Isabelle is glowing places with BB win
SHE was Big Brother’s golden girl this year and now Isabelle Warburton has revealed plans to use some of her winnings to start up her own fake tan business in Manchester.
Tan fanatic Isabelle, never knowingly without a golden hue, won an army of fans on the reality TV show after entering part-way through the competition – and went on to win the whole thing and £65,000 in the process.
And now she is hoping to take her passion for a golden glow to the next level – by launching her own fake tanning salons, starting in Manchester.
We caught up with glamorous Isabelle, 21, from Warrington, in the Northern Quarter this week where she’s been eyeing up the right location for her business.
She said: “Winning Big Brother opens a lot of doors and what I do with it could be life-changing for sure.
“So I’m looking to open a women’s tanning salon, I’m going to embrace what I do best, and that’s tanning! I want to open 20 shops across the UK ultimately. A few tanning brands have been in touch wanting to get involved.
“The first will be in Manchester and we’re looking in the Northern Quarter for sites now.
“I want somewhere where people will walk out and think ‘I look wicked, I feel really good.’”
As well as investing in her business, Isabelle is planning to donate some of her winnings to a mental health charity, and to take her family on holiday.
Former Bridgewater School student Isabelle is from a big family with four sisters and a brother, so she is well used to living in a full house! She said: “I love a busy house with everyone chatting and stuff.”
She applied for Big Brother on a bit of a whim, saying: “I’d been in and out of jobs for a bit, so I applied as I thought what better way to spend my summer?
“I was unsure what to do careerwise so I thought perfect, but never did I think I would get in there let alone win it.”
She says she’s been overwhelmed by the reaction since coming out of the house.
She said: “People have been so nice to me. Someone came up to me in the Trafford Centre the other day and said just the nicest things that I was in tears afterwards.”
Her time in the house was not without its controversies, though, including a real flashpoint with Lotan, but she says that’s water under the bridge now.
She said: “He’s apologised and there’s no bad blood there any more.”