Rachel Christie, the niece of former Olympic runner Linford Christie, will reportedly be amongst the crowd of hopeful housemates when Big Brother returns next week.

The disgraced model became the first black women to land the Miss England title last year. In the early hours of November 2, 2009, Christie was arrested on suspicion of assaulting Miss Manchester Sara Beverley Jones at a Manchester nightclub. She subsequently announced her withdrawal from the Miss World competition and relinquished her Miss England crown.

A BB source told The News Of The World: “Rachel’s background makes her a perfect candidate for Big Brother. She’s sexy, sassy and with a real life story to tell.”

Well a similar back story certainly didn’t hurt Danielle Lloyd!

The source added: “Rachel is no stranger to controversy. We think she will help make the final series unmissable television.”

Big Brother returns to Channel 4 on the 9th of June. However, in a twist to the usual format there will be more hopefuls than the house can hold. In front of the cameras and the baying crowd each of the hopefuls will find out their fate.

The new Housemates will be selected one by one and allowed into the Big Brother house to begin what could be the most exciting and unpredictable few weeks of their lives.