Kate Lawler

Kate Lawler (born 7 May 1980) is an English television personality, presenter, model and DJ. She became the first female winner of Big Brother UK after winning the third series of the reality series in 2002. Since Big Brother, she has presented various radio shows including Capital FM and Virgin Radio. She has also appeared in television series including Celebrity Wrestling and Love Island. Big Brother Lawler entered the third series of Big Brother on day one in 2002. The series lasted 64 days. During her time on Big Brother she received two strikes out of a possible three. Housemates received strikes for breaking Big Brother rules. Any housemate that received three strikes would be ejected from the Big Brother house. Lawlers first strike was for discussing nominations with Allison. Her second strike was for sending a birthday message to her twin sister. The final episode of the series was watched in 10.01 million households. Lawler won Big Brother 3, which meant she was the first woman to win the UK version of Big Brother. Later career In September 2002, Lawler became a DJ on Capital FM, a position she held until December 2003. She co-presented the Channel 4 breakfast TV show RI:SE from February 2003 until it was axed in December of that year. In 2005, she was one of the competitors in the ITV show Celebrity Wrestling, competing under the name The Brawler. She helped her team, The Warriors, win the team championship, but was eliminated in the semi-finals of the individual competition by fellow model Leilani Dowding. Lawler wrote a twice-weekly Big Brother 7 column for The Sun online for the duration of the series.