Carol Vorderman looks unrecognisable in throwback snap before she found fame on Countdown

Carol Vorderman has been connected our screens for galore years, archetypal uncovering fame connected Countdown – but she looks precise antithetic successful an unearthed drawback from her assemblage days

Carol Vorderman stole the spotlight backmost successful 2018 portion hosting 'My Single Life', travelling crossed the UK to delve into the highs and lows of dating. She spent a fortnight that twelvemonth chatting to an eclectic premix of singletons astir their solo adventures.

The esteemed fig cruncher concluded her travel with a bang during a jaunt to Cambridge, gathering 2 fabulous over-50s ladies who were smashing azygous life. Teasing the candid chit-chat, Carol dished retired immoderate blistery nostalgia connected ITV, taking viewers for a travel down representation lane with a throwback to her ain uni days.

The Cambridge alumna displayed a radiant snapshot from those days, featuring Carol decked retired successful her graduation regalia. A youthful Carol erstwhile sported a wildly voluminous mane of acheronian curls and nabbed an Engineering grade from Sidney Sussex College. Back successful the day, she was touted arsenic 1 of the youngest women to summation introduction there.

Pre-Countdown fame, she worked arsenic a inferior civilian technologist astatine the Dinorwig Power Station successful Wales and besides chopped her teeth arsenic a absorption trainee successful Leeds. In an engaging chat connected Lorraine, astatine the clip of the show, Carol opened up, reflecting: "It's been eye-opening seeing what happens [when you're older and single]."

The telly favourite continued, "We request to observe who we are without compromise." She past happily sent her champion wishes to all, advocating for radical to cherish their "freedom and happiness" successful the look of life's trials.

It's thought Carol is presently azygous and has, successful the past, opened up astir dating aggregate men. Expanding connected the taxable during her chat with Michelle Visage connected the Rule Breakers podcast, she explained: "The connection astir a pistillate of my procreation is that if you had much than 1 spouse erstwhile you got joined you were this, you were that. Everything was derogatory astir a woman, that was the situation I was increasing up in. It was similar 'she's desperate,' everything was judgmental."

Having said 'I do' 2 times successful her life, Carol walked down the aisle astatine 24 with Christopher Mather successful 1985, but the national sadly ended aft a year. Her 2nd matrimony was with absorption advisor Patrick King successful 1990, a concern that blessed them with 2 children earlier they parted ways successful 2000.