She described her early childhood as the 'happiest ever' but when she was eight, her parents divorced and her grandfather, to whom she was very close, died from cancer. Grahame was born on 28 April 1982 in Northwood, London, England. She died from anorexia nervosa complications on 9 April 2021, aged 38. She released the books Dying to Be Thin (2009) and Fragile (2012), both of which are based on her experiences with the illness. Grahame suffered from anorexia nervosa throughout her life. In 2016, she competed in the fourth season of Big Brother Canada, finishing in sixth place. In 2010, Grahame was runner-up in Ultimate Big Brother, and in 2015, she appeared as a guest housemate on the sixteenth series of Big Brother. Following the show, she starred in her own reality series Princess Nikki, and won a National Television Award for Most Popular TV Contender. She was a contestant on the seventh series of the reality show Big Brother in 2006, which she finished in fifth place. Nicola Rachele-Beth Grahame (28 April 1982 – 9 April 2021) was an English television personality and author.
