Davina McCall and was broadcast on Channel 4 from January 5 until January 27, 2006, running for three weeks.Eleven housemates entered the house on launch night but only 10 of them were being paid for their appearance.Chantelle was a non-celebrity but ended up going on to win the show and was awarded £25,000 for her victory.Controversies emerged during the run of the series such as the participation of a sitting Member of Parliament and a coat belonging to an Eighties' pop icon was removed from the house.Chantelle Houghton was the first-ever non-celebrity housemate to enter the CBB house.Prior to joining the show, she worked in promotions and as a Paris Hilton lookalike.She had auditioned for Big Brother 6, but was instead chosen for the Celebrity series.Chantelle was the first housemate to enter on Day 1 and was immediately told her secret mission to pretend she was a real celebrity in a girl group called Kandy Floss.She managed to fool her housemates into believing this after they ranked her the ninth most famous housemate in a task on Day 4.She was crowned the winner in the series final, receiving 56.4% of the final vote.Chantelle, now 38, went on to marry her fellow housemate Preston after the show, but they divorced 10 months later.In 2010, she appeared as a contestant in Ultimate Big Brother and finished third.The TV personality has spent a total of 41 days in the Big Brother House; 23 days for Celebrity Big Brother 4 and 18 days for Ultimate Big Brother.In January last year, it was reported that Chantelle got "so bored" at home during lockdown so decided to take on a new career as a Body Shop consultant.She explained that she wanted something else to focus on rather than just homeschooling her daughter Dolly,.
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