Gandy mụrụ na Billericay, Essex, England, nwa nke nne na nna nwere ụlọ na ụlọ ọrụ na-ebu ibu. N'oge ntorobịa ya, ọ na-etinye aka na ọtụtụ ihe omume ndị ọzọ, gụnyere rugby, ịnya ịnyịnya na ịgba egwú. Ọ chọrọ ịbụ dọkịta na-agwọ ọrịa anụmanụ mana akara ụlọ akwụkwọ ya adịghị elu. Mgbe ọ na-aga mahadum, ọ gara ịrụ ọrụ maka Auto Express, na-enyefe Porsches na Jaguars kachasị ọhụrụ na egwu maka ule. Tupu ya gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum nke Gloucestershire, ebe ọ na-amụ ọtụtụ kọmputa na ahịa, onye ụlọ Gandy tinyere ya (na-enweghị ihe ọmụma ya) n'asọmpi nchọta ihe nlereanya na ITV's This Morning nke Richard na Judy kwadoro. Na June 27, 2001, Gandy dị afọ 21 meriri asọmpi nke gụnyere nkwekọrịta na London Model Management: Ebe Gandy mụrụ?
Mahadum nke Gloucestershire