Gemma Clare Collins (born 31 January 1981) is an English media personality and businesswoman. In 2011, she began appearing on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex. Following a brief appearance on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2014), Collins has appeared in various television programmes including Celebrity Big Brother (2016), Celebs Go Dating (2018), and Dancing on Ice (2019). In 2019, she began starring in her own reality series and hosting a podcast on BBC Sounds.
Gemma Collins has bravely opened up on suffering a heartbreaking miscarriage in 2012, saying “everything happens for a reason”.The TOWIE star, 39, was unaware she was pregnant eight years ago, but sadly lost the baby.
Gemma, who recently split from on-off boyfriend James Argent again, has now candidly opened up on the trauma she faced, saying she believed it “happened for a reason”. "It was very traumatic at the time, it was very shocking actually,” Gemma told Mirror Online. “Time's a healer.
And you know, as sad as it is, everything happens for a reason. "So it was just one of those things, unfortunately. But hey ho to the future." Gemma then explained that she dealt with the heartbreak of the miscarriage alone and declined support.