YVETTE LIVESEY, born 1968, hails from Whalley in the Ribble Valley in North East Lancashire.

Educated at QEGS and Westholme, she began a modelling career at 15 which took her to the catwalks of Milan and Paris working for Chanel and Givenchy. In 1987 she became Miss United Kingdom, going on to represent the UK at the Miss Universe finals at Singapore in 1988. For reasons too complex to explain, Yvette also did eleven months as Miss England.

In the early 90's she worked as a feature journalist for Piccadilly Radio in Manchester and presented some children's TV programme for Granada Television.

She was the driving force behind the creation of 'In The City' in 1992 which has established itself as the annual UK music industry convention and has the reputation as the world's premier new music event.

In the mid nineties she was a founder partner of Musis33.com, a visionary website at it's time and the first music download site with fully operational encryption and micro payments.

With her partner Anthony Wilson she has created a number of businesses centred on their core operation, Livesey-Wilson Associates Ideas Management. They recently took on a contract to create a radical program of cultural, social and infrastructure proposals for Elevate the government initiative to regenerate East Lancashire.

Her new solo business, Art & Freight Ltd, represents top young designers and artists, from the North West particularly, and aims to take their work into different commercial fields and away form the gallery ghetto.

She is also presently setting up a music publishing company, Vinteuil Music.

She was a founder member of the Necessary Group, a cross-party collection of individuals fighting for a referendum and an elected Regional assembly for the North West.

In 2003 she did a few months as a columnist for the Manchester Evening News but that job seemed to end when she refused to dish the dirt on her partner's alleged use of the 'f' word during a Granada News Bulletin. She decided not to return to journalism.

Yvette is a member of the Clithroe Conservative Party, a strong antidote to her New Labour / Situationist partner, and features Running, Mountain-Biking and Painting as her main hobby activities.

She recently resigned her post on the board of the Royal Northern College of Music but continues to serve on the board of Manchester International Arts.

She splits her time between her loft in Central Manchester and a Beach side house in St Annes, just south of Blackpool, and ideal for walking, or running after, her dog, William -- a one year old Weimaraner.

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