Jade Goody came to public attention in 2002 when she came fourth in the third series of Big Brother. The winner was Kate Lawler.
Big Brother turned Jade Goody's life around. The former dental nurse was in debt before the show, but after the series she has earned a fortune mainly from magazine and newspaper deals.
Jade Goody, who didn't come across as the brightest spark, has nevertheless proved an achiever.
She owned her own beauty parlour, Ugly's in Hertfordfordshire.
Jade Goody broke up with Jeff Brazier and started going out with Jack Tweed.
In January 2007 Jade, Jack and Jade's mother entered Celebrity Big Brother.
Particularly after she had children, Jade Goody did not have much to do with her father who died at 42 from a heroin overdose.
Jade Goody has a brother, who is four years older than her but he was put up for adoption and so she did not grow up with him.
Jade Goody has two children Bobby Jack and Freddie, through ex Jeff Brazier.
Jade Goody's Big Brother experience turned sour.
A staggering 82% of the public voted to evict her rather than Shilpa Shetty.
Their had been outrage of her treatment of Shilpa Shetty in the house. For example, The Sun wrote of Jade Goody:
"She has left the house with her true personality laid bare - a vile, pig-ignorant, racist bully consumed by envy of a woman of superior intelligence, beauty and class."
Jade Goody News has more about the aftermath of the Celebrity Big Brother controversy.
In 2008, Jade Goody entered Big Boss - India's version of Celebrity Big Brother, however she left the show early after tests that she had previously taken came back and she was diagnosed with cervical cancer.
In February 2009, Jade Goody's publicist Max Clifford revealed that doctors had told her that she had only months to live because the cancer had spread.
On 22 February 2009, Jade Goody and Jack Tweed married at Down Hall in Essex.
Jade Goody died in March 2009, after a long fight against cancer.
