The 2006 publication sold 50,000 copies. She also worked for OK! Magazine and New! Magazine as BB8’s columnist as well as appearing on popular British programs and becoming the face of La Senza Underwear range. Houghton also fronted PETA’s campaign, Fight Impotence, Go Vegetarian. Despite her ‘dipsy’ personality, Houghton left school at 15 with seven GCSEs then worked in a bank as an insurance sales rep. She has a daughter Dolly Reid (born 2012) with TV personality Alex Reid.
