Bea: "Hira's coming out of her shell"

Bea commented that Hira is becoming more confident last night.

Sitting in the garden with Freddie, the recruitment consultant said that she had enjoyed the housemates' speeches earlier in the day.

"Hira's coming out of her shell," she added. "She said the task and the talent show task have been real sort of icebreakers."

Bea explained that she thought Hira had struggled with the different characters in the house.

"I kind of get the feeling that she doesn't know that many different people," she declared. "I think she's led a sheltered life, not wrapped up in cotton wool, but not meeting those sorts of different people.

"I think she spends time with people with the same sorts of views and the same sorts of backgrounds as herself. She's used to being polite all the time and acting a certain way all the time."

Bea noted that Hira had felt "stupid" during her Alice task because she had cake all over her face.

"Then she just thought, 'You've seen me at my worst now'," Bea smiled.