{"id":37674,"date":"2023-10-09T00:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T22:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1903799"},"modified":"2023-10-09T11:48:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T09:48:47","slug":"meet-noky-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-miss-universe-great-britain-winner","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/meet-noky-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-miss-universe-great-britain-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Noky, Big Brother 2023 housemate and Miss Universe Great Britain winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Noky is ready for all the challenges Big Brother may throw at her. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Katelyn Mensah\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 09 October 2023 at 22:19 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The show we have all been waiting for, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-2023-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Brother<\/a>, is back and better than ever.<\/p>\n<p>The launch show saw 16 contestants enter the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-house-filming-location\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new house<\/a>, all with the hopes of winning a whopping \u00a3100,000 cash prize. The housemates may only have been in the house for less than a day but there has already been drama \u2013 tears in the diary room as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/olivia-big-brother-2023-eviction-twist-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olivia became the first contestant up for evicton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One contestant hoping to take on a new challenge is Noky, a banker from Derby who has previously represented Great Britain at Miss Universe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-sm pr-xxs hidden-print body-copy-large\">As Noky makes herself comfortable in the Big Brother house, read on for everything you need to know about her as she joins the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-2023-cast-line-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Brother 2023 cast line-up<\/a>.<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Who is Noky?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Beauty and brains in abounds, Noky isn&#8217;t afraid to speak her mind. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BBUK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BBUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jn2140teeU\">pic.twitter.com\/Jn2140teeU<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Big Brother UK (@bbuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbuk\/status\/1711127504457523455?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p><strong>Age:\u00a0<\/strong>26<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown:\u00a0<\/strong>Derby<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job:\u00a0<\/strong>Banker<\/p>\n<p>Noky loves challenges and so Big Brother was a no brainer for her.<\/p>\n<p>Talking about why she decided to apply for the show, Noky said: \u201cI\u2019ve had so many amazing times in my life, like going to Miss Universe as Miss Great Britain. I like to do something different and I think this is the next challenge I want to conquer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-2023-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Brother 2023: Release date, host and news for ITV2 reboot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-rules-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Brother rules: What could get housemates removed?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The former Miss Universe Great Britain winner is hoping to \u201cdisprove\u201d stereotypes around pageant girls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also show what it\u2019s like being a woman who\u2019s worked in male- dominated fields. I want to show that women are capable of doing anything they want,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 25\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Noky admitted she is looking forward to the tasks on Big Brother, as well as getting to know the other housemates.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cI\u2019m really excited to meet everyone and see who I get on with. I know that there\u2019ll definitely be people that I don\u2019t get on with but that\u2019s part of the fun of it as well!\u201d<\/p> <p>Prior to Noky entering the Big Brother house, she was already a rumoured housemate,\u00a0with TV insiders saying she is \u201can ideal housemate\u201d, as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/24324676\/big-brother-miss-universe-noky-simbani-housemate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old said she may be nominated by other housemates for sharing her opinion when its not wanted, and only time will tell if she rubs the other housemates up the wrong way with her opinions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> <div class=\"brightcove embed\"> <div class=\"embed__intrinsic\"> <div class=\"brightcove__player vjs-playlist-player-container\"> <video data-video-id=\"6337855136112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"video-js\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js\"\/> <p><b> Big Brother continues Monday 9th October at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment<\/a> coverage or visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310, PLUS a \u00a310 John Lewis and Partners voucher delivered to your home \u2013 <a id=\"LPNoLPOWALinkPreview\" title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\" data-loopstyle=\"linkonly\">subscribe now<\/a>. <\/strong><strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Noky is ready for all the challenges Big Brother may throw at her. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":37675,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-noky-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-miss-universe-great-britain-winner-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-noky-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-miss-universe-great-britain-winner-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-noky-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-miss-universe-great-britain-winner-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-noky-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-miss-universe-great-britain-winner-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-noky-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-miss-universe-great-britain-winner-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-noky-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-miss-universe-great-britain-winner-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/meet-noky-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-miss-universe-great-britain-winner-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Noky is ready for all the challenges Big Brother may throw at her.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/37674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}