There’s Something About Miriam was one of the most controversial reality TV shows of the early 2000s.
The 2003 Sky One show saw six ‘typical lads’ enter a dating contest to woo Mexican model Miriam Rivera for a £10,000 prize and romantic yacht trip.
However, the cruel twist of the show was that the contestants weren’t told that Miriam was transgender and hadn’t undergone gender-affirming surgery until after the winner was announced – and after the men had flirted with
Nicaragua’s Sheynnis Palacios has been crowned Miss Universe 2023 at the 72nd annual beauty pageant held in San Salvador last night – making history as the first delegate from Nicaragua to win the title.
In addition to Sheynnis’ victory, the event saw several more historic firsts, including two mother candidates, two transgender women and a plus-size individual.
Sheynnis, 23, pipped Anntonia Porsild of Thailand for the prestigious title, and looked elated as she was crowned by last year’s winner, USA’s
Amber Davies looked like she was wrapping up warm as she left training for Dancing On Ice on Tuesday.
The musical theatre star looked stylish as she donned a khaki padded gilet jacket with matching sports leggings.
The star, who rose to fame as the winner of Love Island back in 2017, carried her essentials in a large cow skin look handbag as she headed home after a group training session with the rest of the contestants.
Getting used to
Tuning in to watch twentysomethings in the early stages of orchestrated romantic relationships has become something of a national sport, thanks to the runaway success of ITV’s Love Island.
On to a winning formula, the channel is now bringing us a new dating series My Mum, Your Dad — the first episode of which airs tonight.
And this time the cameras are turning on single parents in their 40s and 50s who, while not quite as gym-honed and orange-hued as
The 2023 winner of the prestigious Cuprinol Shed of the Year has been announced with judges giving top marks to a multi-coloured outbuilding known as the ‘Frankenshed’.
Shed-owner Archie Proudfoot, from London, used all his skills as an independent artist and sign painter to triumph over more than 200 other entrants which included A-frame ski chalet in Essex and a Japanese-inspired tea room in Bristol.
Mr Proudfoot’s creation was voted top of the ‘Colourful’ category by the general public and
Jeopardy!’s showrunner, Michael Davies, revealed that the game show will move forward with season 40 by reusing old questions and former contestants amid the ongoing writers’ strike.
“I believe, principally, that it would not be fair to have new contestants making their first appearance on the Alex Trebek Stage, doing it with non-original material, or as we’ll talk about a combination of non-original material and material that was written pre-strike,” said Davies on the Monday, August 7,
Is love truly blind? That the question the Love Is Bind season 4 cast and contestants are trying to answer as they date, fall in love and get engaged—sight unseen—in Seattle, Washington.
Love Is Blind, which first premiered on Netflix in February 2020, follows around 30 men and women over the course of a couple weeks as they speed-date in “Pods,” where they can talk to each other but not see each other. During the 10 days, the couples … Read more
It’s been 10 weeks of challenges and boardroom bickering for The Apprentice 2023 candidates.
But now things are finally coming to and end with just two episodes left in the current series.
Last week the BBC show unveiled its all-female Final Five for the second year running – so who will be made Lord Sugar’s next business partner?.
As the series draws to a close MailOnline tells you everything you need to know about the upcoming final:
Line-up: Last week
Since she showed with a haystack on night one, fans have wanted to know more about Brooklyn from The Bachelor 2023 and where she is now after Zach’s season.
Brooklyn Willie was one of 30 contestants on The Bachelor season 27 with Zach Shallcross, a 26-year-old tech executive from Anaheim Hills, California, who now lives in Austin, Texas. Zach was a contestant on The Bachelorette season 19 with Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia, where he was Rachel’s contestant and self-eliminated in … Read more
Warning: Spoilers ahead. If you have a favorite this season, you may want to know who went home on The Bachelor 2023 each week and which of Zach’s contestants made it to the finale.
The Bachelor season 27 lead is Zach Shallcross, a 26-year-old tech executive from Anaheim Hills, California, who now lives in Austin, Texas. Zach was a contestant on The Bachelorette season 19 with Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia, where he was Rachel’s contestant and self-eliminated … Read more
