Biography of Myleene KlassMyleene Angela Klass (born 6 April 1978) is a British classical pianist, commercial model, television and radio presenter, and former member of the UK pop group Hear'Say. Her pop success achieved 4 Top 10 singles, 2 of which were UK Number Ones. Hear'Say also released 2 albums, Popstars and Everybody.
Klass was born in Gorleston, Norfolk, England to an Austrian father and a Filipino mother. She comes from six generations of classical musicians on her father's side: Myleene's grandmother was an opera singer and her grandfather left his violin to her, which she later went on to play.
Klass began to learn the piano and violin from the age of four and then the harp at 12. She then took Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) exams in violin, piano and voice whilst still at school. She received an A grade in A-level music, and became a Norfolk County scholar.
Klass was educated at Cliff Park High School in Gorleston, before going to Notre Dame High School, Norwich for a short time. She then went to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and followed this with a postgraduate degree at the Royal Academy of Music.
Klass currently lives in Rotherhithe, London, and has had a 6 year on/off relationship with Graham Quinn, whom she met while in Hear'Say - he was part of the security team. Klass dumped Quinn the first time after it was revealed he was wanted in his native Ireland for fleeing a drugs dealing charge - he was later fined €1,500. She dumped him a second time after she suggested in the media that he had bullied her over her weight. However, in March 2006, Klass revealed that she and Quinn had become engaged
In December 2005, Klass was attacked by a group of teenagers in a newsagent in Bermondsey. Klass had a bag of chips dropped on her head, she was also pushed to the ground. The teenagers attempted to take photos of Klass on their mobile phones.
On 1 May 2006, Klass was involved in a head-on go-karting crash at a Red Bull charity go-karting event in Cardiff, South Wales.[18] In the event filmed for ITV2's Celebrity Daredevils series, Klass escaped with a badly bruised and strained leg.
On 20 October 2006, Klass revealed during Five's documentary From Gawker To Stalker, she had previously been sent a wedding dress by an over-enthusiastic fan. It was also revealed that the stalker had set up a shrine to Klass within their house.
On 1 April 2007 she announced she was pregnant, with the baby due on 7th September. As a result she delayed her wedding until 2008. She later announced that she got pregnant the night she got out of the jungle after starring in I'm a Celebrity.
The baby was born 3 weeks before her due date on 16 August 2007 at 13.45. She gave birth to a baby girl named Ava Bailey Quinn, weighing 5lbs 9oz. Her spokesman said: "Myleene presented The One Show and felt a bit weird on the way home. She went to the hospital to get checked out and they told her she was in labour".
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