| Josie Gibson | |
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| Born | Josie Diane Shirley Gibson 24 January 1985 [1] Bristol, England |
| Residence | London, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Ethnicity | White British |
| Citizenship | British |
| Occupation | Television personality |
| Television | Big Brother Ultimate Big Brother Josie And John James: What Happened Next There's Something About Josie OK! TV Big Brother's Bit On The Side |
| Website | |
| www.josiegibsonofficial.com | |
Josie Diane Shirley Gibson[2][3] is a British media personality, and former financial sales rep from Bristol. She rose to prominence after winning Big Brother 2010, and entered Ultimate Big Brother. She is a regular guest host on Channel 5 magazine series OK! TV.
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Gibson was the first contestant to be selected by Big Brother to be a housemate on Day 1 of the final Channel 4 series of Big Brother. Throughout her stay she received only five nominations for eviction and never once faced the public vote. She entered into a romantic relationship with fellow housemate John James Parton and upon leaving Big Brother the pair confirmed their boyfriend/girlfriend status. On Day 66 of Big Brother 11, Gibson was selected by the other housemates to receive a ticket to the final. On Day 77 of Big Brother 2010, she was announced as the winner with 77.5% of the public vote.[4]
After an interview with Davina McCall, she confirmed she was going to take part in Ultimate Big Brother then re-entered the Big Brother house 20 minutes later. On Day 3 of Ultimate Big Brother, Gibson walked out of the house while other housemates were nominating. It was confirmed by Big Brother to the Ultimate housemates that she was not returning to the Ultimate Big Brother house.[5] She was reunited with Parton seconds after breaking out as he was at the Big Brother compound recording a message for her.[6] Her fellow Ultimate housemates shared their sadness after her exit with Ulrika Jonsson crying and eventual winner Brian Dowling predicting that she would have won if she had stayed.[7]
In early 2011, Gibson released a perfume called 'Josie'.[8] She also released 'limited edition' hoodie tops on her official website. She is a spokesmodel for Curvissa Clothing.[9] She also did an implied nude photoshoot in August 2011.
Gibson is a showbiz reporter for Channel 5 show OK! TV. She appears on the show on Thursdays and has been presenting since the first episode on 14 February 2011. She also guest presents OK! TV when Jenny Frost is away. She shares a column page with Jeff Brazier in Now Magazine UK. [10]
Fly On The Wall
In October 2010, she and John James Parton appeared in a one-off fly-on-the-wall show following their lives together called Josie and John James: What Happened Next. In May 2011, she appeared in three-part reality TV series There's Something About Josie
Gibson has appeared on The Vanessa Show, Loose Women, Celebrity Juice, Let's Do Lunch With Gino and Mel and Live From Studio Five. She also appeared on Big Brother spin-off shows Big Brother's Little Brother, Big Brother's Big Mouth and on The Wright Stuff and game show Celebrity Impossible a TV game show to raise money for Charity. She also participated in Silent Library, a Big Brother Special to raise money for charity. Gibson is also set to appear on the show Celebrity Wedding Planner on Channel 5 in January 2012. [1]
Gibson has raised funds to support children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent. She donated £20,000 of her winnings to the charity when she left Big Brother.[11] On 28 March 2011 it was announced in OK! Magazine that Josie and John James' relationship wasn't working and the pair were taking a break from each other. John James had already returned home to his native Australia when the magazine article was published. On 4 April 2011, Gibson confirmed on Twitter that the relationship was over.
| Preceded by Sophie Reade |
Big Brother UK winner Series 11 (2010) |
Succeeded by Aaron Allard-Morgan |
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