Aisleyne Horgan Wallace

Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace
Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace in 2007
Born	(1978-12-28) 28 December 1978 (age 38) London, England, UK
Nationality	British
Occupation	Television personality, fashion designer
Television	Big Brother Celebrity Coach Trip

Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace (/æʃˈliːn ˈhɔːrɡən ˈwɒlᵻs/; born 28 December 1978) is a British glamour model, fashion designer, magazine columnist, actress, and television and media personality. She rose to fame in 2006, when she appeared, and finished third, in the seventh series of reality television show Big Brother.

Horgan-Wallace's mother was Sophia Horgan, a fashion designer, and her father is Steve Wallace, a car dealer. They separated when she was three years old. She was raised as a Jehovah's Witness by her mother in North London and moved schools several times due to clashes with fellow pupils. At the age of 16, Horgan-Wallace stopped living with her mother and stayed with friends before moving to a women's hostel. She was reunited with her father at the age of 18 after he tracked her down.

It has been reported that Horgan-Wallace won a Prince's Trust grant to take a beauty therapy course at college, and that she had jobs in shoe shops and as a promotions girl. Her official biography states that she studied at the London College of Fashion, and that she took part-time promotional jobs to help fund her education.

Horgan-Wallace rose to notoriety in the United Kingdom when she was selected as a contestant in the seventh series of the Channel 4 TV series, Big Brother, in 2006. She entered the Big Brother House on Day 12, and became known for her clashes with fellow contestants Nikki Grahame and Grace Adams-Short, and for being voted into the "House Next Door" by the public — a secret house, where she was forced to choose who, out of five new contestants, would become new housemates. Horgan-Wallace reached the final on Day 93; she came third with 22% of the public vote. She was the highest placed female housemate of the series. It was reported that Horgan-Wallace's popularity shocked the show's producers, with tabloid sources suggesting that they had attempted to "engineer" the series' finalists, and did not expect the swing in public support for her.