Tracy Neve

Tracy Neve- also incorrectly called Tracey is a British former model of the Page 3 genre who pushed back the frontiers of the genre in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Born 1968, Warlingham, Surrey, England; Neve was signed up by tabloid newspapers eager to jump on the big boobs bandwagon after the success of Samantha Fox. Neve's impressive DD bust and Irish/Gypsy looks made her highly popular.

At this time, Page 3 girls appeared topless only and in black and white- nude work considered to end a career. Mens magazines and nude work were considered what B or C list models did; Neve moved into this field and for a time could be seen nude in top-shelf magazines the same week she was topless and cheesecake in family newspapers.

She took part in a long running series for the magazine Parade run by David Sullivan, and went nude in Penthouse. Her work appears tame now but was raunchy for the time, appearing oiled up and in some shots, breaking another taboo by appearing nude alongside [albeit fully dressed] men.

Neve also made a striptease video for the UK market, albeit playing the character of a stripper and not herself. It was little surprise that with the conventions of the time, she chose to go no further and soon announced she was retiring at the age of 21 as she was pregnant with her older lover's child.

Neve's other claim to fame has been the number of unattributable Internet myths circulated about her in the years since 1990. She has been said to have had serious alcohol problems; serious health problems due to many years of alcohol abuse; to have appeared on Canadian TV discussing her battle with the bottle; to have attempted a comeback in her mid 30s to seemingly avoid financial ruin. Not one of these allegations has yet been been proven; however, rumours of such behaviour persist. Neve's supporters insist that she is like many topless models of the time in which she just seeks to lead a life as a private citizen without media attention.