Leilani Dowding (born 30 January 1980)[1] is an English former beauty pageant titleholder, former glamour model, media personality and conservative commentator.

After attaining eleven GCSEs and three A-levels,[1] she began an economics degree at Royal Holloway, University of London, with the intention of becoming a city trader.

[1][7][8] Her reality television work has included the US show Tough Love Miami and the British programme The Real Housewives of Cheshire.

[11] She was engaged to former Wimbledon and Northern Ireland defender Mark Williams but ended their two-year relationship after he allegedly had an affair with glamour model Linsey Dawn McKenzie.

[2][14][15] During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dowding stated on twitter that "fat people cause the most strain on the NHS" and blamed them for, "making lockdown longer".

[16] She lived in the United States for over a decade, where she was briefly married to American actor and restaurateur Richie Palmer, a former husband of actress Raquel Welch.