Age: 22

From: North London

Occupation: Temp receptionist

Status: Single

"I am an enigma, I'm striking in my presence. People love to talk to me and are drawn to me."

Shabnam lives at home with her mother, who she gets on with like a sister.

She loves people who like their food, especially chocolate, and describes herself as "full of life, vivacious, nuts, passionate, inimitable and striking". She'd like to be reincarnated as "another enigma" such as Michael Jackson or Johnny Depp.

Shabnam's main ambition is to travel the world and enjoy life - she wants adventure and spontaneity and her philosophy is "to live each moment to the full, because the moment never comes again."

An energetic chatterbox, make-up mad Shabnam feels people may nominate her for being messy and because her zest for life and high energy might irritate them. "Housemates that would annoy me would be the ones who don't listen to me...I should really be listened to because I talk a lot of sense." She adds that she doesn't like passive people and has a phobia of bees.

Shabnam lasted two days working in McDonalds and once worked in a toy department where she dressed up as Hello Kitty and Mr Men characters. She has never voted because she can't be bothered.

She thinks Big Brother will let her "fascinating personality" shine through. "You can't act on Big Brother - you have to be yourself. There is no other way to win."