Reception
In 2009 the storyline which saw Gaz racistly bully Anita was nominated for best storyline at the Inside Soap Awards. Caroline Fitton of the Daily Mail commented negatively on Anita's fake anorexia saying it was unrealistic as "she looked way too healthy to be taken seriously" Jaci Stephen of the Daily Mail commented on Anita leaving saying "bad news for Anita on Wednesday, when she learns that she is needed back in Middlesbrough. Not all bad, then" Stephens also commented on Anita's quest to lose her virginity branding the storyline "a bit of light relief". Holy Soap described her most memorable moment as "When she tried to get paler skin by putting chemical bleach on her legs."
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