Who is Jessica Cunningham? CBB and Apprentice star who has given birth to her fourth child
JESSICA Cunningham became a darling of reality TV with appearances on The Apprentice and Celebrity Big Brother.
The fashion businesswoman has just given birth to her fourth child with partner Alex Daws and posted on Instagram about her "rainbow baby" - here's the lowdown on the 31-year-old.
Who is Jessica Cunningham?
Jessica Cunningham became a household name as a contestant on series 12 of The Apprentice in October 2016.
She was knocked out of the competition in the interview round but it wasn't the end of her reality TV career as she then joined Celebrity Big Brother in January 2017.
She rowed with singer Stacy Francis and Kim Woodburn, and angered Chloe Ferry by flirting with Calum Best - despite having three other men on the go.
Away from reality TV, Jessica is a successful fashion businesswoman and owns clothing label ProdigalFox with her sister Emma Deeks.
The brand is hugely successful, boasting a legion of celeb fans and collaborations with reality stars, including Love Island's Katie Salmon.
Jessica previously also worked as a stripper and pole dancer, earning up to £1,000 a day. She also has modelling experience, having posed for Loaded magazine in 2008.
Who was her ex-partner Alistair Eccles and how did he die?
Alistair Eccles was the father of Jessica's first three young daughters.
The couple were together long-term, but split up in 2015, when he was convicted of money laundering and given a 15-month suspended prison sentence.
Alistair and Jessica ran fashion business Famous Frocks together but it went under shortly after his conviction.
He died at 35 in August 2017, after being rushed to hospital from his home in Burnley. Police said they were not treating the death as suspicious.
Although they had split up Jessica was no less crushed to hear that her ex had died.
A representative for the star told The Sun Online at the time: "Despite their break-up, Alistair was a really good father to their children.
"Jessica is politely asking for some privacy at this devastating time so that she can protect their three girls."
An inquest in January 2018 heard that Alistair killed himself at a friend's flat on the day he was due to see his three daughters with the Apprentice finalist.
How many children does she have?
Jessica now has four little girls.
She revealed in December that she had suffered a miscarriage the month before - only a few months after her ex-partner committed suicide.
Jessica and boyfriend Alex found out they were expecting a baby before losing it just a few weeks later.
The pair then fell pregnant again, and Jessica told fans that she will now take some time away "to just enjoy my wonderful little family and also social media is a job in itself, and I am already quite sleep deprived, so any spare minutes are spent snoozing."
What has Jessica said about Alistair Eccles' death?
Jess shared a .
In the emotional post, she wrote about the "upsetting" and "sadness" over the terrible ordeal
She said: "The past three weeks have been incredibly upsetting, challenging and full of sadness.
"I want to thank the special souls that have brought light where there was darkness, helped my children to smile when there were only tears and helped them believe there is life after death.
"The strength and support from those closest to myself and my children has given me faith that they will lead as happy as can be and normal lives and that the hard choices I've had to make have been the right decisions.
"I feel truly saddened about what has happened as there was so much to live for."
On October 10, 2017, she penned an open letter to her children about their father's death.
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