Gemma Clare Collins (born 31 January 1981) is an English television personality and businesswoman. In 2011, she began appearing on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex, and following further appearances on television, she became a contestant on the seventeenth series of Celebrity Big Brother and the eleventh series of Dancing on Ice.
In August 2019, she began starring in her own reality series, Gemma Collins: Diva Forever.
Gemma Collins has swapped her glamorous outfits for a wetsuit to brave the rain for a canoe trip with her family. The former Towie star, 39, headed to Lymington in Hampshire for a day out with her brother Russell, 42, and her nephew Hayden, 12.
The trio were pictured hiring canoes and heading out onto the water for a fun day of adventures. Gemma, who filmed the outing for her latest reality TV project, was seen looking nervous as she got into the canoe and edged away from the shore.
She kept warm in a wetsuit which showed off her incredible three stone weight loss. A huge crowd gathered to watch as the star made her first tentative paddles before gaining her confidence.
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