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Paul T Smith

Who is Channel 4 A Place in the Sun host Danni Menzies?

Danni Menzies is a Scottish model and TV and radio presenter who has been making waves with her online profile.

The stunning Scot has a massive following on social media, posting the most glamorous snaps of her life, from swanky holidays in the sun to super stylish photoshoots in London where she lives with her beloved pooch Kinky.

Boasting 104k fans on Instagram, Danni first shot to fame after joining Channel 4 's A Place in the Sun back in 2016 and also fronted Car and Country around the same time.

Property expert Danni has hosted A Place In The Sun for six years alongside fellow Scot Jean Johansson, Ben Hillman, Lee Juggurnauth, Leah Charles-King and Craig Rowe.

However, she stood down from the show this year and is now filming a reality show, The Challenge, with MTV and Channel 5.

The 33-year-old is from the small village of Kenmore in Perthshire and first started her career in showbiz after moving to London, where she conducted a series of high profile celebrity interviews.

Danni has worked for media giants Fashion TV, Couture Management, and Red24 Management.

Danni is keeping tight lipped about her relationship status for the minute, and is currently believed to be single. She confirmed to The Sun back in May that she recently went through a break-up and she previously was partnered with a former solider, but they parted ways back in 2020.

Danni has had her struggles with depression and anxiety and has openly spoken about her mental health in the past.

She's also a dog mum and has a Jack Russell called Kinky who she has had for over 10 years.

The model has previously admitted that she used to struggle filming abroad because she would be away from Kinky for so long.

Over the next year Danni will still appear on A Place in the Sun, even though she's finished up on the Channel 4 property show already.

It will still be a few months before she bids farewell to viewers for a final time.

Earlier this week, we reported the star says she is taking time out after being run down by a stolen moped - and injured to the extent her phone isn't recognising her face.

Danni took to Instagram on Monday to tell fans that she had been "taken out" by the vehicle after it lost control while riding on the pavement. She added that her situation wasn't "looking pretty" - but added that she would hopefully be better in a few weeks.

However, she hinted at the grievous extent of her injuries with a screenshot from her iPhone, in which the Face ID facial recognition system appears not to recognise her. She captioned the pic: "Looking forward to this not being a thing," signing it off with a laughing emoji.

She wrote: "Sooooooooo.....on Saturday I was taken out (on the pavement!!) by a stolen moped that lost control. Didn't see it coming and it's not looking pretty right now tbh."

"I'm sure I will be fine in a few weeks but in the meantime I might be a wee bit quiet on here." She ended the post with a white love heart emoji.

The scrape with a wayward moped rider is not the first brush she's had with danger. In 2018 she revealed she was almost kidnapped by a gang in Mexico while she was working as a model.

The experience left her so shaken she spent the next night locked in her room armed with scissors, terrified the gang would strike again.

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