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NICOLE SCHERzINGER, 40. The Hawaiian- born former Pussycat Dolls singer made the UK her home as an X Factor judge and pines for Percy Pig sweets and fish and chips when away. The ex-girlfriend of Formula 1’s Lewis Hamilton was cast against type as has-been Grizabella in musical Cats because, as a critic put it: ‘Age has not even begun to get going on the withering process.’ CARL HESTER, 51. The rider from Sark in the Channel Islands won Britain’s first-ever dressage Olympic medal taking gold in the team event at London 2012 (and was then the only openly gay member of Team GB). He is at pains to point out he is not from a moneyed background, and learned to ride on donkeys. He said: ‘My parents aren’t horsey. They can’t stand horses, actually.’