![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-blew-thousands-on-shopping-sprees-after-winning-big-brother-says-nadia-almada/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/crop-23230356.jpg&description=Exclusive BIG SPENDER Published : 13:15, 28 Jul 2023 Updated : 13:20, 28 Jul 2023 SHE became a reality TV superstar when she was crowned the winner of Big Brother in 2004. And Nadia Almada , the CCTV house's first ever trans contestant, wasted no time in living the high life after being reintroduced to the real world. 3 Nadia Almada works as a hairdresser 19 years after winning Big Brother Credit: Rex 3 Nadia starred in series 5 of the hit reality show Credit: Channel 4 The much-loved television personality, 46, splashed out thousands of pounds on lavish items in luxury department stores and developed a taste for the finer things in life. In an exclusive interview with The Sun on behalf of ICE 36 , Nadia joked that she wished she'd had a better financial plan in place when she was in those heady days. Laughing, she said: "I wish I knew better. Going to Selfridges and spending £3,000 on a Fendi bag and Louis Vuitton and things like that. Lavish, kind of crazy things that when you grow up, when you come from a place where you never have that... "I was a Platinum American Express [cardholder], I WAS, past tense [laughs]. Shoes were my thing, designer shoes, handbags; now they are in boxes somewhere. Oh, how I wish I had a better vision! " Holidays abroad... and when you've tasted the five star hotel you can't go to the B&B. "Also it kind of messes with your mind. It generates this entitlement kind of thing. I wanted people to know what kind of champagne I'd drink. I remember buying cases of Veuve [Clicquot] champagne, which I love, obviously, but that's another story." Nadia's series of Big Brother ranks among the best ever, pulling in millions of viewers and generating drama that fans of the show still vividly recall two decades later. Nadia's iconic "I want my cigarettes" catchphrase is burned into the minds of reality TV fans around the country. Her success opened her up to a world of celebrity that she could only have dreamed of weeks previously. The Portuguese st){kind=link}
SHE became a reality TV superstar when she was crowned the winner of Big Brother in 2004.
And Nadia Almada, the CCTV house’s first ever trans contestant, wasted no time in living the high life after being reintroduced to the real world.
The much-loved television personality, 46, splashed out thousands of pounds on lavish items in luxury department stores and developed a taste for the finer things in life.
In an exclusive interview with The Sun on behalf of ICE 36, Nadia joked that she wished she’d had a better financial plan in place when she was in those heady days.
Laughing, she said: “I wish I knew better. Going to Selfridges and spending £3,000 on a Fendi bag and Louis Vuitton and things like that. Lavish, kind of crazy things that when you grow up, when you come from a place where you never have that…