India Hicks

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India Hicks
Born India Amanda Caroline Hicks
(1967-09-05) 5 September 1967 (age 56)
London, England
Residence Harbour Island, Bahamas
Occupation Founder & Creative Director at India Hicks, Inc.
Partner(s) David Flint Wood
Parent(s) David Nightingale Hicks
Lady Pamela Hicks

India Amanda Caroline Hicks (born 5 September 1967 in London, England) is a former fashion model.

Early life

Hicks is the third child of Lady Pamela Mountbatten and David Nightingale Hicks, an interior designer of the 1960s and 1970s. Through her maternal grandfather, The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, she is a second cousin to The Prince of Wales, who is also her godfather.[1]

Brought up in London and Oxfordshire, she attended Gordonstoun school in Scotland, until she was expelled for entertaining boys in her room.[2][3][4] She spent holidays at the family estate in Ireland and at her father's self-designed and built Bahamian-holiday home.[5] In 1981, she served as bridesmaid to Lady Diana Spencer at her wedding to Prince Charles.[6]

Career

India has published three books: Island Life, Island Beauty, and, most recently, Island Style (which made The New York Times Best Seller List).

India is connected to a broad spectrum of tastemakers and is established as an influencer amongst modern, strong, entrepreneurial women.

Aged 17, she drove from England to Italy to meet designer Emilio Pucci. On arrival, he made her model all of his catsuits.[7] In 1990, Hicks graduated from the New England School of Photography in Boston, MA with a concentration in Color and Editorial photography [8] and graduated with Honors.[citation needed] She later moved to New York, and developed a career as a model in the 1980s and 1990s, working for Ralph Lauren and J. Crew amongst others,[5] and featuring in Tatler magazine; she was also the face of British brand Viyella.[9]

Hicks renovated and developed several plantation style guest houses and a hotel in the Caribbean with her partner David Flint Wood.[citation needed] She also owns the boutique 'The Sugar Mill' [10] where she sells clothes, bed linens and items gathered while travelling.

In 2007, Hicks hosted the second season of the Bravo interior design competition TV series Top Design.[11]

In 2011, she commentated on the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, for both ITV and ABC. She has been filmed as a royal commentator for the BBC, ABC, Channel 4, NBC, Oprah Winfrey[12] and Larry King.[13]

In 2015, she (along with business partners, Konstantin Glasmacher and Nicholas Keuper) founded India Hicks, Inc., a lifestyle brand that is sold through entrepreneurial women at home, online, or one-to-one.

Philanthropy

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Personal life

David Flint Wood, a former ad man turned decorator, is the father of Hicks' four children Felix, Amory, Conrad and Domino. They are also legal guardians of a Bahamian teenager, Wesley.[14]

  • Felix Austen Flint Wood (born 23 May 1997 Miami, Florida)
  • Amory John Flint Wood (born 25 June 1999 Miami, Florida)
  • Conrad Lorenzo Flint Wood (born 25 April 2003 Miami, Florida)
  • Domino Carmen Flint Wood (born 17 December 2007 Miami, Florida)

The family lives in the Bahamas.[4]

Ancestry

Family of India Hicks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Herbert Hicks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. David Nightingale Hicks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Iris Elsie Platten
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. India Hicks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Prince Louis of Battenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Countess Julia von Hauke
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Princess Alice of the United Kingdom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Pamela Mountbatten
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Evelyn Ashley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Wilfrid Ashley, 1st Baron Mount Temple
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Sybella Charlotte Farquhar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Edwina Ashley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Sir Ernest Joseph Cassel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Amalia Mary Maud Cassel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Annette Mary Maxwell
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preceded by
Jordan Brudenell
 Line of succession to the British Throne Succeeded by
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

References

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