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Where is Celebrity Big Brother’s Chantelle Houghton now and does she have children?
CHANTELLE Houghton is best known for her appearance in Celebrity Big Brother - as a fake celeb.
Her love life has also intrigued fans, including a short lived marriage to Ordinary Boys star Preston.
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Where is Chantelle Houghton now?
After winning Celebrity Big Brother in 2006, Chantelle became a TV personality and appeared on shows such as This Morning.
She had a career as a glamour model and released an autobiography following public interest in her love life.
In 2010 she went back into the BB house, this time on Ultimate Big Brother, where she came second.
Chantelle is now a busy mum but still appears on talk shows like This Morning and has continued to maintain her status as a TV personality.
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Who is Chantelle Houghton's fiancé?
In June 2020 it was revealed Chantelle is engaged to Michael Strutt after dating for only three months.
The pair have known each other as friends for nine years, but took their relationship to a romantic level.
They met when he lived next door to her mother with a long-term partner, Sara, and their children.
After keeping Michael's identity secret for some time, Chantelle took to Instagram to announce her engagement, posting: "Ok, I know it’s lockdown and isolation but he just asked me to marry him: I said YES.
"I will love him forever."
They are due to wed in 2022.
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When was Chantelle Houghton married to Preston?
Chantelle was 22 when she met Ordinary Boys star Preston on Celebrity Big Brother in January 2006, after pretending to be in an imaginary girl band called Kandy Floss.
She and Preston (full name Samuel Preston) were close but he got engaged to his long-term French girlfriend Camille Aznar a week after leaving the house, before breaking up a month later.
Chantelle moved into his flat in Brighton, they were engaged by April 2006, married by August that year but separated in June 2007.
Despite splitting from Preston ten months after their lavish £300k ceremony, Chantelle told The Sun in August 2020 that she still loves him and he will be a guest at her wedding.
She says: “Preston is a one-off person. What we had was real back then and I still love him so much.
“I feel so lucky to have gone through what I did with him. Our relationship was completely real but we were so young.
Her whirlwind relationship with ex-Preston hasn't stopped them from remaining friends, and he has said in the past he wouldn't want to "ruin an important friendship".
Chantelle said: “Mine and Preston’s romance was such a whirlwind. I don’t regret it. We were young and carefree.
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Does Chantelle Houghton have children?
Chantelle has one child.
She has seven-year-old daughter called Dolly.
Dolly's dad is Chantelle's ex Alex Reid.
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What is Chantelle Houghton's net worth?
Chantelle's net worth is estimated to be at £1.5million ($2million).
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Since launching her career on Celebrity Big Brother, she has worked as a presenter, glamour model and penned her own book called Living The Dream: My Story - all of which have contributed to her wealth.
Winning Celebrity Big Brother - as a fake celebrity - set her up to become a TV personality.
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