Christa D'Souza is a freelance British journalist, contributing regularly to British Vogue and The Sunday Times

The Sunday Times

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Career

D'Souza has written for publications such as The Guardian

The Guardian

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, the Daily Mail

Daily Mail

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, The Times

The Times

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, The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph

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, Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair (magazine)

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, the Evening Standard

Evening Standard

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, and W (magazine)

W (magazine)

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, in addition to her current role as contributing editor of British Vogue. D'Souza was previously Editor-at-large of Tatler

Tatler

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In her articles, D'Souza often probes body issues such as ageing, weight-control, Anorexia

Anorexia (symptom)

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, food and diet, cosmetic surgery, health, and her own battle with cancer. D'Souza's articles have been praised for their humour and honesty and are often autobiographical and controversial in their subject matter – taking Vogue 'where it's never been before by publishing a three page article entitled Poo, the Last Taboo.

D'Souza also specialises in interviews, and regularly does the cover star interview for British Vogue (such as Rihanna

Rihanna

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, Adele

Adele

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, Cheryl Cole

Cheryl Cole

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 and Alexa Chung

Alexa Chung

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 in recent years). D'Souza has also interviewed celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow

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, Halle Berry

Halle Berry

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, Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones

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, Dannii Minogue

Dannii Minogue

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, Ronnie Wood, Salma Hayek

Salma Hayek

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, Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan

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, Trudie Styler

Trudie Styler

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, Renée Zellweger

Renée Zellweger

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, Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

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 and Kanye West

Kanye West

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, as well as designers such as Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen

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, Tom Ford

Tom Ford

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, Stella McCartney

Stella McCartney

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, Christopher Kane

Christopher Kane

-Biography:Kane was born as the youngest of five children in Newarthill, near Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, to an engineer and draughtsman and housewife mother....

 and Donatella Versace

Donatella Versace

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 for various magazines and newspapers.

Personal life

D'Souza is the daughter of Lord Speaker Baroness D'Souza. She lives in West London with long-term partner Nicholas Allott (Managing Director of Cameron Mackintosh Ltd) and their two sons. Nicholas also has two sons from his marriage to Anneka Rice.

Charity Work

D'Souza is a keen supporter of the school that her mother co-founded, the Marefat High School in West Kabul, Afghanistan. D'Souza visited the school with her mother in 2010, and co-hosted the Marefat Dinner fundraiser with Oxford's Aloysius Society

Aloysius Society

The Aloysius Society is a philanthropic group of Oxford University students dedicated to supporting those in need around the globe. Aloysius members organise large-scale events to raise money and awareness for their chosen charities...

 at The Connaught (hotel)

The Connaught (hotel)

The Connaught in Carlos Place, Mayfair, central London, is a five star luxury hotel.The hotel first opened in 1815 as the Prince of Saxe Coburg Hotel, an offshoot of a hotel opened by Alexander Grillon in Albemarle Street, Mayfair, and was originally a pair of Georgian houses in Charles Street,...

in February 2011. The dinner raised over £150,000 for the school.