23 Facts About Chantelle Houghton

Chantelle Vivien Houghton was born on 21 August 1983 and is an English television personality and glamour model.

Chantelle Houghton was born on 21 August 1983 in Wickford, Essex, to her parents Allan and Vivien, and has an older brother, Gregg.

Chantelle Houghton attended Bromfords School in Wickford, the same school that Big Brother 8 winner Brian Belo attended several years later.

Chantelle Houghton left school at age 15 with seven GCSEs, then worked in a bank and as an insurance telesales representative.

Chantelle Houghton appeared as a Soccerette model on the Soccer AM show for Sky Sports and worked for a lookalike agency, portraying Paris Hilton.

Chantelle Houghton had originally applied to be in Big Brother 6 and was a stand-by for that series but was never called up, however producers decided to use her for the upcoming celebrity version as a "fake celebrity".

Chantelle Houghton entered the house on day one and became the first non-celebrity to enter Celebrity Big Brother.

Chantelle Houghton was told by Big Brother that her cover story was that she was a member of a fictional band called Kandy Floss.

Chantelle Houghton successfully fooled her housemates and survived to the end of the show.

Chantelle Houghton said, "I look like Paris Hilton, not on purpose but it's just the way it turned out".

Chantelle Houghton had to avoid being put in the No 11 podium to prove she had fooled the real celebrities that she was famous and to stay in the house.

Chantelle Houghton survived the task, being chosen to stand on the No 9 podium, ahead of Samuel Preston and Maggot, who insisted on placing themselves last.

Chantelle Houghton was then called to the diary room to discuss her identity with Big Brother.

Chantelle Houghton was nominated for eviction on Day 21, but was saved from eviction by the public as the other two nominees left the house in a double eviction.

Chantelle Houghton re-entered the Big Brother house for Ultimate Big Brother, following the conclusion of Big Brother 2010, and to signal the end of Big Brother on Channel 4.

Chantelle Houghton was nominated in the Most Popular TV Contender category at the 2006 National Television Awards, but was beaten by Nikki Grahame, herself a former Big Brother contestant.

In June 2010, Chantelle Houghton fronted a campaign for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, called 'Fight Impotence.

Chantelle Houghton has appeared as a guest on several TV shows since winning Celebrity Big Brother.

Chantelle Houghton announced her engagement to Preston on 11 April 2006.

The couple continued to give interviews to various magazines, with Chantelle Houghton losing weight and colouring her hair brunette to look more like Preston's former fiancee Camille.

Chantelle Houghton was in a relationship with British television presenter Rav Wilding.

Chantelle Houghton confirmed that she was pregnant by competitive fighter Alex Reid in November 2011.

On 17 June 2012, Chantelle Houghton gave birth to a daughter.