Catalina Guirado

Who is Catalina Guirado?

Catalina Jane Guirado is a British model and TV personality. She became a television favourite in the late 1990s after appearing on Channel 4's cult hit show TFI Friday.

Born to internationally acclaimed Spanish surrealist- essentialist artist father "Juan Antonio Guirado", and English mother "Audrey Ballard", as a child she was an extremely talented violinist performing at the Royal Festival and London's Royal Albert Hall by the time she was 11. At 12, she played a transcription of the first violin solo of the Bach double violin concerto in D minor as part of the School's Proms at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. She went on to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Discovered by British Vogue's booking editor, Catalina started modelling at 15. She went on to walk runway shows for designers such as Vivienne Westwood, Scott Henshall, Michiko Koshino, and Rifat Ozbek. She also appeared on the covers of and featured in magazines including Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, FHM, Maxim, and Loaded. She has appeared in campaigns for Wella, Charro Jeans, Toni & Guy, L'Oréal, and Lynx men's body spray.