Cheyenne Davide (born Charlotte Davide; 13 July 1992), better known as Snoochie Shy, is an English radio presenter, television presenter and model. Since 2018, she has presented her own show on

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. In 2021, she was a contestant on the twenty-first series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. In 2022, she began presenting ''The Career Games'' on

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Life and career

Early life and career beginnings

Charlotte Davide was born on 13 July 1992 in

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to Kirsty Davide. Charlotte Davide's first name was legally changed via

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to Cheyenne by her mother when she was eleven years old. She has a younger brother Zachariah, who was a contestant on the tenth series of ''

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''. Her first presenting role was on ''MTV – The Wrap Up''. In 2015, Shy began hosting the breakfast show on Radar, which she did until the suspension of the station in 2018 due to allegations of mistreatment and exploitation of its staff. Shy has also presented the revival edition of ''

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'' since 2018.

BBC Radio 1Xtra and other projects

In 2018, Shy joined

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and began presenting a specialist music show every Monday to Thursday from 11pm till 1am on

. In 2021, she joined the cast of ''

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'' alongside

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. She has also made appearances on the

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panel game shows ''Don't Hate the Playaz'' and ''CelebABility''. Shy appeared on '' The Rap Game UK'' and has also made an appearance on ''Tonight with Target''. In 2021, she hosted a podcast ''Slide in with Snoochie, Kaz and Jordan'' on

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along with ''

'' contestants Jordan Hames and Kazimir Crossley. In 2022, Shy appeared as a contestant on ''

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''. She also appeared on the celebrity version of ''Hot Property'' on

in 2022.

''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' and ''The Career Games''

In November 2021, Shy was a contestant on the twenty-first series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. She was the third celebrity to be voted off the show. Shy has a birthmark on her right cheek, and was praised for talking about it during the show. In February 2022, the

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announced that Shy would present a new series ''Hire Me'' on the relaunched

channel. The six-part series features candidates trying to secure their dream jobs.

Modelling

Shy is also a model, and has modelled for brands such as

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, UGG,

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, Hoodrich Womens, Dr. Martens and

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. On 13 August 2024, Snoochie became a contestant on series 19 of ''

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''.

References

External links

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''Snoochie Shy''
(BBC Radio 1Xtra) {{DEFAULTSORT:Shy, Snoochie BBC Radio 1Xtra presenters English radio personalities Living people 1992 births People from Eltham