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Nicola Rachele-Beth Grahame (born 28 April 1982 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is an English model, columnist and television personality, who rose to fame in the UK when she was chosen to be a housemate on Big Brother 7 in 2006. Grahame's conspicuous temper tantrums divided viewer opinion during her time on Big Brother and subsequently led to her being given her own reality television show entitled Princess Nikki. Grahame won a National Television Award for most popular TV contender in 2006, and featured in a series of advertisements for Domino's Pizza. As of 2007, Grahame writes a regular column in OK!'s "Hot Stars" magazine. She appeared in the tenth series of Big Brother, competing in a Silent Disco task against Karly Ashworth, as part of the Big Brother UK Tenth Anniversary Celebrations. After entering the UK Big Brother house again in 2010 she placed 2nd as part of Ultimate Big Brother.

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Rachele-Beth Grahame[1] (born April 28, 1982)[1] from Watford, Hertfordshire[2] 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[4] and subsequently led to her being given her own reality television show entitled Princess Nikki.[3] Grahame spent most of her adolescence in psychiatric hospitals, battling with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, a condition that left her comatose and near death at the age of 12.[5] The Big Brother production company, Endemol, was criticised for including her in the programme and endangering her fragile mental state in favour of viewing figures. Nikki Grahame and her older sister Natalie[7] were born to parents Susan and David Grahame.[8] Grahame describes her childhood as the "happiest ever",[5] however a series of upsets followed, when at the age of eight, her parents divorced and her grandfather, whom she was extremely close to, died from cancer.[5] Grahame was raised by her mother, Susan, after her parents` separation.[8] Grahame — who has been described as a "daddy`s girl" — was really hurt by the split.[7] During this time Grahame attended gymnastics classes and began showing early symptoms of the eating disorder anorexia — feeling inadequate and fat in her leotard. She began cutting out food as a means of gaining control and keeping her mother close to her.[5] [edit] Anorexia nervosa Grahame`s disorder continued to escalate until her parents had her admitted to the children’s eating disorders unit at the Maudsley psychiatric hospital in London.[5] She was kept in for six weeks and then released, however she continued to starve herself and several months later she was rushed to an emergency unit at Hillingdon Hospital, Greater London, where she was force-fed through a nasal tube.[5] She was then transferred to Collingham Gardens child and family psychiatric unit in West London, where her weight was increased and after eight months she was allowed home.[5] For 18 months Grahame remained at home and attended Northwood secondary school in Hillingdon, West London,[9] before her weight started dropping once again.[5] She was readmitted to Collingham Gardens for six months and then to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London where she was placed on a psychiatric and eating disorders ward.[5] Grahame refused to accept treatment willingly and has commented: “I was on a mission to starve myself to death...I was obsessed."[5] This culminated in several suicide bids, when at the age of 12, she stole a packet of paracetemol from the hospital`s supplies and swallowed 22 pills. Shortly after, Grahame`s weight dropped so low that she fell into a coma and at one stage doctors predicted that she was minutes from death.[5] Grahame was force-fed via a tube that was stitched inside her stomach, but when she regained consciousness she continuously tried to remove the feeding apparatus and her weight subsequently dropped to 2 stones 9lb (37lbs), which her doctor claimed was the worst case of anorexia he had come across in 32 years.[5] Grahame was eventually admitted to Rhodes Farm, an eating disorders clinic in Mill Hill, North London, and after six months she began showing signs of improvement. She commented: "I woke up one morning and thought, ‘What are you doing to yourself?’."[5] At the age of 16 Grahame had increased her weight to 6st 4 lb (1.8 kg) and was released from the clinic, though she relapsed again aged 18 and spent time in an adult eating disorder ward.[5] While she was overcoming her eating disorder, she developed obsessive-compulsive disorder (in her case involving a chronic fear of germs), which she still battles with today.[10] Owing to her anorexia, her body never went through puberty properly. She revealed on Channel 4`s Supersize vs. Superskinny Me that she had never had a period and never will, owing to her ovaries not having matured properly, and as a consequence, will never be able to have children. [edit] Career Before Grahame rose to fame on Big Brother, she had appeared as a supporting artist in the BBC soap opera EastEnders,[11] and played a footballer`s wife in Sky One`s Dream Team.[12] She was also featured in Sky One`s Ibiza Uncovered-esque holiday show, Sex On The Beach, where a camera crew followed her around Kavos on the Greek island of Corfu, recording her late night boozy antics in the local bars and clubs. In 2003, she was a contestant on the ITV dating show Blind Date; however, the person she got matched with was not impressed with his pairing, commenting: "Everyone`s got a right to be dozy, but Nikki abused it."[13][14] In addition, Grahame, who has an NVQ in beauty therapy, also took part in the 2004 Miss Hertfordshire pageant, where she came fo

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