Latoya Jackson has signed up as a housemate on Celebrity Big Brother 2009.

She is following in the footsteps of her brother, Jermaine, who appeared in the ill fated 2007 series which is best remembered for the uproar and racial row it caused.

Latoya started off as a singer at the tender age of 16, though her success was limited. Latoya modelled for Playboy in 1989 but it failed to bring her long term prosperity and she filed for bankruptcy in 1992.

Latoya is obviously hoping to use the Big Brother experience to start kick her music career as she has a new single planned for release on the 20th of February.