Education
University of Leeds.
University of Leeds.
Born in Oldham, Greater Manchester and brought up in neighbouring Rochdale, to a Sri Lankan mother and an English father. She was signed to Elite Modelling Agency before her 15th birthday but is no longer a signed model at the agency. Shields became Mission United Kingdom International and represented the United Kingdom in Mission International 2004, placing in the top 10, and was the 3rd runner up in Mission Europe 2005.
She was a model on the National Broadcasting Company show Deal or Number Deal, holding case number 22 for season 2.
She was listed in Stuff magazine"s 101 sexiest women online in 2005 and has appeared in numerous magazines. Shields stopped modelling to concentrate on school, earning a masters degree in chemical engineering from Leeds University.
She is a member of the high- intelligence quotient society Mensa.