FOUND FAME DOING SOMETHING NEW

SOAP & GLORY Shaheen as Shakil in EastEnders author. “I left Escala, got married and assumed naively that we would have a family. But it didn’t quite go that way. I feel lucky I’ve been given the opportunity to write Dare To Dream. Harry actually was the one who suggested it.

“Fertility struggles are often unspoken about. It was cathartic writing down everything we’d been through.”

While writing the book Izzy became pregnant with, Kit, now seven months, which she says was “a miracle”.

Dare to Dream: My Struggle to Become a Mum – A Story of Heartache and Hope by Izzy Judd (Transworld) is available in ebook and hardback. Paperback is out in December 2018. Since she went on the talent show her reality TV career has taken off and she has become a style icon on Instagram. From TOWIE to Celebrity Big Brother, she has appeared in most of the biggest reality shows in the UK. Megan also got her kit off for charity in ITV’s the Real Full Monty, which she was “terrified” about. “Getting naked in public is one of my biggest fears,” she said ahead of the show last month. But even with her TV career, singing is still one of Megan’s greatest loves and she even knocked Taylor Swift off the top of the iTunes chart in September last year. She said: “Since my single came out I’ve been contacted by quite a few famous songwriters who want to work with me.”