Toni’s parents separated when she was just a baby and the family split up, herself and her big sister Roma lived with her father and step family where Roma pretty much raised her. When she was a young teenager she went to live with her ‘little nanny’ Mary in Oval, london. These were the happiest years of her childhood, enjoying her nanny’s Lancashire hotpots and trips to the seaside Leysdown-on-sea on the coast of the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. Toni was cheeky, sociable and adventurous from a young age- she even shaved off all her hair!
Toni was born to Anthony (Tony) and Heather Miller. Toni had 2 older sisters- Roma who passed away in 2007 and Tracey who lives in the UK. She also had 2 younger step siblings. She was like a second mother to her sister Romas 2 boys Michael and Jack, especially after Roma passed away. She married Patrick Merlehan in October 1989 and had 1 daughter – Amie. She also was like an adoptive mother to Camilla.
Toni was once a professional model featuring in magazines and on a record cover.
She learned how to practice reiki healing and reflexology.
She studied art at college as an adult.