Georgia Harrison | |
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Born | Georgia Louise Harrison (1994-12-12)12 December 1994 (age 30) |
Years active | 2014–present |
Television |
Georgia Louise Harrison (born 12 December 1994) is an English television personality. After making her debut as a cast member on theITVBe reality seriesThe Only Way Is Essex in 2014, she appeared on thethird series ofLove Island in 2017 and has since appeared on various other television shows includingThe Challenge: War of the Worlds andThe Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 (2019),Celebrity Ex on the Beach (2020), as well as fronting a documentary,Revenge Porn: Georgia vs Bear (2023) and returning forLove Island: All-Stars (2024)
Georgia Louise Harrison was born on 12 December 1994 in theLondon Borough of Redbridge,London.[1][2] She grew up and struggled with undiagnosedADHD, which got her expelled from school as a teenager.[3] Prior to appearing on reality television, she worked as a personal assistant.[4]
In 2014, Harrison joined the cast of theITVBe reality seriesThe Only Way Is Essex for the show'sthirteenth series.[5] She was axed from the show after appearing in one series, which Harrison said was due to her being drunk whilst filming.[6][7] In 2017, she became a contestant on thethird series of theITV2 reality dating showLove Island.[8][9] She was the final "bombshell" to enter the series on Day 34 and was dumped twelve days.[10] In 2018, she appeared on the5Star seriesCelebrity Ghost Hunt.[11]
In 2019, Harrison competed in theMTV reality competitionThe Challenge: War of the Worlds, finishing in eighth place.[12][13] Later that year, she competed in the next series,The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2, and was eliminated in the tenth episode.[14][15] Whilst competing inThe Challenge, she met television personalityStephen Bear, whom she dated until July 2019.[16] In December 2020, Bear uploadedCCTV footage of the pair having sex to hisOnlyFans account that was filmed without Harrison's consent. In 2023, he was sentenced to 21 months in prison after being found guilty of voyeurism and disclosing private, sexual photographs and films.[17] Harrison was awarded £207,900 in compensation damages and subsequently recalled her experience of becoming a victim ofrevenge porn in an ITV2 documentary,Revenge Porn: Georgia vs Bear.[18][19][20] Harrison also appeared on thefirst series ofCelebrity Ex on the Beach and came joint first on the sixth series ofCelebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.[21][22]
In October 2023, Harrison appeared onSunday with Laura Kuenssberg.[23] In an interview withThe Sun, she revealed she had been in talks with theLabour Party over the possibility of her standing to be aMember of Parliament in a constituency inEssex.[24] In 2024, Harrison appeared as a contestant on the spin-off seriesLove Island: All-Stars.[25]
Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
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2014 | The Only Way Is Essex | Main cast | [7] |
2017 | Love Island | Contestant;series 3 | [9] |
2018 | Celebrity Ghost Hunt | Main cast | [11] |
2019 | The Challenge: War of the Worlds | Contestant | [12] |
2019 | The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 | Contestant | [14] |
2020 | Celebrity Ex on the Beach | Main cast | [21] |
2023 | Revenge Porn: Georgia vs Bear | Documentary | [2] |
2024 | Love Island: All-Stars | Contestant | [25] |
2024 | Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins | Contestant; series 6 | [22] |
In November 2023, Harrison was named to theBBC's100 Women list as one of the world's inspiring and influential women.[26]