Nikki Grahame
| Nikki Grahame | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 April 1982 (Age 30) Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Television personality |
| Television | Big Brother 2006 Ultimate Big Brother Princess Nikki Celebrity Coach Trip |
| Website | |
| www.nikkigrahame.info | |
Nicola Rachele-Beth "Nikki" Grahame[1] (born 28 April 1982, Watford, Hertfordshire[2]) is a British television personality. She rose to fame in the UK when she was chosen to be a housemate on Big Brother 7 in 2006. A former model and promotions girl, Grahame has become renowned for throwing temper tantrums[3] — behaviour that divided viewer opinion during her time on Big Brother. It led to her being given her own reality television show called Princess Nikki. She has been reported in the tabloids for fighting in the street.
Grahame won a National Television Award for most popular TV contender in 2006.[4] As of 2007, Grahame writes a regular column in OK!'s "Hot Stars" magazine.
Grahame spent most of her adolescence in psychiatric hospitals. She has the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, a condition that left her comatose and near death at the age of 12.[5] She has told about her experience in two autobiography books called "Dying To Be Thin - The True Story Of My Lifelong Battle Against Anorexia" released in 2009 and "Fragile - The True Story of My Lifelong Battle With Anorexia" released in 2012.[6] In October 2011, Grahame said she had relapsed and was suffering from anorexia again. She had checked into her 11th institution and weighed just 78 lb (5 st 8 lb).[7][8]
References [change]
- ↑ England and Wales Birth Index, 1837-1983; district Brent, volume 11, page 1494, quarter April/May/June
- ↑ "Nikki Grahame". myvillage.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20061104191218/http://www.myvillage.com/pages/celebs-bigbrother-7-nikki.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-09.
- ↑ "E4 show for Big Brother's Nikki". BBC. 2006-07-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5217170.stm. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
- ↑ "Dr Who scores TV awards hat-trick". BBC News. 2006-10-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6104048.stm. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
- ↑ Iggulden, Caroline (2006-07-17). "The official Nikki story". London: The Sun. http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2006320767,00.html. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
- ↑ http://www.johnblakepublishing.co.uk/e-store/Nikki-Grahame-Dying-to-be-Thin.html
- ↑ Fletcher, Alex (2011-10-26). "Nikki Grahame confesses to anorexia relapse". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/s149/big-brother/news/a347603. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
- ↑ "Nikki Grahame: I'm anorexic again". The Sun. 2011-10-26. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3894933/Nikki-Grahame-Im-br-anorexic-again.html. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
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