Bianca Gascoigne

Bianca Gascoigne (born 28 October 1986)[1] is a British glamour model and television personality. She came sixth in the nineteenth series of Channel 5 reality show Celebrity Big Brother.[2]

Bianca Gascoigne
Gascoigne at the London premiere of the film State of Play in April 2009
Born
Bianca Failes

(1986-10-28) 28 October 1986
Hertfordshire, England
Modelling information
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Eye colourBlue

Modelling

In September 2006, Gascoigne appeared on the front cover of Loaded and in January the following year she was on the cover of Nuts. In August 2008, she appeared on the cover of Zoo Weekly. She has also been featured in Maxim, FHM and numerous tabloid newspapers.[3]

TV career

In 2006, Gascoigne won ITV's reality TV show Love Island, which was set in Fiji.[4]

In July 2008, she competed against glamour model Danielle Lloyd on the TV show Gladiators, in a celebrity special,[5] which she went on to win, supporting a charity for domestic violence. Gascoigne also presented Big Brother's Big Mouth from 15 to 18 July 2008,[3] and appeared in an episode of the BBC Three reality programme Snog Marry Avoid? during which she performed a rap to POD.[6][7]

In 2010, she took part in Celebrity Coach Trip with her friend Imogen Thomas.[8] In 2012, Gascoigne auditioned for the ninth series of The X Factor; she sang the Mary J. Blige song "I'm Goin' Down" but failed to make it to bootcamp, as the judges claimed that there were already some "excellent" performers in her category and described her voice as being "mediocre".[9]

In 2017, she appeared on Celebrity Big Brother 19, making it to the final vote on Day 32 and placing sixth.[2]

Personal life

Born Bianca Failes on 28 October 1986, Gascoigne is the daughter of television personality Sheryl Gascoigne (née Failes) and the adopted daughter of former footballer Paul Gascoigne. She has a brother Mason and a half-brother Regan Gascoigne.

References
  1. "Quaglino's for my birthday dinner with the family 💕🍸☺️". Twitter. 29 October 2015. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  2. "Bianca comes sixth in CBB final - and pines for Jamie". Digital Spy. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  3. "Who is Bianca Gascoigne? Celebrity Big Brother 2017 profile". Radio Times. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  4. "Love Island: Bianca Gascoigne and Kate Lawler Are Still Looking For Love!". Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
  5. Donnelly, Alison (6 August 2008). "Sky One viewers turn their thumbs on Gladiators". Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  6. "Snog Marry AVoid? Episode 4 Snog Marry Avoid?Series 3 Episode 4 of 12". BBC. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  7. "Gazza raps - Snog Marry Avoid - Preview Series 3 - BBC 3". Youtube. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  8. Alex Fletcher (16 September 2010). "Celebrity 'Coach Trip' lineup revealed". Digital Spy.
  9. "Bianca Gascoigne's 'mediocre' X Factor audition fails to impress Tulisa". Metro. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
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