Years active 2013–present Parents Christina Kalozois Height 1.65 m | Role Entrepreneur Name Luisa Zissman Children Dixie Zissman | |
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Full Name Louisa Christina Kalozois Occupation Entrepreneur, reality television contestant Television The Apprentice (2013)Celebrity Big Brother 13 (2014) Spouse Oliver Zissman (m. 2009–2014) Competitors Similar People Dappy, Ollie Locke, Sam Faiers, Helen Flanagan, Alan Sugar | ||
Luisa Zissman From The Apprentice 2013 Talks About Getting Funded
Luisa Christina Zissman (born Louisa Christina Kalozois; 4 June 1987) is an English retail entrepreneur and reality television personality. She was the runner-up on the ninth series of The Apprentice and appeared in Celebrity Big Brother 13.
Contents
- Luisa Zissman From The Apprentice 2013 Talks About Getting Funded
- The Apprentice 2013 final Leah Totton and Luisa Zissman set for series climax
- Early life and education
- Career
- Personal life
- References
The Apprentice 2013 final: Leah Totton and Luisa Zissman set for series climax
Early life and education
Zissman was born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire to a Greek father. She attended the Grove Independent school in Loughton, Milton Keynes and Northampton School for Girls.
Career
Her first employment was at an estate agent on Saturdays which she took at 16 to pay the upkeep costs for a horse her parents bought for her. One of her first post-school jobs was at Electronic Data Systems, but she later stated that she decided to go into business due to disliking being employed and being told what to do.
Based in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, she owns her own baking website, eBay electronics business and cupcake shop (now closed) – Dixie's Cupcakery, named after her daughter. Although she claimed on several occasions that these three businesses have a net worth of £1.5 million, The Independent valued the three businesses, all trading names of Boutique Trading Ltd of which Zissman is listed as director and company secretary, at £194. They also noted that the eBay electronics store she owned was a "one-stop shop for several sellers, including electronics, baking and beauty products".
Zissman came to public attention when she appeared on the ninth series of The Apprentice in 2013, where she was runner up. On 23 July 2013, Zissman appeared on BBC Radio 1's Innuendo Bingo. In November 2013 she launched her business, named Bakers Toolkit, at the Cake International Show. Earlier, there had been some debate about whether the name should include an apostrophe. She joined the thirteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother on 3 January 2014. She finished fourth overall behind Jim Davidson, Dappy and Ollie Locke. She has since appeared on Reality Bites and News Thing.
Personal life
She is divorced from her first husband, entrepreneur Oliver Zissman who co-founded Totally Fitness, a gym equipment rental business with his brother; the couple have a daughter, Dixie, who was born in 2010. While on Celebrity Big Brother, she revealed that she is bisexual, and had sought treatment for sex addiction. Zissman married Irish businessman Andrew Collins in France in July 2015. Their first child together, Indigo Esme Collins, was born on August 2, 2016. In June 2017, she announced she was expecting her third daughter.
