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Imogen Thomas
Welsh model and television personality From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Imogen Mary Thomas is a Welsh model and reality television star. She is best known as the winner of Miss Wales 2003,[1] representing her country at Miss World 2003 and for her time as a housemate on the seventh series of British reality television show, Big Brother UK in 2006.[2]
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Modelling career
Thomas was born in Llanelli, Wales. She began working as a model at the age of 13, moving to London at the age of 17 to become a professional model, she was rejected by most modelling agencies due to her height (5 ft. 6").
In 2003 Thomas entered Pageant Modelling and was crowned Miss Wales,[1][3] defeating future Big Brother UK series 9 winner Rachel Rice who placed third. She represented Wales at Miss World China.[4] She returned to London to venture in to glamour modelling. In January, 2007 she was on the cover of Maxim magazine.[5]
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Television career
In 2006 Thomas was a housemate on the seventh series of British reality television series Big Brother UK.[2] This series of Big Brother was the third most watched in history with an average of 4.7 million viewers. Thomas entered day 1 and was evicted on day 86 with 62% of the public vote, placing seventh overall.[6]
During her time on the show she was involved in a controversy after fellow contestant Glyn Wise was reprimanded for communicating in his first language, Welsh, with Thomas. Big Brother deemed this as a form of "code" issuing Wise with a formal warning, who retorted with; "but Welsh is a British language?". Following the incident the Welsh Language Society complained to Channel 4, Ofcom and S4C. After this, Wise and Thomas continued to converse in Welsh and such discussions were broadcast with English-Language subtitles.[7]
Thomas has made several other television appearances since Big Brother including; Big Brother's Little Brother, Big Brother's Big Mouth, Richard & Judy, Planed Plant, Pobol y Cwm, Dead Set and Celebrity Ex in the City.[8]
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Personal life
In 2011, her alleged extramarital affair with Welsh footballer, Ryan Giggs was the subject of a gagging order in England and Wales, receiving heavy press coverage.[9][10]
She has two children with her ex-boyfriend Adam Horsley. Their first daughter, Ariana Siena Horsley, was born February 2013, their second daughter was born in 2015.[11]
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