Miss India UK - our very own beauty queen, Deana Uppal - has left the Big Brother House, claiming third place.

After a rocky launch night in which she was forced to nominate three of her new housemates to gain immunity, things didn't get much easier for Deana and she often found herself somewhat on the outside of the group as a whole for the next three weeks. Things began to look up when Wildcard Becky entered the House, as the two immediately bonded and spent days hanging out together making friends. Unfortunately, Deana later learned that Becky had been assigned a secret Favourite Housemate task and discovered that the friendship was a sham from the off - Cue tears from both parties when the revelation was made. The two eventually settled the score, but never really grew close again, finding friction from time to time.

There were other conflicts elsehere as Deana found herself the subject of criticism and the occasional insult from The Insiders, and often on the harsh end of Arron's opinions when it came to tasks. Her relationship with the alleged cage-fighter was a complicated one, with the two of them fight-flirting when they infrequently spoke.

Deana also had to deal with a hard time from the likes of Conor, who was convinced she was double-dealing and conniving over his downfall, which was something of a mistaken belief. This rift was only partially healed during the Party Animals task, though it's safe to say they're never set to be BFFs.

However, it wasn't a completely rough time for Deana in the House. Her friendship with Lydia may have been riddled with a sense of self-preservation, but they had their fun moments. More recently, her friendship and dialogue with Adam and Luke A developed into a touchingly close threeway relationship, in which Deana often rallied her troops - or her 'soldiers' as she called them. The boys were happy to play along, joining in with her tongue-in-cheek prayers and letting her know when she was possibly taking her jokes too far.

Then there was her task-face, which varied depended on the mission in hand. Anything involving the mastication of spam gave us laughs aplenty, while elsewhere she shone when she was expected to dance for hours on end.

As time went by, and especially after Lydia left the scene early on, Deana began to emerge as a strong character. She stood up for herself in the face of some slightly intimidating situations, including a face-off with Luke S, in which she undeniably put him in his place after he accused her of being a phoney. As the days wound down, the worm turned completely. Deana had a ball giving Luke S a taste of his own medicine, pulling nicknames and mockery out of the hat as he wandered around dejected after his White Room trauma. Some of the audience felt she'd gone too far. Others found it hilarious.

So let's raise a toast to Miss Deana Uppal. She came, she floated around looking wonderful, she refused to conform if it went against her principles and she weathered some harsh words with absolute grace - finding it within herself to fight back in style when enough became enough.

Respect, we think you'll agree, is most certainly due.