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Within spitting distance of the Sloaney Pony, a posho pub in Parson\u2019s Green, Brentwood socialite Amy Childs from reality TV show <\/em> The Only Way is Essex (TOWIE) is undergoing a transformation. <\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

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In the wake of displaying her real life in a fake way in the British cousin of The Hills<\/em>, Amy has been lapping up the love, laughing at the haters and making the canny business moves of a young Jordan, bagging a contract to be the face (and big-boobed body) of Caprice\u2019s lingerie line and a column in New! magazine<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Fun and lucrative though all these side projects are, Amy can\u2019t wait to be filming again. \u201cI love it. I can\u2019t wait to go on telly.\u201d At its peak, TOWIE <\/em>sucked in audiences of 1.2 million, so why has it proved so popular? Amy ventures: \u201cI think because it\u2019s never been done before.\u201d Really? \u201cYeah, it\u2019s so different. It\u2019s quite glamorous, it\u2019s funny, it\u2019s quite serious, it\u2019s like a drama.\u201d <\/p>\n

But the reason Amy loves it herself, is because it appeals to all ages. She\u2019s particularly touched by a scene in which she sees the sweet where others could see the seedy. \u201cI went out for some drinks\u201d she regales, \u201cand a guy who must have been 75 come over and said, \u2018Thank you for giving me the best entertainment on ITV2, Sunday and Wednesday.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018How lovely is that, that I\u2019m entertaining people of all ages?\u2019\u201d Where dirty, cynical minds see an old man rubbing his knees over the show\u2019s top totty, Amy sees TOWIE<\/em> as some form of care in the community. <\/p>\n

Now series two is on its way, it\u2019s a worry how the newly famous Brentwood boys and birds will manage to keep it real (in that spooky, stilted, not-very-real way), but Amy knows her worth: \u201cThe time we start saying: \u2018No, we can\u2019t do that\u2019 will probably be the time they say, \u2018No, you can\u2019t be in the next series.\u2019 I\u2019ve got to keep grounded and my mum and dad will make me stay grounded as well.\u201d <\/p>\n

Post-shoot, Amy revealed her latest catchphrase, her fave supermodel and her top TV shows \u2026<\/p>\n

Do you watch yourself in the show? How can I not watch it?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s brilliant though. I like it.
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\nIs there a scene you\u2019ve watched and regretted? I don\u2019t regret nothing. <\/strong>
\nI\u2019ve come across as the fun character, the nice person. The only thing is my make-up. Sometimes I think, \u201cMy God Amy, why do you wear that much make-up?\u201d And sometimes I think, \u201cAmy, you\u2019ve got to think before you speak,\u201d but at the end of the day that\u2019s me and I let it all out. <\/p>\n

You\u2019ve had great catchphrases like \u201cjel\u201d, \u201cshut up\u201d and \u201cVajazzling\u201d, but do you have any new ones?<\/strong>
\n\u201cProfessional.\u201d That is my favourite word. Even if I\u2019m not trained in something, I say I\u2019m professional at it. I\u2019m professional at eating that dinner. You\u2019ve got to be a bit professional and I am professional, so it\u2019s a new word for me: \u201cI\u2019m professional.\u201d <\/p>\n

And you\u2019re a professional model \u2013 why do you have a no topless rule?<\/strong>
\nDo you know what, I\u2019ve got so much respect for my family and seeing your daughter topless and nude, it just don\u2019t appeal to me and I wouldn\u2019t do it to my family. <\/p>\n

Who\u2019s your favourite supermodel?<\/strong>
\nI love Claudia Schiffer. She\u2019s brilliant. I see her on the advert and her hair\u2019s lovely. Kate Moss, I\u2019ve gone off a bit, but I look at her 10 years ago and she had it. She was stunning. <\/p>\n

What are your favourite few TV shows?<\/strong>
\nDefinitely My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding<\/em>, Take Me Out <\/em>and then One Born Every Minute<\/em>. That is a brilliant programme. It\u2019s a bit different. It\u2019s a bit involved. It\u2019s about childbirth. I just love watching it and think it\u2019s amazing. You see everything \u2013 I\u2019m not gonna lie \u2013 but I love watching it. That\u2019s my Monday night, 8 o\u2019clock. I used to love Big Brother<\/em>, X Factor<\/em>, Britain\u2019s Got Talent<\/em>. Love all that. Pete and Kerry show I love. That\u2019s reality, so obviously I watch theirs. <\/p>\n

Now you\u2019re queen of the Essex scene, are you tempted to move to London to try and become big on that circuit? <\/strong>No, all my friends are in Essex, I\u2019ve always lived in Essex, I love going out in Essex. <\/p>\n

You\u2019re not tempted to live anywhere else?<\/strong>
\nWell I always say Marbella\u2019s lovely and want to love in a hot country, but not really. I\u2019d probably just have a little house out there. Not yet obviously, but in five years\u2019 time. <\/p>\n

Essex has got some gorgeous countryside \u2013 do you ever go for a stomp on the hills?<\/strong>
\nNo, not really. I like Brentwood because it\u2019s really countryside, and green, but I\u2019m not \u2013 what\u2019s them walkers called? <\/p>\n

Ramblers?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019m not one of them. I ain\u2019t got a stick. I read about Kate Moss that now she works on a farm. Has she got a farm? <\/p>\n

She\u2019s got a big country house, so maybe she\u2019s got a farm on it, yeah. <\/strong>
\nMmm, bit different, innit? I\u2019ll stay in Essex thanks.<\/p>\n

Photography: Danielle Levitt
\nEditor: Anthony Unwin
\nWords: Stuart Brumfitt<\/p>\n

This article first appeared in full in <\/em> Wonderland #26, April\/May 2011 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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