Lady Victoria Frederica Isabella Hervey

Hervey became a part-time catwalk model in a career move she hoped would take her into television presenting, but with her statuesque 6-foot height she took to the career full-time, ultimately modelling for Christian Dior. In April 2000, she and friend Jane Blight opened Knightsbridge fashion boutique Akademi. Frequented by Victoria Beckham, Meg Mathews and Martine McCutcheon, it closed in 2001 with debts estimated at £350,000. Hervey was reportedly only £20 out of pocket by the business failure but in the year following the closure, Hervey owed a series of personal debts. More recently, as of 2012, it has been reported that she has taken the position as Events and Society Editor for "The Untitled Magazine", a bi-annual cultural title fusing Fashion and Entertainment.
• Diarist/public figure
It was during the launch phase of Akademi that Hervey wore a risque dress to a party, which garnered high tabloid press attention. With no It girl to fill the gossip columns left empty by the cocaine-fueled downfall of Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Hervey became the new press It girl. The party invitations and resulting photographs made her a staple of the British photo-tabloids and cover girl for men's magazines. Hervey added to her own media publicity by penning the "Party Animal" diary column in The Sunday Times.