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 is determined to transform her lavish £1.3m mansion into the ‘Buckingham Palace’ of Essex. The former TOWIE star, 40, is reportedly set to revamp her ‘dream home’ in a bid to make it look more like Queen’s Elizabeth’s world-famous palace.
It’s rumoured that the GC has already got the ball rolling on her plans as she’s roped in the help of her longtime friend and Real Housewives of Cheshire star Dawn Ward to help inspire Gemma with some of the décor.
Dawn, who owns interior design company Arista Design, is believed to be gearing up to add her creative eye to Gemma’s dream plans.
Lifting the lid on Gemma’s palace renovations, a source close to Dawn told The Sun : “Dawn’s designs are jaw-dropping and life-changing.