Background
Laura Lacole was born and raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Laura Lacole was born and raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Her first modelling job was for a racing championship, during which she was published in motorsport magazines, including Modified Motors and Fast Carolina. She then modelled in Europe for racing events. At the age of 18 she worked at Paris Tuning Show and Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in France as a performer.
Her modelling progressed to glamour in 2008 at the age of 19 and has since been referred to as "Northern Ireland’s only Glamour Model" by the press
Laura has been published in magazines and newspapers across the world. Her presence is strong in the Irish and United Kingdom press where she is frequently featured.
Since early 2012 Laura has become a public speaker on television and Radio across the United Kingdom and Ireland taking part in debates as a representative of her industry and a voice for young women, being broadcast on stations such as the British Broadcasting Corporation and UTV. In September 2012 she appeared on British Broadcasting Corporation Newsnight to give her opinion on the "Remove Page 3" campaign. Throughout 2012 and 2013 she has been a regular contributor for Sony Award winning broadcaster Stephen Nolan on both his television and Radio shows.
In March 2013 Laura debated on whether women should trade on looks on the Mark Forrest show which was aired to every regional British Broadcasting Corporation radio station in Britain.
She is currently competing to go to space in a suborbital flight with the Lynx Space Academy competition.