2006
76 x 61 cm
Acrylic on canvas
Nadia Almada was a reality television star, best-known for being the first trans-sexual winner of Big Brother (UK series 5) in 2004. Born male on the Portugal Island of Madeira under the name of Jorge, she moved to England in 1996 and worked in a department store in Woking. She lived there, working as a cashier in a bank, before entering the Big Brother house.
In 2004, after 71 days in the Big Brother House, she emerged as the winner, with 74% of the overall vote and winning £100,000. Winning the programme was of great importance to Almada, not because of the prize money, but because she was being accepted by society as a woman. |
