Chantelle revealed the news in her new! magazine column, writing: Last week I had a consultation. I’ve been told it can be done, although they did warn me about the scarring and tried to prepare me mentally for what my chest will look like afterwards. The mum-of-one, who had daughter Dolly with Katies ex husband Alex Reid, continued: I think I am going to do it in May. I don’t want to wait for the whole summer to go and then be wearing jumpers again.
I’m not sure what size I will be after surgery because I’m having them taken out completely, so I’ve just got to wait and see. The former winner of Celebrity Big Brother had a boob job which took her then B-cup breasts to an E-cup in 2007. However last year after losing 28 lbs and dropping three dress sizes, she admitted she felt daft for having them done and revealed for she was looking to have the implants removed.
It wasnt the first time she admitted she wasn’t a fan of her boobs though even in 2010 she wasn’t happy. She said: I hate them, I was a lunatic. When I wanted the boob job, I wanted to change everything about me. I should never have messed around. Chantelle had her breasts enlarged following her divorce from Ordinary Boys singer Samuel Preston.
Chantelle Vivien Houghton is an English glamour model and television personality. She was the first ‘non-celebrity’ to feature in the Channel 4 reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother in 2006. She emerged as the winner of series 4, beating 10 celebrities: (Michael Barrymore, Maggot, Samuel Preston, Pete Burns, Traci Bingham, Dennis Rodman, George Galloway, Rula Lenska, Faria Alam and Jodie Marsh), winning a prize of £25,000.
Following a much-publicised on-screen courtship, Houghton married former fellow Celebrity Big Brother 2006 contestant Samuel Preston of The Ordinary Boys in August 2006. The couple announced their separation in a joint statement on 27 June 2007, and divorced on 21 November 2007. In October 2007, Houghton was named “TV’s latest reality millionaire” and experts reported that her wealth easily exceeds £1 million.
Houghton had originally applied to be in Big Brother 6 and was a stand-by for that series but was never called up, however producers decided to use her for the upcoming celebrity version of the show. Houghton entered the house on day one and became the first non-celebrity to enter Celebrity Big Brother. She was told by Big Brother that her cover story was that she was a member of a fictional band called Kandy Floss. According to Big Brother, Houghton was the lead singer.
Their singles were “I Want It Right Now”, “Come Back” and “More More More”. “I Want It Right Now” was their biggest hit. Had she failed to convince them, she would have been evicted from the house. She successfully fooled her housemates and survived to the end of the show. In her Big Brother profile page Houghton described herself as a “bright, blonde bimbo” (despite not being a natural blonde). She said, “I look like Paris Hilton, not on purpose but it’s just the way it turned out”.
On 8 January (day four), Big Brother set a task to the group to rate themselves by how famous they thought they were. The celebrity they thought was the most famous stood on the #1 podium and the person they considered the least famous stood on the #11 podium.
Houghton had to avoid being put in the #11 podium to prove she had fooled the real celebrities that she was famous and to stay in the house. Houghton survived the task, being chosen to stand on the #9 podium, ahead of Samuel Preston and Maggot. She was then called to the diary room to discuss her identity with Big Brother. This was simultaneously shown on a television screen in the lounge, in front of the other housemates. Houghton was nominated for eviction on Day 21, but was saved from eviction by the public as the other two nominees (George Galloway and Dennis Rodman) left the house in a double eviction. While in the house, Houghton established close bonds with Jodie Marsh, and Preston.
Houghton won the show on 27 January with 56.4% of the public vote, ahead of Michael Barrymore on 22.7%, earning her £25,000 (the celebrities were reportedly paid fees of up to £150,000 each). Houghton re-entered the Big Brother house for Ultimate Big Brother, following the conclusion of Big Brother 2010, and to signal the end of Big Brother on Channel 4. She entered the house with ex-husband Preston. During the show, Houghton reformed the fake band Kandy Floss with fellow Ultimate Big Brother housemates Victor Ebuwa and Nadia Almada for a task. Houghton survived eviction on Day 11 and subsequently landed third place on the finale with 20.51% of the finale three-way vote on Day 18, finishing behind Nikki Grahame and winner Brian Dowling.
With everything else going on in her life, it seems like the former Big Brother winner has more important things to worry about than gaining a few pounds. After a bitter split from ex Alex-Reid last year, Chantelle seemed to have found love again with new man, Nick Hogg. But she was dealt another blow when her banker boyfriend relocated across the pond to New York for work, last month. Maintaining a brave front about the move she remarked; ‘It’s a shame, but these things happen. He doesn’t know how long he’ll be there so we’re just going to have to see how it goes.’
Meanwhile ex Alex Reid is still proving to be a thorn in her side. Her former lover and father to her child is selling his wedding ring from his marriage to first wife, Katie Price, to the highest bidder through Now! magazine. Ranting about his plan in her new! magazine column, she said; ‘I honestly can’t get my head round it. ‘Words literally fail me.’