One Big Brother star looks almost unrecognisable than from her reality TV days.
Penny Ellis was one of eleven contestants to enter the infamous house for the second ever series of the show when it aired on Channel 4.
She worked as an English teacher before she took part in the show which was filmed in Bow, London, near to the 3 Mills Studios.
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The former reality star was known by fans for her "eccentric, clean and tidy" antics whilst she famously slept with a teddy bear, but she was also caught completely naked by the live feed.
At the time, Channel 4 was forced to issue an apology after she dropped her bath towel in the female bedroom.
However, the born-again Christian was evicted after just over two weeks in the house.
On day eight, her housemates nominated her alongside future runner up Helen Adams for the first live eviction of the show.
But on day 15 she received 58% of the public vote and was the first housemate to be evicted from the competition.
But now she looks completely different as her bold and bright make-up look and cropped blonde hair has been switched up for a more muted image.
The former reality TV star is now a rising name on TikTok, as her fans marvel at her quirky jewellery and animated clips.
She now sports flowing long locks that she styles into wavy curls of a blonde-grey colour.
But despite her growing fan base on social media, she previously admitted that she only applied to be on the programme by mistake.
She revealed on Capital FM: "I was trying to phone the Big Breakfast to get my girls to go on and read some of the letters out that they'd been writing about bullying and about racism and I got through to the hotline instead."
After revealing she left her name for an application form, she continued: "So I carried it [the form] around in my bag and then I put it in the bin, got it out of the bin, finally had to fill it in practically the day before it had to be in and sent it off."
Penny also told Premier Christianity Magazine that she regrets going into the house.
The former Big Brother star admitted: "It has been 20 years of being mocked, and jibed and ridiculed.
“I lost all my money, my reputation, my church, my job, my self-esteem, my friends, my home – that two weeks in the house I lost everything.”
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