Luisa Zissman

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Luisa Zissman
Born Louisa Christina Kalozois
(1987-06-04) 4 June 1987 (age 36)
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England[1]
Occupation Entrepreneur, reality television contestant
Years active 2013–present
Television The Apprentice (2013)
Celebrity Big Brother 13 (2014)
Spouse(s) Oliver Zissman (m. 2009; div. 2014)
Andrew Collins (m. 2015)
Children 1

Luisa Christina Zissman[2] (born Louisa Christina Kalozois;[3] 4 June 1987[4]) is an English retail entrepreneur and reality television personality.[5] She was the runner-up on the ninth series of The Apprentice and appeared in Celebrity Big Brother 13.[6]

Early life and education

Zissman was born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire[7] to a Greek father[8] and educated at Northampton School for Girls.[9]

Career

Her first employment was at an estate agent on Saturdays[10] which she took at 16 to pay the upkeep costs for a horse her parents bought for her. One of her first post-school jobs was at Electronic Data Systems,[11] but she later stated that she decided to go into business due to disliking being employed and being told what to do.[7]

Based in St. Albans, Hertfordshire,[10] she owns her own baking website, eBay electronics business and cupcake shop – Dixie's Cupcakery, named after her daughter.[12][13] Although she claimed on several occasions that these three businesses have a net worth of £1.5 million,[14] The Independent valued the three businesses, all trading names of Boutique Trading Ltd of which Zissman is listed as director and company secretary, at £194.[2][15] They also noted that the eBay electronics store she owned was a "one-stop shop for several sellers, including electronics, baking and beauty products".[2]

Zissman came to public attention when she appeared on the ninth series of The Apprentice in 2013, where she was runner up.[6][16] On 23 July 2013, Zissman appeared on BBC Radio 1's Innuendo Bingo.[17] In November 2013 she launched her business, named Bakers Toolkit, at the Cake International Show.[18] Earlier, there had been some debate about whether the name should include an apostrophe.[19] She joined the thirteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother on 3 January 2014.[20][21] She finished fourth overall behind Jim Davidson, Dappy and Ollie Locke.[22] She has since appeared on Reality Bites.[23]

Personal life

She is divorced from her first husband, entrepreneur Oliver Zissman who co-founded Totally Fitness, a gym equipment rental business with his brother;[24] the couple have a daughter who was born in 2010.[25] While on Celebrity Big Brother, she revealed that she is bisexual, and had sought treatment for sex addiction.[26][27] Zissman married Irish businessman Andrew Collins in France in July 2015.[28]

References

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