Michelle Bass is probably best known for her stint on Big Brother 5 in the summer of 2004. Growing up in her hometown of Newcastle, Michelle was quite shy as a child and no one would ever have dreamt she would have become the outgoing character she is now. As she grew up, so did her confidence and soon she realised she had a hunger for the spotlight. What Michelle wanted most of all was to sing. So although she was training at college in beauty therapy, she would go and audition for shows like Fame Academy and Pop Idol in the hope of being discovered. And then Big Brother came along. She is one of the most remembered housemates from all previous series; from her classic rendition of “Pie Jesu” to the dramas in the bed-sit. Finishing 6th in the show and with a huge fan base behind her, Michelle was inundated with work offers, and OK! Magazine in particular whisked her off to exotic locations like Jamaica and Disneyland in Florida for shoots and interviews.

In 2004 Michelle starred as Jasmine in the Aladdin at the St Albans Arena, and 2005 saw interest increase in her even further during which she was offered to be the face of the channel Television X. 10 years before no one would have ever thought Michelle could do something like this, but she was to prove she was here to stay. She signed on the dotted line and was soon to begin a once in a lifetime job but not before Michelle decided the time had come to boost her confidence even further by having her breasts enlarged to a 34E. The surgery was worth it and Michelle couldn’t be more pleased with her new assets claiming it’s the best thing she ever did. And when she started her presenting on Television X she felt more confident than ever before. Over the course of 2005 Michelle continued to be an OK! favourite and was a magazine and tabloid favourite.

2006 saw yet more dreams come true for Michelle. She was voted 2nd in the Best Big Brother Housemate Ever poll for E4 in January 2006, and February saw her take the front cover of the best selling lads mag – Nuts for the first time. The rest of 2006 also saw features in Daily Star Sunday, Ireland's Sunday World, Spain's Siete Magazine, Maxim in South Africa, Love It!, Zoo Magazine, People in Australia, Front Magazine, OK!, Heat Magazine, New Magazine, and Max Power to name but a few. Many will remember Michelle saying in the house that glamour modelling was a dream of hers – and now she had something else ticked off of her list of ambitions.

Also in 2006, Michelle gained a small role in feature film “I Want Candy” alongside the likes of Carmen Electra and Michelle Ryan, and the film premiered several months later in London in April 2007. Following the premiere, Michelle decided that she wanted to expand on her charity work, and ran the Flora London Marathon for the RSPCA; a charity very close to her heart. She was the only ex Big Brother housemate to cross the finishing line that day. 2007 so far has seen features of Michelle in OK!, Star Magazine, Mail on Sunday, People Magazine in Australia, FHM in Denmark, and many more. Michelle has also been recording music and one song, “Must Be The Music” charted at number 27 in the independent dance charts. More music is in the pipeline for Michelle.

Michelle decided fashion modelling was going to be her next move, and became the face of online fashion boutique www.discoo.co.uk. Carrying on with modelling, Michelle released her first ever calendar for 2008 which is something Michelle never thought she would be able to do. Michelle proudly announced her engagement in autumn 2007 to hypnotherapist Steve McKeown.

In 2007 Michelle was snapped up as the News of the World’s online columnist for Big Brother, in what was called her Sex Diary Room. She repeated this in 2008 and 2009 and is a firm favourite with the paper’s readers, appearing weekly with her views on the show. She reported exclusively for Big Brother on Channel 4 from the shows auditions in Newcastle in 2008 and is working on a new venture for late 2009.