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With just weeks to live, Britain's most famous Big Brother star Jade Goody has nothing left to fear when it comes to scandal.
The outspoken 27-year-old mother-of-two has divided the nation over whether she is right to make millions of dollars by selling stories about her impending death
from cervical cancer.
The controversy is just the latest in a long line of Goody scandals, from her infamous race row with Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty to her colourful love life, weight-loss attempts and nightclub brawls.
But this time Goody insists she has nothing to be ashamed of - she merely wants to make as much money as she can to provide a secure future for her two young sons. However, critics argue her decision to share her final days with the media in deals worth about £1 million ($2.8 million) is "repulsive".
Goody, a former dental nurse, burst on to Britain's celebrity scene seven years ago as a contestant on the reality TV show Big Brother and since then has lived much of her life in the spotlight.
Now, after being diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer last week, Goody is determined to keep the cameras rolling so she can sell her final story.
Within hours of receiving the terrible news, Goody got engaged to her on-off boyfriend Jack Tweed, arranged a lavish wedding, shopped for a wedding dress at Harrods, began planning her funeral and continued filming a documentary about her battle with cancer.
Celebrity magazine Ok! has paid £700,000 to cover her wedding, and Goody will pick up another £100,000 from the pay TV channel Living for a final episode of a documentary series about her battle with cancer.
She may also allow the cameras to film her dying moments.
Goody, who grew up in poverty with a drug-addict father and disabled mother, argues that she is doing it all for her sons - Bobby, 5, and Freddy, 4 - to ensure they are well provided for.
"Yes, people will say I'm doing this for money," she said in an exclusive interview with the News of the World.
"And they're right, I am. But not to buy flash cars or big houses. It's for my sons' future if I'm not here.
"I don't want my kids to have the same miserable, drug-blighted, poverty-stricken childhood I did.
"If cancer has taught me anything it's that big houses aren't important, being rich isn't important. It's my sons who are important, it's being alive that's important.
"I worry that if I'm not here they won't have the proper school blazers, they won't have shirts that fit them and they won't eat the right food. I worry they'll forget me."
Goody has amassed a fortune since she found fame on Big Brother.
She endeared herself to the show's viewers with her ignorance of geography, amusing fellow contestants in 2002 with remarks including: "Rio de Janeiro - ain't that a person?" and "I was an escape goat".
After leaving the Big Brother house, Goody hosted reality TV shows and was a regular fixture in the gossip pages. She launched her own perfume, fitness DVDs and autobiographies, all of which were lapped up by her fans.
Kylie Minogue, who beat breast cancer, has lent her support.
"It's so sad. What can you say? I can relate to an extent to what Jade's going through, it is so tough," Minogue said.
- AAP
