British supermodel Lily Cole graduated with a very special type of honours in History of Art from Cambridge University.
24 June 2011
Lily Cole spotted with her bicycle at Cambridge University Photo: REX
Lily Cole, famous in the fashion world for her doll-like features and flame-coloured hair, has proved she has brains as well as beauty after getting the highest possible award in her subject at Cambridge University.
The model is among a small minority of students to get a double first class degree, which are only awarded to those who gain top marks in their first and final year exams.
Her achievement is particularly remarkable as she has spent the last three years juggling her studies with modelling and acting assignments. Even during her revision schedule she was filming for her debut in Doctor Who , in which she appeared as a man-killing monster called Siren.
"Lily is really pleased with her result and has been smiling ever since she heard the news," said a student at the university.
"Not many students get double firsts and she has done exceptionally well as she had a huge workload outside university too."
Lily, 23, has been at King's College for three years and divided her time between her studies and working in London. She is recently rumoured to have bought a �1 million apartment above St Pancras Station in North London and regularly commuted from there to Cambridge.
But throughout her time at the university she has thrown herself into college life, cycling to lectures, hanging out with her classmates and even modelling for the student newspaper.
Last term she also combined her university life and acting career by starring as the lead role in The Seagull play at the ADC Theatre.
But with her studies done and dusted, she plans to concentrate on an acting career after the summer.
With a role in Terry Gilliam's fantasy film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus already under her belt, she is set to grace screens with roles in upcoming films There Be Dragons and The Moth Diaries .
"Acting is something I've done since I was six years old, performing for my mum and my family in the living room, and I do it because my heart's in it," she said in a recent interview.
"I'll always try to follow my heart into things I love, and modelling is not something I'm dreaming of pursuing forever."
Lily is now said to be planning a holiday to celebrate her finals' result - sounds like she deserves it.
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