Bubbly Big Brother winner joins soap

Big Brother 5 winner Nadia Almada is to make her TV soap debut in Channel 4 show Hollyoaks.

16:04 20 October 2004

Big Brother 5 winner Nadia Almada is to make her TV soap debut in Channel 4 show Hollyoaks.

The curvy transsexual filmed an episode last week, which sees her switching on the Christmas lights in the fictional suburb of Chester.

The Portuguese reality TV star said she was thrilled to be on the set of her favourite soap and confessed she would love to land a permanent role in Hollyoaks, the Sunday Mirror reports.

She added: "I can't believe I am actually here. So much has happened to me in the last year I just can't take it in, but to be here on set and meeting the cast is fabulous."

An insider on the soap told the newspaper: "She got on so well with us all it was quite amazing. It seemed everyone at the studio wanted to say hello and chat."

Nadia arrived at the Mersey Television studios in a stretch limo with a couple of hefty bodyguards.

The 27-year-old, who was born Jorge, is now hoping her soap appearance will lead to more offers.