USARDI IS ON MEND BUT HOW DID OTHER GIRLS DO...

PAGE 3 legend Linda Lusardi is on the mend following her coronavirus ordeal. Last week the star revealed she and husband Sam Kane were both struggling with Covid-19. But Sam has told how Linda has beaten the virus, dubbing her a “fighter”. She was one of

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THE Swindon blonde made her Page 3 debut in 1997 after being spotted in a double glazing advert.

She was so popular, she once earned £25,000 just for being photographed holding a Pot Noodle. Melinda, 49, has since presented and appeared on a string of TV shows such as Cowboy Builders and Dancing On Ice. But her life took a different turn when she qualified as a psychotherapist, spending the past five years working with clients. Melinda was married to Wayne Roberts, the father of her three children, but they split in 2012.

In 2018 she started dating coffee shop boss Chris Harding after they met on Channel 4’s Celebrity First Dates but they split eight months later.

BUBBLY Jo was one of the most popular glamour girls of the 1990s and a regular on the London party scene.

By 2007 she decided to swap the bright lights of the capital for a quieter life by the sea in Bournemouth.

But she soon found herself in

TAX office worker Linda was dreaming of opening her own hair salon when a photographer’s wife spotted her at a bus stop and convinced her to give glamour modelling a go.

Just 18 when she made her Page 3 debut in 1976, Linda went on to become the most popular newspaper pin-up ever.

With the cash rolling in, she retreated to the Hertfordshire countryside with first husband the grip of a condition called fibromyalgia, which left her with bloating, nausea, muscle pain and extreme tiredness.

Now 48, she has not been seen on TV since a 2008 appearance on

This Morning.

JUST 16 when she was turned away from a career in the police because she was too short, Sam’s mum instead entered her into a newspaper amateur modelling contest in 1983. The Londoner went on to become one of the most-photographed women of the decade, landing a fouryear Page 3 deal before quitting glamour modelling to become a pop star.

She proved to be a success in that area too, winning a BRIT Award for her debut single Touch Me.

As for her love life, after dating career criminal Peter Foster and Kiss star Paul Stanley, rumours of a lesbian romance between Sam and her housemate Cris Bonacci began to swirl.

And in 2003 Sam confirmed she was in a serious relationship with her manager Myra Stratton. The pair became civil partners in 2009 but Myra died from cancer in 2015 aged 60, leaving Sam devastated.

Samantha, 53, appeared in I’m A Celebrity in 2009 and Celebrity

Big Brother in 2016.

Terry Bailey, before they split in 1996.

Soon after she met second husband Sam Kane while starring in panto and they tied the knot in 1998.

The star, 61, has since carved out a name for herself as a TV actress, appearing in Emmerdale and The Bill, as well as competing in Dancing On Ice.

Last year she posed in a bikini from 30 years earlier – proving she’s still a stunner.

FRANCES KINDON