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Chantelle Vivien Houghton was the first 'non-celebrity' to feature in the Channel 4 reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother in 2006. She emerged as the winner of series 4, beating 10 bona fide 'celebrities' (Michael Barrymore, Maggot, Preston, Pete Burns, Traci Bingham, Dennis Rodman, George Galloway, Rula Lenska, Faria Alam and Jodie Marsh), and winning a prize of £25,000. Following a much-publicised on-screen courtship, Houghton married former fellow Celebrity Big Brother 2006 contestant Samuel Preston of The Ordinary Boys in August 2006. The couple announced their separation in a joint statement on 27 June 2007, and finally divorced on 21 November 2007.In October 2007, Chantelle was named "TV's latest reality millionaire" and experts reported that her true wealth easily exceeds £1 million.
