Lateysha Grace

Lateysha Naomi Henry[1] (born 25 November 1992), known professionally as Lateysha Grace, is a Welsh television personality, businesswoman and model. She began her television career after appearing on the MTV reality series The Valleys (2012–2014), and has since made further television appearances in the seventeenth series of Big Brother (2016), Million Dollar Baby (2018), and Celebrity Ex on the Beach (2020).

Lateysha Grace
Born
Lateysha Naomi Henry[1]

(1992-11-25) 25 November 1992
Port Talbot, Wales
Occupation
  • Television personality
  • businesswoman
  • model
TelevisionThe Valleys
Big Brother
Million Dollar Baby
Celebrity Ex on the Beach
Children1
RelativesRegan Grace (brother)
Calvin Wellington (cousin)

Career

Television appearances

Grace began her reality television career on MTV series The Valleys in 2012, at the age of nineteen. She is known for quotes she says on the show such as "tamping", "fuming", "raging",[2] and also came up with "Valleywood", which she then went on to get tattooed.[3]

On 7 June 2016, Grace entered the Big Brother house, to participate in the seventeenth series. She was never nominated for eviction, but was eliminated as part of an "Annihilation Week" twist on 12 July 2016, when contestant Jason Burrill was required to evict a fellow housemate.

In 2018, Grace starred in Million Dollar Baby, an MTV series that documented herself, business partners and friends trying to raise £1 million for her daughter, Wynter.[4][5]

Music

In April 2014, Grace released her first single, "You Beautiful", featuring D-Jukes, though it failed to chart. The single was a plotline in the third series of The Valleys, where her fellow housemates were underwhelmed with the finished track. In her autobiography, Grace noted: "I think a huge part of it all was jealousy. It could have been a classic hit but they still wouldn't have admitted they liked it because none of the other housemates had anything substantial going on in their lives."[6]

Other ventures

Grace has featured in many men's magazines including Nuts.[2] In 2014, she appeared nude in a photoshoot for Zoo, following a breast enlargement and nipple reduction. In 2013, she began selling an online fashion range.[7] In 2015, she released her autobiography, titled Valleywood.[8] In 2018, Grace began a children's clothing business, named Baby on Trend.[9]

Personal life

Before The Valleys, Grace worked as an accounts administrator, a hairdresser, and in a fish and chip shop.[10] She has a daughter, Wynter, with ex-boyfriend Ben Charles.[11]

References
  1. Grace, Lateysha. Valleywood - The Autobiography of Lateysha Grace. John Blake Publishing. ISBN 9781784183516. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. Turner, Paul (8 June 2016). "Lateysha Grace: Everything you ever wanted to know about that the former Valleys star". South Wales Evening Post. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  3. Battson, Francesca (10 June 2016). "Lateysha Grace: Everything you need to know". Closer. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  4. Bellis, Katie (7 April 2019). "Here's what the cast of MTV's The Valleys are doing now". walesonline. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  5. "Million Dollar Baby's Lateysha Grace Defends Herself And Her New Show After Critics Claim She's 'Using' Daughter Wynter For Money: 'I Will Give Her The Life She Deserves' | MTV UK". www.mtv.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  6. Grace, Lateysha (2015). Valleywood: The Autobiography of Lateysha Grace. John Blake Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1784182699.
  7. Rigler, Natasha (17 December 2013). "The Valleys' Lateysha Grace launches affordable clothing range". Reveal. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  8. Sisk, Emma (21 March 2013). "Lateysha Grace reveals suicide attempts and how she found solace in drugs and casual sex". Wales Online. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  9. Williams, Kathryn (6 September 2018). "Lateysha Grace launches new kids' fashion range". walesonline. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  10. "The Valleys - Cast Biographies". Viacom Press. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  11. Storey, Katie (21 June 2013). "Lateysha Grace's ex-boyfriend Ben Charles is "amused" by Big Brother baby backlash". Reveal. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
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