Trinny Woodall - Personal Life

Personal Life

Woodall has one daughter, Lyla (born 28 October 2003), and is stepmother to her ex-husband's son, Zak.

She married musician turned company director Johnnie Elichaoff in 1999, at her family church, St Columba's, situated in Pont Street, Knightsbridge. The church was the venue for her parents' wedding, Woodall's christening, and is where her Scottish grandfather is buried. Her wedding dress was made by designer Elspeth Gibson, while Woodall designed her own bridesmaids' dresses. Their shoes were designed by Christian Louboutin and differed according to the shape of the bridesmaids' ankles.

The couple announced their separation and intention to divorce on 19 October 2008. Woodall confirmed her divorce had gone through in August 2009.

Woodall formerly suffered severely from acne, which began in her early teens and stayed with her until she was twenty-nine. Her condition caused her to feel, in her own words, "unbelievably ugly for years". When the condition cleared up, she was left with extensive scarring, which she later successfully cleared by means of laser treatment. Woodall has freely admitted that she is a recovering alcoholic, having begun drinking heavily at age sixteen, but has been teetotal since she was twenty-six and still attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. Woodall recalls a defining moment at 3am when she realized that she no longer wanted to drink alcohol. She has commented that she spent a year in rehabilitation and changed her entire circle of friends in order to stop drinking alcohol.

Woodall has also had many problems with conceiving in the past. She underwent IVF treatment nine times and had two miscarriages before she became pregnant with Lyla. She is an avid supporter of charities, and stands as a trustee of the British charity The Chemical Dependency Centre, having also supported the Lavender Trust at Breast Cancer Care and The Elton John AIDS Foundation. She currently resides in a £1.5 million house in Notting Hill, west London, estimated to be worth £5 million in 2006, and reportedly made £3.2 million in 2007. Woodall has been criticised by The Daily Mail for looking too thin, but responded by declaring: "I've been nine stone for 20 years, I always eat what I want, it's not an issue for me".

Woodall and Susannah Constantine became the targets of gem thieves during a visit to the Cannes film festival in 2002. The incident occurred while they were sleeping at a friend's villa on the French Riviera. The thieves rendered them both unconscious through the use of chloroform, and then stole money and jewellery belonging to the two women. One of the items stolen from Woodall was an aquamarine ring which had great sentimental value for her.

A close friend of Elizabeth Hurley, Woodall agreed to perform a sangeet dance at the Hindu wedding celebrations of Hurley and Arun Nayar in March 2007, dancing with Hurley and six others, including Janet Street-Porter.