Vanessa cardui Vanessa cardui Vanessa cardui is a well-known colorful butterfly, known as the painted lady, or in North America as the cosmopolitan. "V. cardui" is one of the most widespread of all butterflies, found on every continent except Antarctica and South America. In Australia, "V. cardui" has a limited range around Bunbury, Fremantle, and Rottnest Island. However, its close relative, the Australian painted lady ("V. kershawi", sometimes considered a subspecies) ranges over half the continent. Other closely related species are the American painted lady ("V. virginiensis") and the West Coast lady ("V. annabella"). "V. cardui" occurs in any temperate zone, including
Vanessa White "Ghosthunting with... The Saturdays" (2010). As an individual, she also participated as a contestant in the first series of "Popstar to Operastar" and the seventeenth series of "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here". Vanessa White was born in Yeovil, Somerset, United Kingdom, to a Filipino born mother and a British father. She grew up with two siblings, an older brother, Ryan and a younger sister, Celine. As a child, White applied unsuccessfully to attend Performing Arts & Technology on several occasions. Like The Saturdays bandmate, Frankie Bridge, White enrolled at the Sylvia Young Theatre School based in East London.