Kerry: from life in care to stardom

Kerry McFadden was an early favourite to be voted off I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! after sobbing her way through her first few days in the jungle.

The former Atomic Kitten was on the verge of quitting the jungle camp more than once.

She found the conditions hard and was pining for husband Bryan and her daughters Molly, three, and Lily Sue, who was one last week.

But she stuck it out was last night crowned Queen of the Jungle.

Kerry, 23, overcame an unhappy childhood to become a member of the top-selling girl band and marry Westlife star Bryan.

Her mother was in an abusive relationship and fled to women's refuges with Kerry on more than one occasion.

Kerry was taken into care at 13, lived with four sets of foster parents and went to eight different schools.

"It was a hard childhood but that made me even more determined to succeed," she once said.

Her fortunes changed when she joined Atomic Kitten in 1999 alongside Natasha Hamilton and Liz McClarnon.

They had five hits, including the number one smash Whole Again, but Kerry quit at the height of their success after meeting Bryan.

She fell pregnant with daughter Molly and the couple got engaged soon after.
In January 2002 they had a fairytale wedding at Slane Castle in Ireland.

But their relationship hit trouble after tabloid revelations about Bryan's alleged encounter with a lapdancer on his stag night.

Kerry forgave him and the couple's second daughter was born last year.

Since leaving Atomic Kitten, she has worked as a TV presenter.