Nádia Conceição Almada (born 28 January 1977) is a Portuguese-born British television personality. She is known for winning the fifth series of '' Big Brother''.

Career

''Big Brother''

Almada competed in the fifth series of '' Big Brother'' in 2004; she kept her transgender identity secret from fellow contestants although viewers were informed. After 71 days in the ''Big Brother'' house, she emerged as the winner, securing 74% of the overall vote and winning £63,500.

Life after ''Big Brother''

Almada went on to record a single entitled " A Little Bit of Action", which reached Number 27 in the

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in December 2004. She also made a guest appearance in the soap opera ''

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'' turning on the Christmas Lights. She entered the ''Big Brother Australia'' house, visiting the three finalists during week 14 and has made various appearances on televised chat shows and game shows. In 2008, she co-presented ''The Big Brother Launch Night Project'' on the launch night of '' Big Brother 9''. She also took part in ''Celebrity Fitness Videos Not Fit For TV'', which was hosted by

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and

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. The show featured celebrities performing Almada's own Latino inspired dance/fitness video, ''Latino Dance Workout'', which she released in 2004.Best and worst celebrity fitness videos
Virgin Media Almada was also a contestant on the Channel 5 reality series, ''Trust Me...I'm A Holiday Rep''. Almada was a replacement for '' Make Me a Supermodel'' contestant Jasmine Lennard. The following year, she was a celebrity guest on a four-day stay on

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reality series ''Fool Around With...''; her goal was to decipher who out of several male contestants was single, enabling them to win £10,000. In an interview with ''

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'' magazine in June 2009, Almada revealed that she is writing her memoirs. In 2010, to mark the end of ''Big Brother'' in the UK, she appeared on a ''Big Brother'' winners special of Channel 4 show '' Come Dine with Me'', with ''Big Brother'' winners Brian Dowling,

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and

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. Almada finished in third place.

''Ultimate Big Brother''

On 24 August 2010, Almada entered the Big Brother house in '' Ultimate Big Brother''. She was nominated for eviction on Day 8, and was evicted with 33.3% of the public vote in a double eviction after Makosi Musambasi on Day 11.

Personal life

Almada is a

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from Ribeira Brava on the Portuguese island of

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References

External links

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"Nadia Almada - Biography"
IMDb, Retrieved 31 March 2007
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