Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Lily Cole partied at the Cannes Film Festival in France just days before her end of year exams

By Daily Mail Reporter
Her modelling career is going from strength to strength.
But it seems that Lily Cole is not just a pretty face, for the 21-year-old supermodel clearly has an IQ to match. She has passed her first year at Cambridge University with flying colours after being awarded a first.

The red-headed Marks and Spencer star, who is studying History of Art, had her results pinned up on the noticeboard outside the university's Senate House on Friday afternoon and was one of only three students who received the top grade.

It means that she scored an average of more than 70 per cent in her end of year exams.

If she repeats the feat in her final exams at the end of the third year, then she will be awarded a double first class degree.

The star will welcome the news after learning that she will not be having her contract with Marks and Spencer renewed as the retailer battles with the effects of the credit crunch.


Lily attended Salma Hayek's wedding with her boyfriend, US actor Enrique Murciano, in April this year

It is a remarkable achievement for the star, who as well as modelling is also carving out a reputation as a respected actress.

Lily won a place a three years ago to study social and political sciences, but took two years off to concentrate on her modelling career.

She then switched to a three-year history of art degree.

Throughout the past year she has tried hard to balance the demands of being an internationally renowned model with the rigours of her studies.


Student look: Lily in Cambridge mode (l) compared to her glamorous look modelling for Marks and Spencer (r)

While she has for the most part given up on the glitz and glamour of the catwalk, she seems unable to completely let go of her jet-set lifestyle.

In the days leading up to her end of year exams she was spotted partying and promoting her new film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus at the Cannes Film Festival in .

She has constantly been seen on nights out in with a host of celebrities including and Brian Ferry was spotted at a star-studded party in just days after staring her first term at the university.


Lily seemed to juggle the lifestyles of both glamorous model and dressed-down student with ease

Only 24-hours before she enrolled at King's College last October she appeared naked on the cover of Playboy magazine. She featured inside the magazine in a 14-page spread wearing just a pair of white socks and a giant pink teddy bear to preserve her modesty.

However, the added attention has clearly not hindered her progress.

'It's very important to pass the end of year exams,' said one of her fellow students. 'No one wants to be doing re-takes in their summer holidays. Lily will be very relieved to have done so well.'



Despite Lily's successful campaign with Marks & Spencer, the retailer was unable to renew her contract due to the recession

She has now left the university for the summer, but received her results in the post.

Lily scored straight As in her A-levels, gaining top grades in English, philosophy and ethics, and politics at Latymer Upper School in West London.

Her modelling career began at the age of 14 when she was spotted in a burger bar by a modelling scout from Storm, the agency who discovered .

Within days of making her debut at London Fashion Week, fashion labels were clamouring for her to represent them.


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