Castaway returns seven years on
Wendie - castaway
Name: Wendie
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Age: 42
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From: London
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Occupation: Carer and counselling student
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Relationship status: In a relationship
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Star sign: Cancer
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Motto: "God pays debts without money."
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Why Castaway: "I'd like to do something for myself after a year of taking care
of others. I'd like the opportunity to mix with other people, dealing with
diversity and making friends."
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Wendie is a mother of four who, before her current relationship of two years,
brought up her children single-handedly. Having previously worked at an
advertising agency for more than 20 years, Wendie gave up her job last summer
to become a full-time carer for her mother.
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Wendie describes herself as fun, outgoing and independent. She talks fondly of
her upbringing in Dalston and, although she admits that it "was a rough part of
London," says that she feels happiest there and wouldn't want to live anywhere
else.
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A skinhead for many years, Wendie loves to dress up and go "raving". One of her
biggest passions is ska music, for which she runs her own website. She
regularly gets dressed up in ska-style clothes and goes partying with her
partner.
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Wendie, who says that she can be a bit bossy and controlling at times,
recognises that she has two sides to her character, admitting that she can be
laidback, relaxed and serious but then can also go wild on occasions.
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Having struggled in the past to make ends meet, one of her greatest ambitions
is to "be wealthy enough to not worry about money" and to own her own home and
"maybe even to afford a few holidays a year."
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As a self-confessed "streetwise" Londoner, Wendie is looking forward to
experiencing life on the island and "looking after others, involving them in
all that's fun." But she knows the hardest thing for her will be leaving her
daughters behind.
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Did you know? Wendie is scared of the dark.
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