A STUDENT from Malvern is being hotly tipped to win the fourth series of hit Reality TV show Big Brother.

Annuszka Nowak - a 23-year-old vegetarian, who says she will miss music, movies and sex - is third favourite to scoop the £70,000 prize at the end of the nine-week Channel 4 show.

The blonde, nicknamed Nush, is one of 12 contestants who entered the house last night, with Channel 4 promising it would be the most diverse series so far.

"I love trying new and crazy things and Big Brother looks like lots of fun," she said.

Nush, who has had her belly-button pierced and says her favourite song is Golden Brown by The Stranglers, is hoping to maintain her spiritual health in the house by continuing her programme of yoga.

She also has her own spiritual adviser, has travelled the world and hates the idea of nuclear weapons.

The part-time sales assistant has already shown her quirky side by claiming she would like to be reincarnated as "an alpha-male mandrill baboon with a penchant for almonds", while also harbouring ambitions of training the Big Brother chickens.

She has already proved a hit with her fellow housemates as nobody nominated her for eviction, next Friday.

Fellow contestant Steph, who also avoided nomination, is also a vegetarian from Worcestershire.

The 27-year-old, from Redditch, has recently separated from her husband, said to be a First Division footballer, and says she will desperately miss her fire.

Big Brother introduced its first Worcestershire contestant last year, when Tim Culley, from Upton-upon-Severn, replaced escapee Sandy in the third series.

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