A MEMORABLE Big Brother star looks completely different from her stint in the reality TV show which she said "ruined" her life.
Penny Ellis, who was a contestant in Big Brother's second instalment, worked as an English teacher prior to signing up.
Her time in the iconic house in 2001 was short – with her being the first of her cohort to be evicted.
During her time on the show, the blonde-haired star was memorable for being eccentric, clean and tidy and for sleeping with a teddy bear.
But East London-based Penny, who found fame on the year Brian Dowling won, was captured stark naked live on the E4 feed.
The born-again Christian was seen dropping her bath towel in the female bedroom in a scene which forced the broadcaster to issue an apology.
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But now the 55-year-old looks completely different from her reality TV days.
She has switched up her cropped blonde hair and bright eyeshadow for more a muted make-up look.
Penny now has long, flowing blonde-grey hair that she often styles into thick curls.
She is also now a TikTok favourite delighting fans with her animated videos and quirky jewellery.
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Previously she told Capital FM her application for the reality TV series was "a mistake."
She said: "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."
Yet in a more sobering note, she surmised the reality series had "ruined her life."
She told Premier Christianity Magazine: "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.”
Penny has now written a new book detailing her experiences of reality TV fame.
Meet Me At The Mirror is now available to order online and details her "struggles with mental health and how her strong Christian faith finally enabled her to rebuild her life" after the show.
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