As a child, she was educated at Hutchenson's Grammar School.
In September 1998 she was presented with the famous red book on This is Your Life.
Carol is a member of Mensa with an IQ rating of 148.
Carol is involved with CLIC Sargent, a charity for children with cancer.
Carol was one of "Tennant's Lager Girls" and she appeared in marketing promotions in her home town of Scotland.
In 2005 she switched over and joined ITV1 as presenter of the reality show A Brush With Fame, which was a search for the UK's best amateur portrait artist.
In 2004 she took part in a reality show called Gender Swap where she was transformed from a women to a man using prosthetic makeup .
Carol studied fashion at Glasgow School of Art.
Carol left Changing Rooms after 12 successful series on the show.
Won "Rear of the Year" in 1998