Nina Carter (born Penelope Jane Mallett[Wakeman 1995, p. 170.] on 4 October 1952) is an English model and occasional singer.
Career
As Penny Mallett, she appeared nude on the cover of the magazine
Mayfair in 1971 (Vol.6, No.9), as well as featuring in a fully nude pictorial occupying the centre pages. This was her second nude photoshoot, but she claimed in a 1978
Evening Times interview to have been unaware the photos "were going to be anything but tasteful" or they would appear "in one of the really naughty magazines".
Later, as Nina Carter, she was a popular topless Page 3 girl in
The Sun; the
Evening Times article stated her measurements were 34-23-34, earning her the nickname 'The Body'.
In 1981 she appeared in the video for the Ph.D. song "I Won't Let You Down", as the girlfriend of Jim Diamond.
Together with Jilly Johnson, Carter formed a musical duo, Blonde on Blonde, which was successful in Japan. She also had a cameo in the movie An American Werewolf in London, featuring in a television advertisement for a kiss-and-tell article ("The Naked Truth About Naughty Nina") in the News of the World prior to David Naughton's first "transformation" into the titular beast.
Personal life
Carter married former Yes keyboard player
Rick Wakeman in 1984, and they divorced in 2004.
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