Beth Ditto Celebrity

Name: Beth Ditto

Born: 19/02/1981 (Age: 30)

From: USA

Famous for: She's the large girl with the large voice

Beth Ditto was born on February 12, 1981. She grew up in Searcy, Arkansas, which apparently inspired the Kevin Bacon musical Footloose. Beth's upbringing was difficult because there wasn't a lot of money to go around and as a lesbian, she felt like an outsider. She would make friends only to feel conflicted by being attracted to them and unable to act on it.

Even with these difficulties, Beth's upbringing did introduce her to soul music and the sounds of Gladys Knight, one of her early inspirations. Age 17, Beth moved to Olympia, Washington with friends Nathan Howdeswell and Kathy Mendonca, which would later inspire her to bring music into all of their lives.

After being named "the coolest person in rock" by NME, one of three publications she posed nude for (alongside erotica magazine On Our Backs and London style bible Love), the band broke through to the mainstream with their third album's title track, "Standing In the Way of Control," written by Ditto as a response to the U.S. government's ban on gay marriage. Ditto's larger than life, uncompromising image turned her into an unlikely fashion icon, a development which resulted in her opening Jean Paul Gaultier's Spring Collection at the 2010 Paris Fashion Week, and creating her own collection for U.K. retailer Evans. After providing guest vocals on records by Calvin Johnson ( "Lightning Rod for Jesus" ), Simian Mobile Disco ("Cruel Intentions") and Jarvis Cocker (a duet cover version of Heaven 17's "Temptation"), she released her own solo debut self-titled EP in 2011.

She's been nominated for 'Sexiest Female' at the NME Awards (yes, we're not entirely sure why either) but was pipped at the post by Kate Moss. Another highlight (!) was posing nude for the lesbian magazine On Our Backs. Most recently you probably choked on your chewing gum when you spotted Beth, naked once again, on the cover of fancy new magazine 'Love'.