddy bear to preserve her modesty.
However, the added attention has clearly not hindered her progress.
‘It’s very important to pass the end of year exams,’ said one of her fellow students. ‘No one wants to be doing re-takes in their summer holidays. Lily will be very relieved to have done so well.’
On Thursday the model was in Brazil where she was taking part in yet another naked photoshoot, this time for the prestigious Pirelli calendar.
She joined a host of models, including Daisy Lowe who will also feature in the 2010 edition. The calendar has become famous for its limited availability. It is not sold and is only given away as a corporate gift to selected Pirelli customers.
In one pose she lies topless in a shallow pool and in another she hugs a Koala bear to her naked bosom.
source: dailymail.co.uk