Holly Willoughby’s rise from children’s presenter to TV’s golden girl

The 42-year-old first entered the limelight when she was scouted by a modelling agency as a teenager

Holly Willoughby (Yui Mok/PA)

Holly Willoughby has enjoyed national treasure status during her 13 years presenting This Morning, rising from her roots in children’s television to queen of daytime TV.

The bubbly blonde presenter, 42, first entered the limelight when she was scouted by a modelling agency as a teenager before breaking into television in the noughties when she starred in CITV show S Club TV, a spin-off drama based on the lives of pop group S Club 7.