Laura Hamilton

For Laura Hamilton, the majority of 2012 has been spent filming abroad for Channel 4's award winning show 'A Place in the Sun'.

Laura got her first break in front of the camera in 2004, being cast as 'Melody' (with a love of music), in CITV's 'Fun Song Factory'. In 2006 she went on to become the female face of the kids channel Nickelodeon and covered many red carpet events and press junkets interviewing the likes of David De Rothschild, Gwen Stefani, Queen Latifah, Maroon 5 and Steven Spielberg. Laura also presented and wrote Nick Jnr's popular morning show 'Wake up World'; and she co-hosted 'Staraoke' for Cartoon Network.

In 2011, Laura was one of the 16 celebrities chosen to participate in ITV1's flagship show 'Dancing on Ice'. She had no problem capturing the audience with her fun and friendly personality, good looks, sheer determination and lust for speed and danger. After 12 gruelling weeks, she was crowned Runner Up.

Laura is passionate about charity work and is the Patron of 'REACH', The Association for Children with Upper Limb Deficiency. She is also a founding Ambassador of 'Wellchild' and supports 'Variety Club - The Children's Charity'.

In her spare time Laura enjoys property renovation and interior design and bought her first property at age 19 years which was entirely self funded. She has been skiing since age 9 and has a love for extreme sports. She enjoys wakeboarding and water skiing, and has sky-dived from 14000ft. On top of this, she also has a passion for travel and she has seen many parts of the world including most of Europe, East and West America, India, North Africa, UAE, Cuba, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Hong Kong, Australia, Fiji and Iceland.

As a keen writer, Laura regularly writes for 'A Place in the Sun' magazine and also reviews hotels for national publications.