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Joel Leaver

Where Imogen Thomas is now - From mum to Big Brother's Nikki Grahame best friend

It has been more than 15 years since Imogen Thomas appeared on Big Brother, with the popular reality show having made a household name of the former Miss Wales.

The glamour model, now 39, spent around twelves weeks as a housemate, alongside the likes of eventual winner Pete Bennett, now 40, and runner-up Glyn Wise, now 34.

Since her time on the show, she has taken part in various other shows and remained close with former housemate Nikki Grahame - who passed away last year aged 38.

And in more recent years, she has become a mother to two children and pursued a new career - which is very different from her experience as a pageant queen.

Family

Imogen Thomas (centre) now has two children; Siera (left) and Ariana (right) (Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)

Imogen is a single mother to daughters Ariana Horsley, eight, and Siera Horsley, six, from her relationship with ex Adam Horsley, 34.

The couple began dating in 2011 but reportedly broke up around seven years later, with Imogen said to have been "heartbroken and devastated" at the time.

The star is now understood to live with her two girls in London - having relocated from her native Wales earlier in her career - and often posts about her family on social media.

The Big Brother alum documents her life as a parent on Instagram (Dave Benett/WireImage)
Imogen is a single mother to her children, whom she lives with in London (Dave Benett/WireImage)

Imogen has even launched a parenting blog on Instagram, as well as an account dedicated to the renovation of her home, with her giving fans a glimpse into her life at the moment.

Posts on the parenting account - @life_as_a_mum_ in recent months have documented family holidays, fancy dress costumes worn by her children as well as a spa trip.

And describing her children in posts for their birthdays, she referred to Ariana as "sassy" and "fiesty," whilst her post for youngest Siera told her to keep being a "star."

Friendship

Imogen was close friends with the late Nikki Grahame (imogen_thomas/Instagram)

Imogen has previously said that she has a set of friends who aren't in the limelight, though she had remained close to the late Nikki - who appeared alongside her on Big Brother.

The pair had met on the show back in 2006 and remained friends until Nikki's death in April last year - with the cause of her death understood to have been anorexia nervosa.

They had remained friends are meeting on Big Brother in 2006 (Instagram)

Since her passing, Imogen has paid tribute to her friend on numerous occasions, referring to her as a "beautiful, funny soul" and saying she was "blessed" to have known her.

More recently, she opened up about the last few weeks of her late friend's life, revealing that Nikki had been so frail that she was unable to even walk up a flight of stairs.

Career

She has ventured into property in recent years (Instagram/imogen_thomas)
Imogen, pictured with pal Nikki, had started her career as a beauty queen and reality TV star (imogen_thomas/Instagram)

Although she has been a model and reality TV star, Imogen has more recently pursued a career in property. She refers to herself as an investor in her bio on social media.

She opened up about her job in an interview with Celebrity Secrets last year, in which she revealed that she has five 'Buy to Let' properties in and around London.

Imogen shares updates about her home on social media (@our_victorian / Instagram)
This included sharing a photo of the family's Christmas tree (@our_victorian / Instagram)

Imogen confirmed that she is a "property investor" and said: "These properties are my other 'babies' - and my main source of income - so I feel like I've achieved my goals."

She hasn't revealed much about her properties, though she regularly posts about her own home in her dedicated blog account @our_victorian on Instagram.

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