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May 31, 2007 -- THE furor surrounding Australia's version of "Big Brother" - where producers are refusing to tell a contestant her father is dead - is growing.
Hot houseguest Emma Cornell, a model from Adelaide, is unaware that her dad, Raymond Cornell, died earlier this month after battling cancer. Father and daughter were estranged until recently.
News that Emma was being kept in the dark surfaced last week but the pressure on producers to do something about it is mounting - not least because they worry that word will get to her by some other means.
The show's producers have so far refused to break the traditional "BB" ban on letting contestants hear any news from the outside world - including the death of a family member.
Two studio-audience members this week held up a sign reading, "Emma, Your Dad is Dead," before being hustled out and barred for good.
Emma didn't see the sign but, according to a recent online survey, over 80 percent of Australian TV viewers still believe she should be told about her dad's death.
Her family, though, says that Emma was aware her dad could die while she was in the "BB" house.
They also say it was her dad's dying wish that Emma - to whom he had not spoken in several years - not be disturbed while competing on the show.
Hot houseguest Emma Cornell, a model from Adelaide, is unaware that her dad, Raymond Cornell, died earlier this month after battling cancer. Father and daughter were estranged until recently.
News that Emma was being kept in the dark surfaced last week but the pressure on producers to do something about it is mounting - not least because they worry that word will get to her by some other means.
The show's producers have so far refused to break the traditional "BB" ban on letting contestants hear any news from the outside world - including the death of a family member.
Two studio-audience members this week held up a sign reading, "Emma, Your Dad is Dead," before being hustled out and barred for good.
Emma didn't see the sign but, according to a recent online survey, over 80 percent of Australian TV viewers still believe she should be told about her dad's death.
Her family, though, says that Emma was aware her dad could die while she was in the "BB" house.
They also say it was her dad's dying wish that Emma - to whom he had not spoken in several years - not be disturbed while competing on the show.
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definitely not real boobs, but she totally rocks!
.. I think she is quiet avg actually.. Her face is meh.. Her body is all plastic and so my theory of hot would be pretty and all natural 
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