Jade Goody: Obituary
Jade Goody's final weeks were characterised, just as her life had been, by the intense glare of the media spotlight.
The mother-of-two, who received her cancer diagnosis on the Indian version of the reality show which thrust her into the public eye, decided early on that she would fight her battle with the disease publicly.
Goody was propelled to stardom in 2002 as a contestant on Big Brother 3. Despite finishing fourth in the Channel 4 show, the former dental nurse went on to become a regular in the pages of tabloid newspapers and glossy magazines and appeared on a number of other reality TV shows including Celebrity Wife Swap, Celebrity Driving School, Jade's Salon and Jade's PA.
In 2007 she appeared on Celebrity Big Brother and became embroiled in a well-documented race row, attracting thousands of complaints about the treatment of Indian contestant Shilpa Shetty.
The row made international headlines and Indian protesters burnt effigies of Goody in the streets but she later became firm friends with Bollywood star Shetty.
Billed by her publicist as "the world's first reality television star", she rarely shied away from publicity and, despite her tumultuous relationship with the press, maintained a strong fan base and launched a number of fitness DVDs and a best-selling perfume.
But the extent to which the 27-year-old would ultimately embrace the coverage of her illness - and subsequent death - could not have been predicted when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in August last year.
As the disease quickly took hold and spread to her liver, groin and bowel, it became clear Goody was not to recover.
