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andy -lrb- left -rrb- , barry crocker -lrb- top , right thorpe -rrb- and co-host bob francis , centre , with guests barry humphries australia 5ad 5ad 2sm 3db melbourne , australia 17 november 1929 andy thorpe
 andy thorpe co-host
andy thorpe

andrena ` andy ' thorpe -lrb- 17 november 1929 , melbourne , australia -- 15 october 2010 , riverton , south australia -rrb- , was a former model and radio personality who worked at several australian radio stations in the 1960s and 1970s .
she is remembered most for her long running partnership with bob francis .
she was a successful model in melbourne modelling for noted photographers such as helmut newton and athol smith .
in 1952 she won the `` camera model of the year '' and in 1953 she was crowned `` queen of the southern beaches '' and won a trip to europe which proved to be a powerful influence on her .
in she moved to adelaide to open a school for models and married businssman tony gwynn-jones .
she was encouraged to work in radio after being spotted at a dinner party when outspoken women were still a rarity in adelaide at that time .
she was offered a morning chat program at adelaide 's 5dn with lionel williams .
in 1966 she moved to 5ad she was initially paired with rob lynch although after a couple of seasons she was paired with the conservative bob francis .
despite a frosty start the pair came to work very well on air with a fiery ` odd couple ' relationship that was a ratings hit for almost a decade .
andy left 5ad in 1976 and took a break from radio that involved extensive travels in india and a flight in a cropduster from adelaide to london .
returning to australia she worked in melbourne for 3db and 3rrr and in sydney with 2sm as well as with abc radio in adelaide .
she moved into public relations , working for the south australian museum and the victorian tourism commission for former south australian premier don dunstan .
