Helen Adams

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This article is about the Welsh television personality. For the Australian soprano, see Helen Adams (soprano).

Helen Adams (born 30 May 1978) is a

Big Brother
, in 2001.

Big Brother

Adams was born in

tabloid press. Despite being the bookies' early favourite for eviction, she went on to take second place in the contest, losing to Brian Dowling in the final. Dowling polled 4,231,660 votes (58%) out of a total 7,255,094, while 2,680,463 viewers (37%) voted for Adams.[2]

Media career

After leaving the Big Brother house Adams was employed as a beauty advisor for

Sky television, Lorraine. However, she was dropped from the line-up a few months later.[3]

In 2001, she released a fitness DVD called Dance Workout with Helen, which was tailored to include humour and a sense of fun in the work-out, much in keeping with Helen's ditzy personality.

Since this time she has appeared as a guest panelist on the topical chat-show

Ready, Steady, Cook
, as well as featuring in several other Big Brother related documentaries.

In 2003, Adams appeared in the comedy gambling gameshow Banzai and in 2004 she was a contestant on Celebrity Fear Factor UK, along with Paul Clarke and Big Brother 3 contestant, Spencer Smith.[4]

In 2008, she guest starred as herself along with several other Big Brother housemates in

Dead Set
.

For the 2011

Red Nose Day Helen appeared alongside many other famous Welsh celebrities in a parody song called "Newport State of Mind
".

Personal life

Adams has revealed that she has dyslexia. She has since lent her support to a government literacy campaign.[5]

Before entering the Big Brother house, Adams was romantically involved with a Welsh sales engineer, Gavin Cox; however, he publicly dumped her after watching her antics with her fellow housemate, Paul Clarke.

magazines, particularly Heat
, which interviewed the couple every few years to see how their relationship had developed.

During her time as a panelist on Loose Women, Adams indicated that she was approached about the possibility of filming a

fly-on-the-wall documentary
series about her life together with Clarke. The couple turned down the offer, opting to stay out of the limelight and concentrate on a normal life together.

However, in June 2006, Adams and Clarke confirmed they had split up after a five-year relationship. The couple told Heat magazine that they realised they got on better as friends and also blamed the pressure of fame for the break-up.[7] Clarke claimed the last few months had been "hell" and Adams commented that they would stay close friends.[8]

Following her split from Clarke, Adams moved to Portishead where she works as a stylist for Saks.[9]

References

  1. ^ Salon's rooting for Helen! South Wales Argus Archived 1 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "4.2m vote Brian winner of `Big Brother'", The Independent. URL last accessed on 2007-02-20.[dead link]
  3. ^ "WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Archived 20 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine", gonna.co.uk. URL last accessed on 2007-02-20.
  4. ^ "Where Are They Now? Archived 27 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine", Digital Spy. URL last accessed on 2007-02-20.
  5. ^ "Helen Adams BBC profile Archived 27 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine", BBC. URL last accessed on 2007-02-20.
  6. ^ "Brian wins Big Brother Archived 8 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine", BBC. URL last accessed on 2007-02-20.
  7. ^ "Big Brother Helen and Paul split Archived 28 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine", BBC. URL last accessed on 2007-02-20.
  8. ^ "BB Paul and Helen split after 5 years Archived 15 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine", Digital Spy. URL last accessed on 2007-02-20.
  9. ^ Simpson, Rin (26 May 2007). "Blonde ambition". Western Mail. Retrieved 20 June 2007.[dead link]

External links

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