Vicky Pattison

Victoria "Vicky" Pattison is British reality television participant, known for her appearances on MTV’s series MTV's Geordie Shore.^[1]

Biography

Before Geordie Shore

Before Geordie Shore, Pattison worked at various jobs, including on the doors of some of Newcastle's top clubs and also in telesales.^[2] Pattison stated that she was on her last warning in the call centre she worked at and she was glad to leave. She told how she hated her job with the call centre and Geordie Shore was the perfect opportunity for her to leave.^[3] She studied for her GCSEs and A-levels at Burnside Business and Enterprise College and then Drama at Liverpool John Moores University.

Geordie Shore

In the first series of "Geordie Shore", Pattison had a short relationship with fellow co-star Jay Gardner.^[4] After her rise to fame, Vicky was featured on the front cover of men's magazine Loaded in October 2011 alongside The Only Way Is Essex‍ '​s Jess Wright and Made in Chelsea‍ '​s Binky Felstead.^[5] Pattison has also featured in the popular men's magazine Nuts with fellow Geordie Shore star Holly Hagan.

In series 2, Pattison began a tumultuous on again, off again relationship with hair stylist and show new comer, Ricci Guarnaccio.^[6] Pattison and former cast member Rebecca Walker were shown not to get on with each other, leading to constant conflict in the Geordie Shore house.^[7]

In series 3, Pattison found herself in Cancun, Mexico. During filming Guarnaccio proposed to Pattison whilst they were filming one night. Pattison and Hagan are sent away to get a parcel for Cancun Chris however he sets them up and they end up missing a night out for Gary's birthday. They end up spending all night in the mini bus and end up breaking it, so they both decide to go and get drunk as there is nothing else to do. However, Hagan later returns to the house and Pattison appears to be absent for the rest of the episode, along with Ricci who goes looking for her.

Series 5 of shows that her relationship with Ricci is very much on the brink of breaking, with them constantly fighting and arguing in almost every episode. However, Pattison sees that this needs to stop and calls the engagement off and tells Ricci that they need some space from each other. She admitted that she felt suffocated in their relationship. Ricci later decided to leave the show for the rest of series 5 although briefly returning for the season finale.^[8]

As of 2014, Pattison has taken part in all eight series of Geordie Shore, as well as the special series Geordie Shore: Magaluf Madness.

On 4 July 2013, Pattison and fellow cast member Hagan were arrested on suspicion of assaulting a model, during filming for the seventh series of the hit MTV show. Filming for the series was suspended due to the incident arising.^[9]

Career

Since Geordie Shore, she has featured in many magazines and appeared in some television shows including TV's 50 Greatest Magic Tricks, Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2011 and Most Annoying People 2011.

Pattison is an MTV presenter and has also presented shows on the music channel Viva.

In 2013, Pattison reunited with co-star Gaz Beadle to shoot the music video for his new musical venture with Britain's 2011 X Factor competitors, The Risk called "Party Like A Rockstar (Up Your Game)."

From April to June 2014, Pattison appeared on the new MTV reality series Ex On The Beach.

Pattison has over 1.5 million Twitter^[10] followers.

Pattison released her autobiography labelled "Nothing But The Truth" in August 2014. She has signed a deal to write 2 novels which are expected to be released in June and October 2015.^[11]

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