Rachel wins

Rachel has been crowned the winner of Big Brother's ninth series with 51.3 per cent of the public votes.

Glammed up in a stunning red eviction outfit, the 24-year-old left the house to cheers - and even a few boos - after being voted out in the final eviction.

The former Miss Wales competitor had survived eviction twice before, even beating Sexy Stuart when the pair went head to head in week ten.

Rachel entered the house declaring herself to be bubbly, chatty and happy - but she came under fire from bullying chef Rex and hunky Dale for constantly "sitting on the fence".

The others claimed she had no opinions of her own, branding her "Reserved Rachel".

Rex even said he would swap her for a game of Scrabble.

But despite the lads' constant berating, Rachel refused to let their remarks get her down, insisting they were "just jealous" of her optimistic perspective on life.

And she found a friend in Kat, who shared her similarly happy outlook. Kat even fought in her corner when Rex and Luke tried to convince the rest of the house that Rachel was playing a game.

After living in the house for 93 days and lasting longer than 20 other contestants, she certainly deserves that GBP100,000 prize. (PAW/WN)