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TWIN THE MONEY
EXCLUSIVE BB's giggle girls keep their clothes ON to make a million
By Sean Hamilton, Showbiz Editor
25/11/2007

Twins Sam and Amanda Marchant have made their first million since Big Brother... by keeping it clean.

The bubbly identical blondes, 19, have spurned all offers of glamour modelling to corner the lucrative "tweenie" market.

Their image as giggly, pinkobsessed "Samanda" appeals to young girls as role models and doesn't scare off parents because they have refused to get involved in sleazy topless photoshoots.

A family friend said: "The twins are a lot shrewder than people give them credit for and are delighted they have made a million. Now they are aiming to become millionaires separately.

But it will be a very happy Christmas for them both."

Sam and Amanda, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs, signed with a top showbiz manager as soon as they left Big Brother, and quickly won a £150,000 deal with cosmetics brand Young And Pure to develop their own Samanda perfume. Released on November 5, it has already sold thousands of bottles.

They are now in line for another £250,000 to promote a new skincare range from Young and Pure - the first to be targeted at girls as young as 10.

Young and Pure's Founder Lianne Miller told the Sunday Mirror: "Sales have already exceeded our expectations on Samanda by Young and Pure."

The pair's business interests have boomed so much that they have not gone back to pick up their studies for Social Work degrees at Manchester Metropolitan University.

They will soon be seen in a Christmas advert for Barbie MP3 players - which has netted them another £200,000.

It's a measure of how well the girls' image has been protected that they are the FIRST celebs to front a commercial for toymakers Mattel, notoriously protective of their squeakyclean Barbie brand.

Christmas should provide another big payout for the twins when they release a fitness DVD called The Twins Dance Workout - they have already received a £200,000 advance for the project.

On top of all that, they have made thousands more from magazine and newspaper deals. And they made a tidy sum signing up with record giant SonyBMG to release their version of the Aqua's 1997 No 1 hit Barbie Girl.

Now the girls are in talks with top agency Select Model Management, and having meetings with a number of bigger brands, including Sainsbury's.

In the meantime, twin Amanda is still going out with Big Brother pal Brian Belo, who beat them to win the TV contest but is struggling to match their income.

A spokesman said: "We cannot discuss the girls' earnings but they are enjoying their work and we are continuing to develop ideas with blue-chip clients.

"The unstoppable pink tide continues to gather pace."

'They have refused to get involved in any sleazy topless modelling'

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