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Some people only know Aisleyne in the context of Big Brother; however her real life story surpasses any reality-show plotline.

Aisleyne was born on December 28th 1978 into a crazy North London punk household, where Siouxie Sioux and Boy George were regular visitors.

Her early years were shattered after witnessing the fallout of her father's drug use and by her mother becoming a devout Jehovah's Witness.

Hospitalised after a serious assault, Aisleyne left home at 16, having been cut off by her mother and let down by her father.

Alone in London, Aisleyne lifeline was a place in a hostel where she shared the roof over her head with the frightened women and predatory men of the city's gang culture. Despite losing close friends and loved ones to drugs, knives and gun crime, Aisleyne vowed to pick herself up and get out of there, studying fashion design and textiles at The London College of Fashion.

It was to support herself whilst at college that Aisleyne began working as a promotio