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 Khan at the 7thAsian Awards in 2017 | |
| Born | (1970-05-15)15 May 1970 (age 55) Long Eaton,Derbyshire, England |
| Alma mater | Brighton Polytechnic |
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| Agent | Melanie Blake |
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| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Saira Khan (born 15 May 1970)[1] is a British television personality. She was a contestant on thefirst series ofThe Apprentice in 2005, in which she finished as the runner-up. In 2012, Khan competed in the first series ofThe Great Sport Relief Bake Off. From 2012 to 2017, Khan co-presentedThe Martin Lewis Money Show, and in 2015, she presented theITV seriesGuess This House.[2]
From 2015 to 2020, she was a regular panelist on the ITV talk showLoose Women. Khan has also competed in theeighteenth series ofCelebrity Big Brother in 2016, and in 2019, she competed in theeleventh series ofDancing on Ice.
Khan was born inLong Eaton,Derbyshire toPakistani immigrants from Rawalakot, in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan on 15 May 1970. She had a difficult childhood; her father was violent and died when she was 28.[1]
Khan's first TV appearance was in a 2001 episode ofChannel 4's investigative documentarySleepers as an undercover reporter portraying as a shopkeeper opening a shop atLangley Mill, an area where racist attacks frequently occurred.[3][4][5]
In 2005, she was a contestant on the first series of the business-reality show,The Apprentice, finishing as the runner-up behindTim Campbell.[6]
In 2006, Khan presentedTemper Your Temper, a programme dealing with anger management. She has presented several documentaries for the BBC includingSaira Khan's Pakistan Adventure in 2007 andAdopting Abroad, Saira's Story in 2011, as well as appearing as a guest on a variety of BBC and ITV shows such asReady Steady Cook andCountdown. She presented theCBBC showTrade Your Way to the USA and previously presentedBeat the Boss. She presented an edition of the BBC'sMoney Programme about entrepreneurial mothers. Khan has also contributed to radio notably toRadio 4'sWoman's Hour andRadio 2'sThe Jeremy Vine Show as well as Radio 4'sAny Questions?.
Khan also runs her own baby-products business called Miamoo. She has also written aself-help book,P.U.S.H. For Success. From 2012 until 2017, she co-hostedThe Martin Lewis Money Show alongsideMartin Lewis but was replaced byRanvir Singh. In 2015, she appeared with her son onBig Star's Little Star where they won £14,000 for charity. In 2015, she hostedGuess This House, a daytime game show for ITV. In September 2015, she became a regular panelist onLoose Women, in which she appeared until 2020.[7] In 2015, she appeared on an episode ofPointless Celebrities.
In July 2016, Khan entered theCelebrity Big Brother house and took part in the show'seighteenth series.[8][9] On 9 August, she became the second housemate to be voted out of the Big Brother house. Khan took part in a celebrity edition ofThe Chase, aired in July 2017, being knocked out in the first round byMark Labbett. On 6 January 2018, Khan took part inAnd They're Off!, where she placed fifth. In 2019, Khan took part in theeleventh series ofDancing on Ice, and finished in ninth place, alongside her professional partner Mark Hanretty.[10]
In January 2021, she announced her imminent departure fromLoose Women, so she could "focus on her skincare business, SairaSkin, and other media projects". Khan has stated that she wanted her place on the panel to go to a gay, transgender, or non-binary person.[11] She competed in the third series ofCelebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.[12]
Khan married her husband, fellow business person Steven Hyde, in December 2004, and had son, Zach, in 2008 throughIVF.[13] In 2011, following a miscarriage and difficulties in trying to conceive a second child, Khan traveled to the Edhi Foundation Orphanage inKarachi, Pakistan, where she adopted her daughter Amara when she was 4 days old.[1][14] Khan described her experience onLoose Women in 2018,[1] and also documented the adoption process in a documentary onBBC Two,Adopting Abroad: Saira’s Story.[15] In March 2017, Khan appeared on 'This Morning', where she argued for businesses to have the ability to deny people jobs or request their workers to take off religious dress like a headscarf etc. In February 2021, Khan said of her faith in aDaily Mirror column that "As a 50-year-old educated, independent woman with my own family and life experiences, I now have the courage to say that I’m no longer a practising Muslim".[16][17][18]
In January 2013 and 2015, Khan was nominated for the Services to Media award at theBritish Muslim Awards.[19][20]
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