Chrystal Rose

Chrystal Rose was a television presenter.

Life & Career
Rose lived in London until 2005, then Atlanta, Georgia. Chrystal gave birth to her only child when she was 17.

At the age of 18, as a result of being photographed by her local newspaper in Acton, West London, Chrystal began to work as a fashion model and continued in the profession for 10 years. She has also worked as a choreographer, singer, make-up artiste and journalist. In 1984, she won 3rd place in a Channel 4 screenplay writing competition.

Chrystal was a member of the Royal Court Youth Theatre for 3 years, where she acted and sang in many productions. In 1990, she opened and ran her own management and PR company. In 1990, without previous presentation or production skills, inspired by Oprah Winfrey, Chrystal financed her own TV pilots from a bank overdraft facility and by selling personal assets such as her car, television and video. She was successful in creating her own talk show which Carlton TV commissioned and the Chrystal Rose Show ran for four series, although most people have never heard of it. Chrystal also hosted the “Chrystal Style Guide” for two years, which explored the fashion industry.

Chrystal’s first novel, “What a Bitch”, was published in 1996.

In 1997, Chrystal began to run a night club for 30+ professionals called Diamonds. When pitching an idea on Dragons' Den in September 2012, she said that Diamonds made £240,000 per year. She also opened her own fashion store in the West End of London called Chrystal’s, where she sold ladies clothes, shoes and accessories, on her own label. She has a line of jackets, tee and sweatshirts on her “What a Bitch” label.

1998 saw the launch of her own record label, Rose Records and she worked with American producer, Alan Glass on her own album, Independent. All 16 tracks are written by Chrystal.

In 1999, Chrystal played lead female in the stage play, Women On Top. She also acted in two Channel 4 programs, “Get Up, Stand Up” and worked with Rory Bremner, playing herself in Bremner, Bird & Fortune.

In 2002, Chrystal played lead Meg in the film, Secrets and penned the novel, NEVER 2 LATE. She has produced three new ideas for TV game shows going into production next year and has interest from 2 companies to develop her idea, Lost 4 Words, into a board game. She co-wrote the sound track for ‘Never 2 Late’ with Paul Atkins, who is the Executive Producer along with Chrystal on the film’s sound track.

In 2012, she was a contestant on Dragons' Den, pitching an idea for a word-based television gameshow, but it was not successful.