Career
Before Grahame rose to fame on Big Brother, she had appeared as an extra in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, and played a footballer's wife in Sky One's Dream Team. In 2003, she was a contestant on the ITV dating show Blind Date. In addition, Grahame, who has an NVQ in beauty therapy, also took part in the 2004 Miss Hertfordshire pageant, where she came fourth. Grahame had numerous jobs before she became publicly known, including working as a dancer, a promotions girl and a glamour model.
In August 2006, It was reported byThe News Of The World that Grahame had previously been employed as a high-class escort or 'vice girl'. Its alleged that one of her clients was the Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty. Despite being paid £500, she denies having sexual intercourse with him, claiming that as soon as she heard she was to have sex with him she quit immediately, and that he was too altered by drugs to perform anyway.
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