Career
Her statistics were quoted as 36-23-36. After studying classical ballet for nine years she took a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School. A dancing competition led to a request for her to model for Mission Selfridge.
This consequently drew her into the world of modeling and television commercials where she became an instant success.
She appeared on Page 3 of The Sun and in the Daily Mirror and built a huge following as a glamour model. In 1978 ATV made a documentary about her called "A Model"s Dream" in the series England Their England.
After a shoot with leading glamour photographer Patrick Lichfield, he was so impressed with her that he included her photo on the inside front cover of his book The Most Beautiful Women, a collection of his photographs. In 1979, the two major men"s magazines, Playboy and Penthouse, fought a very publicized battle over her for the first nude pictures.
Latham signed a contract with Bob Guccione and Penthouse which promised a fee of £70,000 for her to appear in the 10th Anniversary edition
Latham adorned nineteen pages of the magazine. That edition made United States. history, selling more in dollar percentage than any other magazine to date and making a profit of $18 million. After a brief affair with Guccione Latham"s contract was terminated with Penthouse when she fell in love with Guccione"s son.
She moved from New York to Los Angeles and briefly became the girlfriend of Hugh Hefner living in the Playboy Mansion.
In the early Eighties Latham returned to England to her Midland home in the village of Tettenhall. Latham was featured on the cover of Death Penalty, the debut album by NWOBHM band Witchfinder General.
lieutenant was released in 1982 on Heavy Metal Records. In 1982, Latham was involved in a serious car accident after which she gave up modeling to open the first "workout" keep fit studio in the United Kingdom. Her daughter, Elizablue Nairi, was born in Southern Spain in June 1985.
In later years, she studied drama at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, working under a director of the Royal Shakespeare Company and went on to play the lead role in a government funded film for the Arts.
Since then, she has continued working in the healing arts Despite several offers, she has refused to write her biography.
