Ninia Benjamin
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Ninia Benjamin is a British
comedian
who makes frequent appearances at the Edinburgh Festival
. Benjamin has also appeared on the TV shows 3 Non-Blondes
and Twisted Tales.
She appeared on the Sky One show Cirque de Celebrité
and was voted out in the sixth week. However, she remained as a personal trainer for Kenzie. She won the 2007 series of Celebrity Scissorhands
, beating Aled Haydn Jones
to the trophy. She was one of the contestants in Celebrity MasterChef 2008. She appeared on Hole in the Wall (UK game show)
on 22 November 2008, on Anton du Beke
's team, and again on 31 October 2009 on Joe Swash
's team and also on Total Wipeout
, where she was the slowest person ever to cross the course with a time of 11:11.
United Kingdom
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comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
who makes frequent appearances at the Edinburgh Festival
Edinburgh Festival
The Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for many arts and cultural festivals that take place in Edinburgh, Scotland each summer, mostly in August...
. Benjamin has also appeared on the TV shows 3 Non-Blondes
3 Non-Blondes
3 Non-Blondes is a hidden camera comedy show , distributed by the British Broadcasting Corporation on the BBC Three digital network channel. It also airs on BBC America and Comedy Channel in Australia.Ninia Benjamin, Tameka Empson and Jocelyn Jee Esien play a range of comical characters to the...
and Twisted Tales.
She appeared on the Sky One show Cirque de Celebrité
Cirque de Celebrité
Cirque de Celebrité was a celebrity reality TV show broadcast on Sky One. The show features celebrities training for and then performing various circus acts. The winner of the 2006 series was Grace Adams-Short....
and was voted out in the sixth week. However, she remained as a personal trainer for Kenzie. She won the 2007 series of Celebrity Scissorhands
Celebrity Scissorhands
Celebrity Scissorhands is a reality show that is part of the BBC's Children in Need charity campaign, in which celebrities attempt to cut people's hair to raise money for the campaign while trained and watched by professional hairdresser Lee Stafford...
, beating Aled Haydn Jones
Aled Haydn Jones
Aled Haydn Jones is a Welsh radio producer and radio presenter. Since 2004 he has worked on The Chris Moyles Show.-Personal history:...
to the trophy. She was one of the contestants in Celebrity MasterChef 2008. She appeared on Hole in the Wall (UK game show)
Hole in the Wall (UK game show)
Hole in the Wall was a game show that airs on BBC One in the United Kingdom. This game is an adaptation of the Japanese game Brain Wall in which players must contort themselves to fit through cutout holes of varying shapes in a large polystyrene wall moving towards them as they stand in front of a...
on 22 November 2008, on Anton du Beke
Anton du Beke
Anton du Beke is a British ballroom dancer and television presenter. His professional dance partner since 1997 has been Erin Boag. With Boag, he won the IDTA Classic in England in November 2003.-Family and early life:...
's team, and again on 31 October 2009 on Joe Swash
Joe Swash
Joseph Adam Swash is an English actor and presenter. He once played Mickey Miller in the British television soap opera EastEnders. He is the older brother of Shana Swash, who played his on-screen younger sister Demi Miller until July 2006. He also won the TV reality show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me...
's team and also on Total Wipeout
Total Wipeout
Total Wipeout is a British game show, hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram, which first aired on 3 January 2009. Each week 20 contestants compete in a series of challenges in an attempt to win £10,000. These challenges are based in large pools of water or mud and generally involve large...
, where she was the slowest person ever to cross the course with a time of 11:11.