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For the last 3 weeks she's had everything but the kitchen sink thrown at her and yet she has held it together remarkably well. I feel that she has been labelled an immature spoilt brat and that people have been so desperate to believe this they've blinded themselves from all the evidence to the contrary and failed to recognize what a strong person she is.

The fact is, for an 18 year old, she is very mature. She's in there with some nasty pieces of work, without any friends or family for support and yet she doesn't breakdown or cry much at all. On the contrary she seems to be unfazed by it. Further evidence of her maturity is the fact that she seems to be the person closest to the oldest and supposedly wisest housemate in there... Chris.

From the moment Toya was evicted, she decided to actually show some fighting spirit and try to get one of Helen's cronies up for eviction and bring some balance back to the house. She played the game, she manipulated the situation to her advantage and she did exactly what she was going to do. Had a man in her position done this I can't help but think he would have been cheered on and celebrated for challenging Helen's dominance, but because she is a pretty young blonde, some people turned violently against her and called her a sneaky bitch.

Thereafter they tried to set her up with the seance part of the murder mystery task which put a massive target on her back. Then her plan backfired when Matthew was evicted and there were huge chants of "Get Ashleigh Out". They then showed more footage of her conspiring and bitching in an effort to get the bust up they so desperately wanted between her and Helen & co. (including even bringing in the ghastly Judi James to lend her voice) and still she remained strong in the face of it all. She was put up for eviction and survived and over a week later she's still there after having lost another person she was close to.

The women on a series of Big Brother with the title "Power Trip" were never going to fare well, so isn't it about time people started praising one of the women for showing a bit of strength and determination in the face of all that's been thrown at her? She's weathered the storm, come out the other side and seems to made of steel.