Saira Khan
Saira Khan is a British television personality. She was a contestant on the first series of The Apprentice in 2005, in which she finished as the runner-up. In 2012, Khan competed in the first series of The Great Sport Relief Bake Off. From 2012 to 2017, Khan co-presented The Martin Lewis Money Show, and in 2015, she presented the ITV series Guess This House.
From 2015 to 2020, she was a regular panelist on the ITV talk show Loose Women. Khan has also competed in the Celebrity [Big Brother (British series 18)|eighteenth series] of Celebrity Big Brother in 2016, and in 2019, she competed in the eleventh series of Dancing on Ice.
Early life
Khan was born in Long Eaton, Derbyshire to Pakistani 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.Career
Khan's first TV appearance was in a 2001 episode of Channel 4's investigative documentary Sleepers as an undercover reporter portraying as a shopkeeper opening a shop at Langley Mill, an area where racist attacks frequently occurred.In 2005, she was a contestant on the first series of the business-reality show, The Apprentice, finishing as the runner-up behind Tim Campbell.
In 2006, Khan presented Temper Your Temper, a programme dealing with anger management. She has presented several documentaries for the BBC including Saira Khan's Pakistan Adventure in 2007 and Adopting Abroad, Saira's Story in 2011, as well as appearing as a guest on a variety of BBC and ITV shows such as Ready Steady Cook and Countdown. She presented the CBBC show Trade Your Way to the USA and previously presented Beat the Boss. She presented an edition of the BBC's Money Programme about entrepreneurial mothers. Khan has also contributed to radio notably to Radio 4's Woman's Hour and Radio 2's The Jeremy Vine Show as well as Radio 4's Any Questions?.
Khan also runs her own baby-products business called Miamoo. She has also written a self-help book, P.U.S.H. For Success. From 2012 until 2017, she co-hosted The Martin Lewis Money Show alongside Martin Lewis but was replaced by Ranvir Singh. In 2015, she appeared with her son on Big Star's Little Star where they won £14,000 for charity. In 2015, she hosted Guess This House, a daytime game show for ITV. In September 2015, she became a regular panelist on Loose Women, in which she appeared until 2020. In 2015, she appeared on an episode of Pointless Celebrities.
In July 2016, Khan entered the Celebrity Big Brother house and took part in the show's eighteenth series. On 9 August, she became the second housemate to be voted out of the Big Brother house. Khan took part in a celebrity edition of The Chase, aired in July 2017, being knocked out in the first round by Mark Labbett. On 6 January 2018, Khan took part in And They're Off!, where she placed fifth. In 2019, Khan took part in the eleventh series of Dancing on Ice, and finished in ninth place, alongside her professional partner Mark Hanretty.
In January 2021, she announced her imminent departure from Loose 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. She competed in the third series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.