Samantha Brick sure to think she's the most beautiful in the Big Brother house

Writer who wrote about burden of her good looks joins Julie Goodyear, Julian Clary, Martin Kemp and Coleen Nolan
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Jaymi McCann16 August 2012
The Weekender

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Samantha Brick is set to become the most ‘beautiful’ woman in the Celebrity Big Brother house, after joining the show last night.

Brick caused an uproar in April after she wrote an article in the Daily Mail about the burdens of her beauty and the jealousy she receives from other women both in her personal and professional life.

She is among the latest stars to enter the Big Brother House, along with Spandau Ballet’s Martin Kemp, former Coronation Street actress Julie Goodyear and comedian Julian Clary.

Goodyear, 70, became a household name in her role as Bet Lynch in the ITV soap and is by far the oldest contestant in this series.

Clary, a regular on Radio 4's Just A Minute and former Strictly Come Dancing star - and Kemp, who has carved out an acting career following his band's split notably playing Steve Owen in EastEnders - are both in their 50s.

They were joined by former Loose Woman and chart star Coleen Nolan, former EastEnders actress Cheryl Fergison and star of US reality show Jersey Shore, Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrento.

Nolan follows her former Loose Women co-star Denise Welch on to the show. Welch appeared in CBB in January, famously appearing topless and drunk but eventually emerging as the winner of the three-week run.

But the show has had a setback with one potential housemate - Duane "Dog" Chapman from US series Dog The Bounty Hunter - denied a UK visa.

The reality TV star was all set to appear but was prevented from doing so because of a 1970s murder conviction.

Channel 5 has increasingly milked the format since it bought the rights to Big Brother and this is the third celebrity version to launch in the space of a year.

But the audience for Monday's final of the normal Big Brother series shows it is experiencing diminishing returns. It pulled in an average of just 1.5 million viewers, making it the least viewed finale of a series to date - less than 40 per cent of the audience for the climax of Big Brother in 2010 before it was dropped by Channel 4.

Also taking part are Team GB judo competitor Ashley McKenzie and former So Solid Crew rapper MC Harvey, formerly married to Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon.

Glamour model Rhian Sugden, who hit the headlines after exchanging racy text messages with TV host Vernon Kay, is also taking part, along with lads' mag model Danica Thrall and Jasmine Lennard, a finalist in TV's Make Me A Supermodel who claims to have had a fling with Simon Cowell.

Milan-born Prince Lorenzo Borghese, who starred in US series The Bachelor, is also among housemates for the show, which runs for around three weeks.

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