Rachel Rice

Rachel Jenkins ( Rice; born 7 March 1984) is a Welsh actress, model and reality television star from Pontypool, Wales. She is best known for winning the ninth series of the [then] Channel 4 reality television programme Big Brother UK. Rice became the first Welsh contestant to win the show across its entire run and only Welsh winner during its years on Channel 4. She was most active between the years of 1993-1996; also having roles in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes and The Prince and the Pauper. She also took part in multiple television advertisements including Sony Handicam's infamous Fairies at the Bottom of the Garden, in 1991.

Modelling career Rice was the runner up in the 2003 Miss Wales beauty contest, which was won by Imogen Thomas; who coincidentally appeared as a housemate in series seven of Big Brother UK. She competed for both South and North Wales in Miss Great Britain.

In 2004, she won the Wales on Sunday newspaper's Welsh Idol contest, she was also a finalist in the 2005 More magazine's Most Fanciable Girl in the UK contest.

Big Brother UK In 2008, Rice entered the ninth series of Big Brother UK. She survived two evictions, the first in Week 8, where she and 9 other housemates faced eviction as a punishment for breaking the rules, and the second on Week 10, where she survived over Stuart Pilkington, with 41% of the vote. Rice won the show on Day 93, becoming the shows first Welsh winner. She confirmed this on a 2009 episode of T4, while discussing her first impressions of the Big Brother series 10 housemates.

Personal life Rice is married to Richard Jenkins, they married in 2011. They have 2 sons. She has a degree in Drama and English, she began teaching full-time in 2013 at Croesyceiliog Comprehensive School.

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