Is Gina's Wiki Contestant Bio really necessary?

[Headie]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Big_Brother_14_housemates_%28UK%29#Gina

Gina's image has been the subject of a media feeding frenzy. In preparation for the show, on the 2012–2013 border it was reported that she was Britain's most spoiled girl,[16][17] however, during her first eviction it was reported that she was an actress signed to the casting agency Spotlight and that she was an alumnus of Sylvia Young Performing Arts School and the Anna Scher Drama School in London.[18] In addition, her backstory of living in the Savoy Hotel has been contested, with a former boss claiming "The Gina you see on Big Brother is the same Gina we experienced in the group. It’s like history repeating. Fake. She couldn’t sing. She couldn’t dance. She was a nightmare. We were marketing the group for a young teen crowd and doing promotions in schools, but Gina would turn up dressed ready for a porn film with her nipples showing. It was highly inappropriate. She caused friction in the group by thinking she was a class above everyone. The other girls hated her. After three months we got rid of her."[19][20][21][22]

Does she really need all of that in her contestant bio? If you look at Dexter's which is just a little bit above Gina's, his doesn't say anything about his story being potentially fake etc.

Whoever has edited it really doesn't like Gina. I think someone should remove it from her bio, as it has no relevance to her being on the show whatsoever and it takes up like half of her bio.

[CaudleHalbard]

Maybe because Dexter's is merely exaggerated but Gina's is 100% fake?

[fingers]

It has every relevance simply because most, if not all of it, is true and as for Dexter's not one word of it is true, BB knows this but allows them to continue living the lie it makes good publicity which is what it's all about!

[Headie]

Maybe because Dexter's is merely exaggerated but Gina's is 100% fake?

It has every relevance simply because most, if not all of it, is true and as for Dexter's not one word of it is true, BB knows this but allows them to continue living the lie it makes good publicity which is what it's all about!

So you're saying that production recruited these people like 2 years ago and released stories each year about their luxurious lives just so they can fool BB viewers in the future and put them in as fake housemates?

I really don't think production would bother with all that stuff just for 2 (or more) housemates.

[CaudleHalbard]

Well it is Secrets and Lies! ;)

I do kinda believe Dexter was a male escort - presumably for gay men. At 28, though, he's nearing his Use By date. Lol! :D

[Daffodil]

Well it is Secrets and Lies! ;)

I do kinda believe Dexter was a male escort - presumably for gay men. At 28, though, he's nearing his Use By date. Lol! :D

Love it! lol

[fingers]

So you're saying that production recruited these people like 2 years ago and released stories each year about their luxurious lives just so they can fool BB viewers in the future and put them in as fake housemates?

I really don't think production would bother with all that stuff just for 2 (or more) housemates.Not quite 2 years, but you got it right.

Gina Reid does not live in the Savoy Hotel, she also does NOT get a £10,000 per month allowance either from her mother or her father. she's a 3rd rate actress with a boyfriend known as Ecksell a sort of a rapper whose real name is Edwin.

Dexter's entire backstory is a fabrication from beginning to end.

[Ellen]

Well it is Secrets and Lies! ;)

I do kinda believe Dexter was a male escort - presumably for gay men. At 28, though, he's nearing his Use By date. Lol! :D

:joker:

[CaudleHalbard]

Gina and Dexter to be revealed by BB as actors when they finish first and second, or vice versa. The ultimate twist! :D

[mr rochester]

The public who voted for either/both would then be entitled to their voting money back as they would have been duped. So if this is the case Ch5 would be in serious trouble.

[CaudleHalbard]

The public who voted for either/both would then be entitled to their voting money back as they would have been duped. So if this is the case Ch5 would be in serious trouble.

We've already been duped by being told Gina lives on a £10000 a month allowance, and stays at the Savoy whilst her £1 million home in the Kings Cross area is refurbished. She herself had stated she will be whisked away in her Rolls-Royce Phantom when she leaves the house.

Reality seems to be a council flat in Islington, shared with her mum, and a battered old Peugeot.

Secrets & Lies! Secrets & Lies! :D

[fingers]

Gina Shante Reid was born in Enfield in 1989, her mother is Theresa Reid nee Ruddock.

She has a brother called Sebastian, and there's a Sebastian Playa and a Theresa B Reid all listed at the same Chingford address as Georgina S Reid.

[CaudleHalbard]

Gina Shante Reid was born in Enfield in 1989, her mother is Theresa Reid nee Ruddock.

She has a brother called Sebastian, and there's a Sebastian Playa and a Theresa B Reid all listed at the same Chingford address as Georgina S Reid.

Do we know what sort of property it is? Chingford is quite a mixed area, I think (rich and poor). Google street view may give a clue.

[Kizzy]

Gina Shante Reid was born in Enfield in 1989, her mother is Theresa Reid nee Ruddock.

She has a brother called Sebastian, and there's a Sebastian Playa and a Theresa B Reid all listed at the same Chingford address as Georgina S Reid.

Are you stalking her or something?...

[fingers]

Do we know what sort of property it is? Chingford is quite a mixed area, I think (rich and poor). Google street view may give a clue.

Haven't yet looked for the street address, might be a bit of a let down if it is all multi million pound houses!!!! :dance::joker:
By the way she has a starring role in this Zombie flick!

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Those are not Primark shoes I hope.
Gina's the one on the left in the still above^

[fingers]

Are you stalking her or something?...

It's all done in the best possible taste!

[Kizzy]

Change it if you want OP, that's the beauty of wiki it's 100% unreliable.

[fingers]

Change it if you want OP, that's the beauty of wiki it's 100% unreliable.

It has already been changed but not by me!

[fingers]

Gina's former Chingford pad, allegedly

110 Harold E4 9SW

Currently in a council flat at 76 Cyrus st, the Triangle, Islington, EC1V 0AR

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So you're saying that production recruited these people like 2 years ago and released stories each year about their luxurious lives just so they can fool BB viewers in the future and put them in as fake housemates?

I really don't think production would bother with all that stuff just for 2 (or more) housemates.

Both Gina's and Dexter's Backstories were started in December 2012 roughly 6 months in advance of the current BB start.

[Toxic]

Gina's a **** so she deserves any negative stuff she gets tbh

[CaudleHalbard]

Harold Road, Chingford, E4 is a road of fairly similar semi-detached suburban houses. Houseprices.com suggests a value of around £300k.

Pleasant enough, but certainly no millionaires row! ;)

Of corse we don't actually know whether her mother ever owned the house. They may have been renting.

[sooty]

Not quite 2 years, but you got it right.

Gina Reid does not live in the Savoy Hotel, she also does NOT get a £10,000 per month allowance either from her mother or her father. she's a 3rd rate actress with a boyfriend known as Ecksell a sort of a rapper whose real name is Edwin.

Dexter's entire backstory is a fabrication from beginning to end.

I thougt BB's Gina's name is Gina Rio. :conf:

[JTM45]

Well, this thread's quite the sad little pit of bitterness isn't it.:idc:
I think to really enjoy Big Brother you have to remember that it's supposed to be more about being entertained and enjoying it rather than becoming obsessively negative about certain housemates!
It really seems to eat away at some people that a housemate they really don't like is massively popular, so much so that they spend their time trawling the internet for 'evidence' that they think will somehow debunk a certain housemate. Do they think that a piece of 'evidence' that's so shoddy and without foundation that the Daily Star won't even touch it will somehow have devoted fans suddenly dumping their favourite housemate ?

Quite sad and pitiful really!:pat:

[CaudleHalbard]

Georgina Reid's stage name is Gina Rio. :)

[fingers]

I thougt BB's Gina's name is Gina Rio. :conf:

RIO is her preferred name, it sounds SO much better than her birth name of Georgina Shant'e Reid, don't you think? :joker:

[fingers]

Well, this thread's quite the sad little pit of bitterness isn't it.:idc:
I think to really enjoy Big Brother you have to remember that it's supposed to be more about being entertained and enjoying it rather than becoming obsessively negative about certain housemates!
It really seems to eat away at some people that a housemate they really don't like is massively popular, so much so that they spend their time trawling the internet for 'evidence' that they think will somehow debunk a certain housemate. Do they think that a piece of 'evidence' that's so shoddy and without foundation that the Daily Star won't even touch it will somehow have devoted fans suddenly dumping their favourite housemate ?

Quite sad and pitiful really!:pat:

Sad to say I actually like the Gina Rio that is in the house, what I don't particularly like is the tendency of this reality show to treat its viewers with so much contempt, did they really think that creating false backstories wouldn't come back to haunt them?

Edit: looks like they found a true believer , didn't they!

[CaudleHalbard]

I quite like Gina too. :) Don't even mind if she wins.

Her apparently fake backstory makes her a bit more interesting - if anything - than if it was real.

To be honest, I think the public's perception of Gina has improved since the stories, about her actually being anything but rich, started to circulate around the internet.

[sooty]

RIO is her preferred name, it sounds SO much better than her birth name of Georgina Shant'e Reid, don't you think? :joker:

:p

[Toy Soldier]

Seems to be starting to go down the "scripted reality" route, doesn't it? I don't particularly mind, I still quite enjoy scripted reality, but I do miss the good old days of more "real" housemates, even if they were a bit mire boring. The show used to be more balanced with fun and drama flare ups... Now it's drama drama drama.

[fingers]

Seems to be starting to go down the "scripted reality" route, doesn't it? I don't particularly mind, I still quite enjoy scripted reality, but I do miss the good old days of more "real" housemates, even if they were a bit mire boring. The show used to be more balanced with fun and drama flare ups... Now it's drama drama drama.

,,,and all choreographed and orchestrated from a back room production suite.

[MTVN]

Don't see much problem with what was there, it's all properly sourced and quoted

[CaudleHalbard]

One of the funny clips was Gina in the DR asking if she could have some Ferrero Rocher chocs. Presumably that's about as upmarket as she gets!

Surprised she didn't for a bottle of Blue Nun wine to wash them down with. :joker:

[smudgie]

Well it is Secrets and Lies! ;)

I do kinda believe Dexter was a male escort - presumably for gay men. At 28, though, he's nearing his Use By date. Lol! :D

Now that s something I could easily believe as well.

[fingers]

One of the funny clips was Gina in the DR asking if she could have some Ferrero Rocher chocs. Presumably that's about as upmarket as she gets!

Surprised she didn't for a bottle of Blue Nun wine to wash them down with. :joker:

Cristal Champers, if you don't mind!

and Ferrero Rocher are passed around at all Ambassadors' Balls!

[CaudleHalbard]

and Ferrero Rocher are passed around at all Ambassadors' Balls!

Excellente! ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P-nZZkQqTc

[Headie]

Don't see much problem with what was there, it's all properly sourced and quoted

Most of the sources were the Daily Star :joker:

Someone's removed most of it all now.

[Livia]

Well, this thread's quite the sad little pit of bitterness isn't it.:idc:
I think to really enjoy Big Brother you have to remember that it's supposed to be more about being entertained and enjoying it rather than becoming obsessively negative about certain housemates!
It really seems to eat away at some people that a housemate they really don't like is massively popular, so much so that they spend their time trawling the internet for 'evidence' that they think will somehow debunk a certain housemate. Do they think that a piece of 'evidence' that's so shoddy and without foundation that the Daily Star won't even touch it will somehow have devoted fans suddenly dumping their favourite housemate ?

Quite sad and pitiful really!:pat:

Who has "devoted fans" after being in Big brother for a couple of weeks?

Nice long post in a thread you're so let down by, incidentally.

[fingers]

Most of the sources were the Daily Star :joker:

Someone's removed most of it all now.

I don't need the Daily Star, I do my own research and there is way too much to post on here!