{"id":37680,"date":"2023-10-08T23:53:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T21:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1903722"},"modified":"2023-10-09T11:52:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T09:52:35","slug":"who-is-farida-meet-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-make-up-artist","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-farida-meet-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-make-up-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Farida? Meet Big Brother 2023 housemate and make-up artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Farida was the second contestant to join the Big Brother house for 2023. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Grace Henry\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 08 October 2023 at 21:53 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>Big Brother is back and the housemates are being announced one by one.<\/p>\n<p>Farida was the second contestant to join the new house, after Jenkin.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next six weeks the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-2023-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Big Brother<\/a> contestants will be tasked and have their every moves watched. As usual, the housemates will vote for who they want to put up for eviction and us at home will get to vote for who we want to save.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-aj-odudu-will-best-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AJ Odudu and Will Best<\/a>, the launch show will last 90 minutes. All contestants should be revealed by the end of the episode, after which viewers can join Odudu and Best for Late &amp; Live, which is on every night right after the show.<\/p>\n<p>The new season will last six weeks and will see the contestants battling it out to be announced as this year\u2019s champs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/big-brother-narrator-marcus-bentley-explained\/\">Who is Big Brother narrator Marcus Bentley?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"standard-card-new__article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/will-best-big-brother-2023-host\/\">Who is Will Best, Big Brother 2023\u2019s newest host?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They\u2019ll join past Big Brother winners Nadia Almada, Helen Wood, Josie Gibson and more.<\/p>\n<p>As the 2023 season gets underway, here\u2019s everything you need to know about Farida \u2013 one of the contestants in 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>.<\/p> <h2><strong>Who is Farida?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meet wise and wonderful Farida! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BBUK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BBUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5E2yFOu1Vf\">pic.twitter.com\/5E2yFOu1Vf<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Big Brother UK (@bbuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbuk\/status\/1711111077025460713?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>50<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job:\u00a0<\/strong>Make-up artist<\/p>\n<p><strong>From:\u00a0<\/strong>Wolverhampton<\/p>\n<p>50-year-old Farida was the second contestant to enter the Big Brother house and has proven herself to be a comedy icon already.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why she chose to go onto the show, Farida said: \u201cI\u2019m very proud who who I am and I feel like Asian women and Asian culture is underrepresented on ITV. A lot of people think that wearing a headscarf might stop you from having opportunities, whereas for me, it\u2019s been completely the opposite. I embrace it with confidence and it\u2019s actually given me lots of opportunities!<\/p>\n<p>Farida is hoping to let people know that Muslims are \u201cfar from suppressed\u201d, and is looking forward to \u201ceverything\u201d that Big Brother will bring.<\/p>\n<p>She plans to \u201cembrace\u201d the competition. \u201cI believe in living for the moment and I want to remember that I\u2019m on of thousands of applicants who made it inside the house.\u201d<\/p> <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><strong>Big Brother airs weekdays and Sundays at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX. Big\u00a0Brother continues tomorrow at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to 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\u00a0<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>.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Farida was the second contestant to join the Big Brother house for 2023. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":37681,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/who-is-farida-meet-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-make-up-artist-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/who-is-farida-meet-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-make-up-artist-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/who-is-farida-meet-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-make-up-artist-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/who-is-farida-meet-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-make-up-artist-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/who-is-farida-meet-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-make-up-artist-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/who-is-farida-meet-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-make-up-artist-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/10\/who-is-farida-meet-big-brother-2023-housemate-and-make-up-artist-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":"Farida was the second contestant to join the Big Brother house for 2023.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/37680"}],"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\/37681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}