Jo Guest

About Jo Guest

Joanne Guest, known as Jo Guest, was born on February 22, 1972, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, and grew up on Poplar Drive in Glapwell. Of English descent, she attended the former Heath School (1963-1991) and studied Hotel Management at Chesterfield College while working as a magician’s assistant and taking a catering course. At the height of her popularity in the 90s there was a long-standing rumor that Guest was the pretty magician's assistant who was working with Tommy Cooper when he died on stage during a televised magic show in 1984 of a massive heart attack. But as the internet became more prevalent in the early 2000s, and older TV shows were getting uploaded on platforms like YouTube, it was clear that Guest was not the assistant. Born in 1972, she also would have been only 12 years old in 1984.

She began modeling after responding to a local advertisement. When she first went into the agency with her medium-length dark brown hair, she was told to wait in the lobby, and they might get to her. She left after 20 minutes. She went home and dyed her hair blonde. She returned the next day and was immediately ushered into meeting the owner and was shooting that day with their photographer, who would send her pics to every lad's mag in Britain. Known professionally as Jo Guest, with aliases like Hollie Dahlberg and Joanne Guest in some publications, she appeared as a Page 3 girl in The Sun (1993-1998) and featured in British “top shelf” magazines like Mayfair, Men Only, Men’s World, Escort, Razzle, and Whitehouse. Her Loaded cover was projected onto the Houses of Parliament in May 1998, and she starred in the Playboy video Shagalicious British Babes. From 2000, she hosted shows on Granada’s Men and Motors channel, including Jo Guest’s Private Parts (1998), Undressed with Guest (1999), Jo Guest in Jamaica (2000), Jo Guest’s Capital Exposed (2002), The Steam Room (2004), and Jo Guest UK Exposed (2004), often involving erotic content. She also appeared in the 1995 Blur music video “Country House,” the PC game Jo Guest in the Milk Round (1994), and the third series of I’m Famous and Frightened! (2004).

She had an interactive website with Men’s World magazine starting in 1993, one of the earliest digital extensions of her brand, and contributed to Interactive Girls, an erotic PC magazine. Her advice columns, including a weekly “agony babe” feature in the Daily Star (November 1998-March 2000) and a monthly column in Front magazine (from June 2002), engaged audiences with her persona, akin to modern influencer Q&As. As of July 2025, her social media activity is minimal, with no verified Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube accounts, though fan pages on platforms like Babepedia and SpankBang curate her past content, reflecting her enduring appeal. Fans on Reddit and Babepedia praise her as “the best-known English nude model of the 1990s,” noting her “stunning” figure and charisma, with comments like “the best arse in the business” highlighting her iconic status.

While Guest was a softcore model her entire career, she did use her hand on her male partner's erect penis in numerous shoots to simulate oral and vaginal penetration. She has said she would give them a handjob and sometimes perform oral to keep them excited and hard to shoot. She was never paid for these acts since it was expected of a model at that time, even if they were doing softcore. Looking back, she says she now feels taken advantage of by the magazines and photographers. "After my first shoot, I went to the photographer and asked why he expected me to give my costar a blowjob when I wasn't doing hardcore. I was told it was my job to keep the male performer erect, otherwise none of us would get paid, and that all glamour models did this. The act wasn't being photographed or filmed, so I would not get paid extra for it. I should have put my foot down, but I just wanted to keep modeling and not get a bad reputation." At the end of her career, she did her only hardcore content when she penetrated herself with a dildo and masturbated on a few cam shows.

Standing at 5’5” (165 cm) and weighing approximately 53.9 kg (120 lbs), with measurements of 34C-24-34, brown eyes, and naturally brown hair (formerly dyed blonde), Jo was considered one of the most beautiful women in Britain during her reign over UK Glamour modeling. Her appeal stemmed from her confident, approachable style, seen in shoots for Playboy Sweden and Only Tease. She was romantically linked to footballer Phil Babb in 1995 and was married twice, and is currently single in 2025. Her estimated net worth ranges from $1.5 million to $5 million, derived from modeling, TV hosting, and past endorsements, though some sources like CelebsAgeWiki inflate figures without substantiation. In 2008, she faced a 14-month undiagnosed illness that halted her work, later confirmed as fibromyalgia after appearing on This Morning, a diagnosis aided by viewer input, marking a rare personal disclosure. As of July 2025, Jo Guest remains a retired figure, with no active social media presence but a lasting legacy in glamour modeling, evidenced by fan-driven online tributes.