    lady victoria frederica isabella hervey (born 6 october 1976) is an english model, socialite, aristocrat, and former "it girl". ==personal== lady victoria is the elder daughter of the 6th marquess of bristol and his third wife yvonne marie sutton. she is the older sister of the 8th marquess of bristol and of lady isabella hervey. her older half-brothers were the 7th marquess of bristol and lord nicholas hervey, both deceased. leka, crown prince of albania was her godfather.de-la-noy, michael. the house of hervey. london, 2001. isbn 1-84119-309-7 for the first two years of her life she lived at ickworth house, the family seat in suffolk, before her parents went into tax exile in monaco. educated at benenden school, she spent a gap year in florence and worked at advertising agencies in london. resident in los angeles, currently single, hervey has had relationships with several celebrities, most notably danish restaurateur mogens tholstrup, f1 race car driver david coulthard and boyzone member shane lynch. ==career== ===early work=== after turning down a place to read french and history of art at bristol university, her mother stopped her allowances and hervey reluctantly became a receptionist for producer michael winner. ===modelling/fashion=== 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 [[bouti
1976_births British_television_personalities English_expatriates_in_the_United_States English_socialites Hervey_family Living_people People_educated_at_Benenden_School