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'''Linsey Dawn McKenzie''' (born 7 August 1978<ref name=Stenson>{{cite news|title=Linsey McKenzie Is Big ... And She's Getting Bigger: The Making of Britain's Latest Wild Child!|date=26 March 1995|work=The People|last=Stenson|first=Jules}}</ref>) is an English [[glamour model]], pornographic performer,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://babestationcams.com/performer/linsey-dawn|title=Watch Linsey Dawn's Webcam Show|website=Babestation Cams|access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref> and television personality who made her topless modelling debut in the ''[[Sunday Sport]]'' tabloid newspaper on her 16th birthday in 1994. Known for her naturally large breasts, she went on to feature in a wide range of [[adult magazine]]s, websites, broadcast media, and videos, including [[pornography]] productions after 2000.
'''Linsey Dawn McKenzie''' (born 7 August 1978) is a [[glamour model]], [[Pornographic_actor|pornographic actress]], and minor [[celebrity]] from [[London]], [[England]]. Known for her naturally large [[breasts]], she has featured in numerous adult-oriented media since making her modelling debut in 1994. She has also appeared on mainstream [[UK]] television programmes such as ''[[They Think It's All Over (TV series)|They Think It's All Over]]'', ''[[I'm Famous and Frightened!]]'', and ''[[The Weakest Link]].''


She has attained minor celebrity status in the United Kingdom, where she has appeared on a number of mainstream television programmes, such as ''[[They Think It's All Over (TV series)|They Think It's All Over]]'', ''[[I'm Famous and Frightened!]]'', ''[[The Weakest Link]]'', and ''[[Four Weddings|Celebrity Four Weddings]]''. She has also appeared in documentaries about the lives of glamour models and was featured in [[Martin Gooch]]'s 2002 film ''Arthur's Amazing Things''.
==Glamour career==
In early 1994, when McKenzie was fifteen, she sent some sample glamour photographs to local modelling agencies. Soon invited for professional photoshoots, she began her career by doing clothed glamour and swimsuit work, intending to progress to topless modelling when she turned sixteen.<ref name=Stenson>{{cite news|title=Linsey McKenzie Is Big ... And She's Getting Bigger: The Making of Britain's Latest Wild Child!|date=1995-03-26|work=The People|last=Stenson|first=Jules|accessdate=2006-11-21}}</ref><ref>At the time, under the [[Protection of Children Act 1978]], sixteen-year-old girls could legally model topless in the [[United Kingdom]]; the legal minimum age was raised to eighteen by the [[Sexual Offences Act 2003]].</ref>


==Early life==
As McKenzie approached her sixteenth birthday, ''[[The Daily Sport]]'' tabloid newspaper expressed an interest in turning her topless debut into a media event. Throughout June and July 1994, it published provocative pictures of McKenzie, touting her 34GG bra size and counting down the days until it could legally show her topless.<ref name=Burniston>{{cite news|title=Glamour Model Says There's More to Her Than Just her 38GG assets|date=2004-04-04|work=The Sunday Mirror|last=Burniston|first=Julie|accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref>
McKenzie was born in the [[London Borough of Brent]]<ref name="search.findmypast.co.uk" /> and grew up in [[Wallington, London|Wallington]] in the [[London Borough of Sutton]]. She is the youngest of three children. Her parents, Tony and Lesley McKenzie, divorced in 1987.<ref name=Stenson/>


==Career==
After she turned sixteen, McKenzie continued to model regularly for ''The Daily Sport'' and ''The Sunday Sport.'' She also made [[Page 3 girl]] appearances in tabloid newspapers ''[[The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun]]'' and ''[[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|The Daily Star]]''; posed topless in [[List of men's magazines#Lad mags|lads' mags]] such as ''[[Loaded]]''; appeared fully nude in British [[softcore]] magazines such as ''[[Mayfair (magazine)|Mayfair]]''<ref>''Mayfair,'' Vol. 30, Issue 3 (March 1995)</ref> and ''[[Men Only]]''<ref>''Men Only'' Vol. 60, Issue 12 (December 1995)</ref>; and performed in a variety of low-budget [[softcore]] videos.
In early 1994, when McKenzie was 15, she sent sample glamour photographs to local modelling agencies. She began her modelling career by glamour modelling and swimsuit work, intending to progress to topless modelling when she turned 16 later that year.<ref name=Stenson/>{{efn|group=note|At that time the minimum age at which a person could legally appear in pornographic material in England and Wales was 16, as set by the Protection of Children Act 1978. This minimum age was later raised to 18 by the Sexual Offences Act 2003, which went into effect from May 2004.}}


[[File:Linsey dawn mckenzie.JPG|thumb|upright|McKenzie at Erotica LA in 2006]]
On 29 July 1995, shortly before her seventeenth birthday, McKenzie did a topless [[streaking|streak]] at a televised [[England_cricket_team|England]] v. [[West_Indies_cricket_team|West Indies]] [[cricket]] match at [[Old Trafford (cricket)|Old Trafford]]. Wearing only a [[thong]] and a pair of [[athletic shoes|trainers]], she ran onto the field with the words "Only Teasing" written across her breasts.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Naked Truth About Streaking|date=2007-07-09|work=The Independent|last=McSmith|first=Andy|accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref>
As McKenzie approached her 16th birthday, the ''[[Sunday Sport]]'' tabloid newspaper expressed an interest in turning her topless debut into a media event. Throughout June and July 1994, it published pictures of McKenzie, counting down the days until it could legally show her topless.<ref name=Burniston>{{cite news|title=Glamour Model Says There's More to Her Than Just her 38GG assets|date=4 April 2004|work=Daily Mirror|last=Burniston|first=Julie|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/TRUTH+BEHIND+MY+PAP+PIX%3A+Linsey+Dawn+McKenzie+%60Jordan+was+a+good...-a0114896585|via=The Free Library}}</ref>


After she turned 16, McKenzie continued to model topless for the ''[[Daily Sport]]'' and the ''Sunday Sport.'' She also made [[Page 3]] appearances in tabloid newspapers ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'' and ''[[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|The Daily Star]]''; posed topless in [[lads' mags]] such as ''[[Loaded (magazine)|Loaded]]''; appeared fully nude in British magazines such as ''[[Mayfair (magazine)|Mayfair]]''&thinsp;<ref>''Mayfair,'' Vol. 30, Issue 3 (March 1995)</ref> and ''[[Men Only]]'';<ref>''Men Only'' Vol. 60, Issue 12 (December 1995)</ref> and performed in a variety of softcore videos.
After McKenzie turned eighteen in 1996, she made her North American modelling debut in the [[breast fetishism]] magazine ''Score'', which marked the occasion by making McKenzie the [[cover girl]] of its December 1996 "50th Anniversary" issue.<ref>Graham, John, "Linsey: She's Finally Legal, and Now Everybody Can Enjoy This 18-Year-Old International Superstar!" ''Score'', Volume 5, Issue 12, pg. 22-30 (December 1996)</ref>


On 29 July 1995, shortly before her 17th birthday, McKenzie did a topless [[streaking|streak]] at a televised [[cricket]] match between [[England cricket team|England]] and the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] at [[Old Trafford (cricket)|Old Trafford]]. Wearing only a [[thong]] and a pair of [[athletic shoes|trainers]], she ran onto the field with the words "Only Teasing" written across her breasts.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Naked Truth About Streaking|date=9 July 2007|work=The Independent|last=McSmith|first=Andy}}</ref>
In the late 1990s, McKenzie was frequently featured on the adult-oriented channels [[L!VE TV]] and [[Television X]]. She continued to appear regularly in adult-oriented magazines, DVDs, Internet sites, and broadcast media until late 2004, when she took a break from modeling to have a child and undergo a breast reduction operation.


Her older sister Alyson McKenzie (born 12 January 1974) has also had a brief adult modelling career. The sisters appeared together in the 1995 softcore video ''Linsey Dawn McKenzie and Her Sister'', which was re-released on DVD in 2002.<ref>{{cite DVD-notes|title=Linsey Dawn McKenzie and Her Sister|titleyear=1995|format=DVD|publisher=Liquid Gold|year=2002|language=English}}</ref> After receiving breast implants, Alyson modeled for [[The Score Group]]'s series of publications between 2001 and 2004.<ref>James, Elliot, "Alyson Gets Her Tits Out: Another McKenzie Who Packs a Pair of Big Bristols" ''Score'', Volume 10, Issue 12 (December 2001)</ref>
After McKenzie turned 18 in 1996, she made her North American modelling debut in the [[breast fetishism]] magazine ''[[Score (magazine)|Score]]'', which marked the occasion by making McKenzie the [[cover girl]] of its December 1996 "50th Anniversary" issue.<ref>Graham, John, "Linsey: She's Finally Legal, and Now Everybody Can Enjoy This 18-Year-Old International Superstar!" ''Score'', Volume 5, Issue 12, pg. 22–30 (December 1996)</ref>


In the late 1990s, McKenzie was frequently featured on the adult-oriented channels [[L!VE TV]] and [[Television X]]. She continued to appear regularly in magazines, DVDs, Internet sites, and broadcast media until late 2004, when she took a break from modelling to have a child and undergo a [[breast reduction]] operation.
McKenzie is currently reviving her adult career. She relaunched her official website on 23 February 2009, with a post stating simply: "I'm Back."


A biography of McKenzie, ''Temptress: The Linsey Dawn McKenzie Story'', was published in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Basildon, Canvey and Southend Echo|title=Linsey Dawn McKenzie's story told by Southend author Vikki Dark|url=https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/13892632.linsey-dawn-mckenzies-story-told-by-southend-author-vikki-dark/|date=24 October 2015|author=Tom King|access-date=20 June 2019}}</ref>
==Hardcore pornography==
Since 2000, McKenzie has made several [[hardcore pornography]] films, notably ''Ultimate Linsey'' (2001), in which she performs with her first husband Terry Canty,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304862/ | title = Ultimate Linsey (2001) | publisher = IMDb | accessdate = 2009-04-23}}</ref> and ''Maximum Insertion'' (2004), where she performs in a hardcore [[ménage à trois]] scene with Czech pornographic actress Veronika Pagacova and an actor credited as Robert. The latter production also features a hardcore [[lesbian]] scene with large-breasted Polish model Ines Cudna.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422646/ | title = Linsey Dawn McKenzie: Maximum Insertion (2004) | publisher = IMDb | accessdate = 2009-04-23}}</ref>


==Appearances==
==Mainstream television and film appearances==
[[File:D7K 1341 - Linsey Dawn McKenzie.jpg|thumb|upright|McKenzie at [[AVN Adult Entertainment Expo]] in 2011]]
McKenzie's mainstream television appearances include the [[BBC]] sporting quiz show ''[[They_Think_It's_All_Over_(TV_series)|They Think It's All Over]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0865847/ | title = They Think It's All Over (Episode dated 25 December 1997) | publisher = IMDb | accessdate = 2009-04-23}}</ref> the [[reality television]] shows ''[[I'm Famous and Frightened!]]''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402660/ | title = I'm Famous and Frightened! (2004) | publisher = IMDb | accessdate = 2009-04-23}}</ref> and ''[[The Salon]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0693662/ | title = The Salon (Episode dated 12 November 2003) | publisher = IMDb | accessdate = 2009-04-23}}</ref> and the science programme ''[[Brainiac: Science Abuse]].''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0531200/ | title = Brainiac: Science Abuse (Episode #2.9, 2004) | publisher = IMDb | accessdate = 2009-04-23}}</ref> In the United States, she has appeared on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0607531/ | title = Howard Stern (Episode dated 14 February 2003) | publisher = IMDb | accessdate = 2009-04-23}}</ref> On 8 September 2007, she appeared on a special charity edition of the BBC quiz show ''[[The Weakest Link]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1140822/ | title = The Weakest Link (Wags and Glamour, 2007) | publisher = IMDb | accessdate = 2009-04-23}}</ref> on which the contestants were all glamour models or celebrities with romantic connections to footballers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Laugh? We Could Have Cried|date=2008-05-28|work=The Daily Mail|last=Platell|first=Amanda|accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref>
McKenzie's mainstream television appearances include the [[BBC]] sporting quiz show ''[[They Think It's All Over (TV series)|They Think It's All Over]]'', the reality television shows ''[[I'm Famous and Frightened!]]'' and ''[[The Salon (TV series)|The Salon]]'', and the science programme ''[[Brainiac: Science Abuse]].'' In the United States, she appeared on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' in January 2003.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.linseysworld.biz/about/ | title = About: The Girl they call 'The Busty Legend' | accessdate =28 June 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110714055514/http://www.linseysworld.biz/about/ | archive-date=14 July 2011 | website=Linsey's World }}</ref><!-- The full interview appears at http://www.slutload.com/watch/R0ICRFK4Ts/Linsey-Dawn-Mckenzie-The-Whole-Howard-Stern-Show.html among other places, but the sex-oriented host site for the clip might not be a suitable reliable source.--> On 8 September 2007, she appeared on a special charity edition of the BBC quiz show ''[[The Weakest Link]]'', on which all contestants were glamour models who were dating or married to footballers. In December 2010, she featured with her husband Mark Williams on an episode of [[Living TV]]'s ''[[Four Weddings|Celebrity Four Weddings]]''. The episode also featured actress [[Tina Malone]], ''Big Brother'' contestant [[Spencer Smith (Big Brother)#Spencer|Spencer Smith]] and magician [[Paul Daniels]] and his wife, [[Debbie McGee]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livingtv.co.uk/shows/four-weddings/ |title=Celebrity Four Weddings official site |accessdate=7 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225033028/http://www.livingtv.co.uk/shows/four-weddings/ |archivedate=25 December 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/reality-tv/four-weddings-paul-daniels-debbie-mcgee-spencer-smith-tina-malone-and-lyndsey-dawn-mackenzie/|title=Four Weddings: Paul Daniels, Debbie McGee, Spencer Smith, Tina Malone and Lyndsey Dawn MacKenzie|accessdate=7 January 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221225558/http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/reality-tv/four-weddings-paul-daniels-debbie-mcgee-spencer-smith-tina-malone-and-lyndsey-dawn-mackenzie/|archivedate=21 December 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>


She has appeared in two documentaries about the lives of glamour models, ''The Curse of Page 3''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421123/ | title = The Curse of Page 3 (2003) | publisher = IMDb | accessdate = 2009-04-23}}</ref> and ''Girls Behaving Badly.''<ref>{{cite news|title=Treasure Chests|date=2003-01-25|work=The Sun|last=Adams|first=Beth|accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref> She has also played the character Beryl Fforbes-Juggs in [[Martin Gooch]]'s 2002 film ''Arthur's Amazing Things''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424808/ | title = Arthur's Amazing Things (2002) | publisher = IMDb | accessdate = 2009-04-23}}</ref>
Additionally, McKenzie has appeared in two documentaries about the lives of glamour models, ''The Curse of Page 3''; and ''Girls Behaving Badly''. She also played the character Beryl fforbes-Juggs in [[Martin Gooch]]'s 2002 film ''Arthur's Amazing Things''.


==Personal life==
==Breast reduction surgery==
In 1996, McKenzie became involved in an extramarital affair with 27-year-old footballer [[Dean Holdsworth]], who then played for [[Wimbledon F.C.]] The relationship received widespread attention in the British media.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Top 10 Footballers' Page 3 Playmates|date=15 January 2006|work=The Sunday Times|last=Aizelwood|first=John}}</ref>
McKenzie's large breasts had caused her physical discomfort since adolescence. A newspaper profile written when she was sixteen (and already wearing a size 34GG bra) noted that "she often gets backache, her boobs often feel as though they are bruised, and she has to wear extra-supportive bras with wide straps."<ref name=Stenson/> Her breasts continued to increase to a size 36HH. In December 2005, seven months after giving birth to her first child, she underwent [[breast reduction]] surgery to decrease their size to 36DD.<ref>{{cite news|title='Jordon 2' Jungle Bid by Linsey|date=2008-09-22|work=The Sun|last=Nathan|first=Sara|accessdate=2006-11-21}}</ref>


In 1998, she became engaged to actor [[Michael Greco (actor)|Michael Greco]], who at the time was playing the role of [[Beppe di Marco]] in the [[BBC]] soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=EastEnders Star to Wed Linsey Dawn McKenzie|date=29 August 1998|work=The Mirror|last=Grant|first=Clare}}</ref> She twice became pregnant over the course of her 15-month relationship with Greco, but miscarried both times.<ref>{{cite news|title=EastEnder Loses Baby|date=11 June 1999|work=The Mirror|last=Grant|first=Clare}}</ref>
==Family and personal life==
McKenzie is the youngest child of Tony and Lesley McKenzie, who divorced in 1987 when she was nine years old. She has two older siblings, a brother Scott and a sister Alyson.<ref name=Stenson/>


McKenzie began dating 21-year-old Terry Canty in 2000. The couple married on 21 April 2001<ref>{{cite news|title=Linsey Dawn the Aisle|date=22 April 2001|newspaper=The People|location=London, England|last1=Murray|first1=James|first2=Rachael|last2=Bletchly|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/LINSEY+DAWN+THE+AISLE%3B+I%27ve+left+behind+the+drugs%2C+phoney+friends+%26...-a073511397|via=The Free Library}}</ref> and Canty performed with McKenzie in her first heterosexual hardcore photoshoots and video. Scenes featuring the couple were released on the 2001 DVD ''Ultimate Linsey.'' The couple separated six weeks after their wedding, and they divorced in 2001.<ref name=Burniston/>
In 1996, aged seventeen, McKenzie became involved in a relationship with twenty-seven-year-old married footballer [[Dean Holdsworth]], who was then a [[Forward_(football)|striker]] for [[Wimbledon F.C.]] The relationship received widespread attention in the British media.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Top 10 Footballers' Page 3 Playmates|date=2006-01-15|work=The Sunday Times|last=Aizelwood|first=John|accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref>


In 2004, McKenzie began a relationship with former Wimbledon F.C. and [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] footballer [[Mark Williams (Northern Irish footballer)|Mark Williams]]. On 16 May 2005, she gave birth to the couple's baby boy. McKenzie married Williams on 5 January 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sexy Linsey's Wedded Bliss|date=8 January 2006|work=The People|last=Manley|first=Debbie}}</ref>
In 1998, she became engaged to actor [[Michael Greco]], who at the time was playing the role of [[Beppe di Marco]] in the soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=EastEnders Star to Wed Linsey Dawn McKenzie|date=1998-08-29|work=The Mirror|last=Grant|first=Clare|accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref> She twice became pregnant over the course of her fifteen-month relationship with Greco, but miscarried both times.<ref>{{cite news|title=EastEnder Loses Baby|date=1999-06-11|work=The Mirror|last=Grant|first=Clare|accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref>


==See also==
On 21 April 2001, claiming to have grown disillusioned with dating footballers and celebrities, McKenzie married twenty-one-year-old window cleaner Terry Canty.<ref>{{cite news|title=Linsey Dawn the Aisle|date=2001-04-22|work=The People|last=Murray|first=James|accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref> However, the couple separated after just six weeks, and their marriage ended in divorce after ten months.<ref name=Burniston/>
* [[List of British pornographic actors]]
* [[Pornography in the United Kingdom]]


==Notes==
In 2004, McKenzie began a relationship with former [[Wimbledon F.C.]] and [[Northern_Ireland_national_football_team|Northern Ireland]] footballer [[Mark_Williams_(Northern_Irish_footballer)|Mark Williams]]. On 16 May 2005, she gave birth to a baby boy named Luca Scott Mark Williams. Williams and McKenzie married on 5 January 2006 in a [[register office]] in London.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sexy Linsey's Wedded Bliss|date=2006-01-08|work=The People|last=Manley|first=Debbie|accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref>
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book|title=Temptress: The Linsey Dawn McKenzie Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=056EjgEACAAJ|first=Vikki|last=Dark|publisher=Chimera|year=2015|isbn=9781903136522}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.linseydawnmckenzie.co.uk/ Linsey Dawn McKenzie's UK Site]
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* [http://www.linseysworld.com/ Linsey Dawn McKenzie's US site]
* {{IMDb name|0571566|Linsey Dawn McKenzie}}
* [http://www.linseydawnofficial.net/ Linsey Dawn McKenzie's Official site]
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Linsey Dawn McKenzie
McKenzie at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in 2011
Born
Linsey Dawn McKenzie[1]

(1978-08-07) 7 August 1978 (age 46)
Brent, Middlesex, England
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Spouse(s)Terry Canty (2001–2002)
Mark Williams (2006–present)
Children1

Linsey Dawn McKenzie (born 7 August 1978[2]) is an English glamour model, pornographic performer,[3] and television personality who made her topless modelling debut in the Sunday Sport tabloid newspaper on her 16th birthday in 1994. Known for her naturally large breasts, she went on to feature in a wide range of adult magazines, websites, broadcast media, and videos, including pornography productions after 2000.

She has attained minor celebrity status in the United Kingdom, where she has appeared on a number of mainstream television programmes, such as They Think It's All Over, I'm Famous and Frightened!, The Weakest Link, and Celebrity Four Weddings. She has also appeared in documentaries about the lives of glamour models and was featured in Martin Gooch's 2002 film Arthur's Amazing Things.

Early life

[edit]

McKenzie was born in the London Borough of Brent[1] and grew up in Wallington in the London Borough of Sutton. She is the youngest of three children. Her parents, Tony and Lesley McKenzie, divorced in 1987.[2]

Career

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In early 1994, when McKenzie was 15, she sent sample glamour photographs to local modelling agencies. She began her modelling career by glamour modelling and swimsuit work, intending to progress to topless modelling when she turned 16 later that year.[2][note 1]

McKenzie at Erotica LA in 2006

As McKenzie approached her 16th birthday, the Sunday Sport tabloid newspaper expressed an interest in turning her topless debut into a media event. Throughout June and July 1994, it published pictures of McKenzie, counting down the days until it could legally show her topless.[4]

After she turned 16, McKenzie continued to model topless for the Daily Sport and the Sunday Sport. She also made Page 3 appearances in tabloid newspapers The Sun and The Daily Star; posed topless in lads' mags such as Loaded; appeared fully nude in British magazines such as Mayfair [5] and Men Only;[6] and performed in a variety of softcore videos.

On 29 July 1995, shortly before her 17th birthday, McKenzie did a topless streak at a televised cricket match between England and the West Indies at Old Trafford. Wearing only a thong and a pair of trainers, she ran onto the field with the words "Only Teasing" written across her breasts.[7]

After McKenzie turned 18 in 1996, she made her North American modelling debut in the breast fetishism magazine Score, which marked the occasion by making McKenzie the cover girl of its December 1996 "50th Anniversary" issue.[8]

In the late 1990s, McKenzie was frequently featured on the adult-oriented channels L!VE TV and Television X. She continued to appear regularly in magazines, DVDs, Internet sites, and broadcast media until late 2004, when she took a break from modelling to have a child and undergo a breast reduction operation.

A biography of McKenzie, Temptress: The Linsey Dawn McKenzie Story, was published in 2015.[9]

Appearances

[edit]
McKenzie at AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in 2011

McKenzie's mainstream television appearances include the BBC sporting quiz show They Think It's All Over, the reality television shows I'm Famous and Frightened! and The Salon, and the science programme Brainiac: Science Abuse. In the United States, she appeared on The Howard Stern Show in January 2003.[10] On 8 September 2007, she appeared on a special charity edition of the BBC quiz show The Weakest Link, on which all contestants were glamour models who were dating or married to footballers. In December 2010, she featured with her husband Mark Williams on an episode of Living TV's Celebrity Four Weddings. The episode also featured actress Tina Malone, Big Brother contestant Spencer Smith and magician Paul Daniels and his wife, Debbie McGee.[11][12]

Additionally, McKenzie has appeared in two documentaries about the lives of glamour models, The Curse of Page 3; and Girls Behaving Badly. She also played the character Beryl fforbes-Juggs in Martin Gooch's 2002 film Arthur's Amazing Things.

Personal life

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In 1996, McKenzie became involved in an extramarital affair with 27-year-old footballer Dean Holdsworth, who then played for Wimbledon F.C. The relationship received widespread attention in the British media.[13]

In 1998, she became engaged to actor Michael Greco, who at the time was playing the role of Beppe di Marco in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.[14] She twice became pregnant over the course of her 15-month relationship with Greco, but miscarried both times.[15]

McKenzie began dating 21-year-old Terry Canty in 2000. The couple married on 21 April 2001[16] and Canty performed with McKenzie in her first heterosexual hardcore photoshoots and video. Scenes featuring the couple were released on the 2001 DVD Ultimate Linsey. The couple separated six weeks after their wedding, and they divorced in 2001.[4]

In 2004, McKenzie began a relationship with former Wimbledon F.C. and Northern Ireland footballer Mark Williams. On 16 May 2005, she gave birth to the couple's baby boy. McKenzie married Williams on 5 January 2006.[17]

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  1. ^ At that time the minimum age at which a person could legally appear in pornographic material in England and Wales was 16, as set by the Protection of Children Act 1978. This minimum age was later raised to 18 by the Sexual Offences Act 2003, which went into effect from May 2004.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Search Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006".
  2. ^ a b c Stenson, Jules (26 March 1995). "Linsey McKenzie Is Big ... And She's Getting Bigger: The Making of Britain's Latest Wild Child!". The People.
  3. ^ "Watch Linsey Dawn's Webcam Show". Babestation Cams. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b Burniston, Julie (4 April 2004). "Glamour Model Says There's More to Her Than Just her 38GG assets". Daily Mirror – via The Free Library.
  5. ^ Mayfair, Vol. 30, Issue 3 (March 1995)
  6. ^ Men Only Vol. 60, Issue 12 (December 1995)
  7. ^ McSmith, Andy (9 July 2007). "The Naked Truth About Streaking". The Independent.
  8. ^ Graham, John, "Linsey: She's Finally Legal, and Now Everybody Can Enjoy This 18-Year-Old International Superstar!" Score, Volume 5, Issue 12, pg. 22–30 (December 1996)
  9. ^ Tom King (24 October 2015). "Linsey Dawn McKenzie's story told by Southend author Vikki Dark". Basildon, Canvey and Southend Echo. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  10. ^ "About: The Girl they call 'The Busty Legend'". Linsey's World. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  11. ^ "Celebrity Four Weddings official site". Archived from the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  12. ^ "Four Weddings: Paul Daniels, Debbie McGee, Spencer Smith, Tina Malone and Lyndsey Dawn MacKenzie". Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  13. ^ Aizelwood, John (15 January 2006). "The Top 10 Footballers' Page 3 Playmates". The Sunday Times.
  14. ^ Grant, Clare (29 August 1998). "EastEnders Star to Wed Linsey Dawn McKenzie". The Mirror.
  15. ^ Grant, Clare (11 June 1999). "EastEnder Loses Baby". The Mirror.
  16. ^ Murray, James; Bletchly, Rachael (22 April 2001). "Linsey Dawn the Aisle". The People. London, England – via The Free Library.
  17. ^ Manley, Debbie (8 January 2006). "Sexy Linsey's Wedded Bliss". The People.

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