It's a modern Australian fairytale: a high-flying model and budding AFL star cross paths and, naturally, it's (almost) love at first sight. Rebecca Judd (née Twigley) and her now-husband, retired AFL player Chris Judd, first met back in the early 2000s in Perth when they were both on the cusp of adulthood. Bec, then aged 19, was enjoying a boozy Sunday session at Cottesloe Pub in Perth in 2002 when she locked eyes on Chris, who had just started playing professionally.
READ MORE: How one woman changed Hugh Grant's view on marriage The model and TV presenter has a vivid memory of their first meeting – and she spoke about it in a recent Instagram Q+A with fans. "It's weird, I didn't really have lots of boyfriends growing up and I was very, very, very picky and I saw him and I was like 'Damn! I like him'," Bec told her followers. "I was a bit drunk, I'd had a load of red wine so I was quite confident because I didn't really used to be confident with guys.
" At the time, Bec was living overseas and working as a model and had flown back Down Under for a short visit. Melbourne-born Chris, meanwhile, was playing for the West Coast Eagles in WA. "It was kind of instant.
I don't know if it was for him, but it was for me," WA-born Bec told Show and Tell in 2017. READ MORE: How a tragedy reconnected Dustin Hoffman to his wife of 44 years She's referring to the fact Chris was in a relationship with another woman at the time. "I'd swear I mentioned this to Bec that first afternoon.
