Jean Broke-Smith

Jean Broke-Smith is an English etiquette and grooming expert. She was the principal of the Lucie Clayton school of grooming and modeling for thirty years, during which time she supervised a curriculum that included etiquette and deportment. Graduates of the school include the actress Joanna Lumley. Prior to that she trained as fashion designer, milliner and make-up specialist.

In recent years Broke-Smith has appeared in a series of television programmes on the subject of manners. She was 'head-teacher' in "Ladette to Lady", a reality television programme that emulated the curriculum of a finishing school; she was the etiquette expert on "The Family", another reality-television show in which a large extended family were sent to live in a large mansion house with a full domestic staff; she was a judge on "Australian Princess", a spin-off of an NBC show "American Princess", which purported to teach young women how to conduct themselves like princesses and make them fit to marry a prince. She appeared on "Faking It", teaching a girl from the north of England to present herself as a society 'lady'; in "Snobs"; and as an etiquette expert on "Britain's Next Top Model".

References

*Javin, Val, [http://www.examiner.co.uk/leisure-and-entertainment/2008/06/07/a-dream-of-being-stuck-with-a-star-86081-21036934/ A dream of being stuck with a star] , "Huddersfield Daily", 7 June 2008
* [http://www.firstartist.co.uk/client.asp?nm=jeanbrokesmith Jean Broke-Smith, Grooming and etiquette expert] , biography at First Artist Management
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*Broke-Smith, Jean, [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1830550,00.html Another view: The Boy Friend] , "The Guardian", July 26, 2006