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Peta Todd, stunning model who turned professional driver

Former glamour model Peta Todd joined an elite group of drivers to complete the punishing World Rally Championship finale after a difficult weekend. The wife of Mark Cavendish was involved in a crash on the first

In 2008, she cycled 400 miles (640 km) in 5 days raising over £3,000 through sponsorship and a further £4,000 by auctioning her bicycle and cycling shorts on the last day of her ride for the Help for Heroes charity.

Todd has also travelled to Afghanistan to boost the morale of the British troops stationed there. She is the charity's 'official pin-up' and patron, and has completed many challenges for Help For Heroes including skydives, wingwalks and bobsleighing and she completed the London Marathon 2010 in aid of the charity.

In 2010, Todd received an award for outstanding contribution to the charity which included a personal meeting with Prince William.