by Sam Faiers
ALL MY THANK YOUS!
Oh my God, where do I start! This book has been amazing to put together, but as always, I’ve had a great team behind me. So these are all people I need to say thanks to . . . Sorry if I forget anyone, it’s not on purpose!
Mum, as always you have been an absolute star. You are so strong for me and Billie, and are always there in the background doing everything from making Minnies decisions, to a cup of tea. Thank you for always sticking by me. Love you.
Billie, you are the best sister, and the best friend! I know we will always be there for each other. Team Faiers
Thanks to Greg for looking after my sister, who I know can be a handful. We all call her Queen Bee!
Dad, we haven’t always had the easiest time of it, but you have always done your best for us and been my true dad. Thank you.
Thanks to Joey . . . Joey, we are stronger than ever. I love the support you give me, and when I’m down you always make me feel amazing. You’re the best! You even tell me I look beautiful in the morning when I don’t.
To the rest of my family, Nanny and Grandad, Nanny Wendy, Grandad Mick, Great Nanny Margot, who is the eldest in our family and still going strong – still managing to look glam! Aunty Libby, Aunty Sam, George, Harvey, Grace, Eva, love you all too!
To my manager and good friend, Adam Muddle – you’re the best. I couldn’t have done this without you. We’re a great team, and I know we have a lot more big plans for the future . . . So bring it on!
Thanks to the best ghost-writer in showbiz, Emma Donnan, for all your hard work and patience. This book couldn’t have been done without you. All those hours in the car on the way to PAs have paid off, not to mention the book bathing sessions on the beach in Dubai!
A big thank you to Carly Cook for believing in this book and being great to work with from moment one. And thanks too to the team at Simon & Schuster, including Emma Harrow, Jo Whitford, Briony Gowlett, Abigail Bergstrom, Jon Stefani, Dawn Burnett and Lewis Csizmazia.
Thanks to Andrew Lownie for your expertise in the publishing world and for delivering the quickest deal possible in book history!
To my girls, Sarah, Ferne, Charlotte, Molly, Jerri, Kayleigh, Stacey, Gemma – we’ve had a lot of fun times together. Here’s to many more of them. Thanks too to my friends Gemma Merna and Ian Minton.
Jeff Mehmet, thanks for all your styling and friendship, you have been amazing. Thanks to Lisa Harris and Johannah Dalemo for your fantastic hair and make-up, and Mark Hayhurst for doing my hair, holding my bag and my coats! Polly, you’re always there when I need you. Claire Tipler, you are the most loyal nail technician ever, and give me amazing toes and fingers – thanks!
To my Minnies girls, Auntie Sam, Sue, Lyn, Nicola, Davina, Chloe, Alison and Charlotte, the shop wouldn’t be what it is without you, so thanks for all your hard work. And Mum and Libby, your seven-day weeks are incredible. You’re all great.
Thanks to Liam Harris and Stephanie Hermann at AM Concepts, for your hard work and energy.
Thanks also to Ian and Dave at Peace of Mind Ltd – I know I can rely on you to always have my back! Robin Kennedy at Cruise Pictures – you are a snapper extraordinaire!
All the magazines and newspapers that have supported me – I have really appreciated it.
Gary Smith and Ben Webster at ITV Press Office, you have been a great part of the TOWIE press family.
And of course thanks to the team on TOWIE and at Lime Pictures, Shirley, Gyles, Phil, Mike, Jenna, Laura, Dani, Mark McQueen and all of the other crew. Sorry I couldn’t mention you all individually, I love you all – you gave me my break, and I won’t forget it!
Welcome to the family new addition baby Teddy, we are so excited to see you grow up.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1. Check out the chubby cheeks on me! Even at three I was loving the sunshine in the garden in Spain.
2. I was a natural poser for the camera from a very young age, and loved dressing up.
3. Billie and me were always doing one routine or another, and in such cool PJs too, don’t you think?!
4. Mum and I have always been close. She puts me and Billie first – we are a great family!
5. Of all the places we chose to pose for a photo in Year 7, we chose the toilets . . .
6. Me and Lucy hitting the shops on one of our many Saturday shopping trips.
7. Me and Lucy loved the photo booth in the Post Office on Brentwood High Street when we were 12.
8. Messing around in the school playground – Billie’s friends and mine got on well even in high school.
9. On a school trip to Norfolk when we were 13, clearly thinking we were cool!
10. Amy and Billie at Billie’s eighteenth birthday party round at our house.
11. Camping at V Festival in Chelmsford – before TOWIE days, so no VIP! Check out Billie, third from left, with her red hair!
12. Amy, Harry and me in our retro gear at a 60s party that was filmed for series one.
13. Me and the girls enjoying the sun – and the partying – over the May bank holiday in Marbs, 2010.
14. Me and my little Harry messing around behind the scenes. I’m always going to think of him as a little brother.
15. Me and Joey in happier times, on a romantic holiday to Majorca.
16. We were on Alan Carr’s Chatty Man. It was great fun, though he got us drunk on Lambrini!
17. Me and Amy soaking up the sun in Marbella, 2011. We didn’t know there were paps around, honest . . .
18. Lydia and me were doing facials behind the scenes on The Essexercise Workout DVD.
19. This was the day Minnies opened to the public for the first time. Nervous and excited!
20. So close: Billie, Mum and me at my twenty-first birthday party.
21. On the red (or blue) carpet at the British Comedy Awards in 2011, where we presented an award.
22. I felt like a million dollars in my Anoushka G dress at the National TV Awards, 2012.
23. Me, Amy, Lauren and Lydia hit the red carpet at the BAFTAs 2011 – one of the best nights of my life!
24. I was so excited to meet Rihanna. She is one of my idols, and was so lovely and stunning in real life.
1. Check out the chubby cheeks on me! Even at three I was loving the sunshine in the garden in Spain.
2. I was a natural poser for the camera from a very young age, and loved dressing up.
3. Billie and me were always doing one routine or another, and in such cool PJs too, don’t you think?!
4. Mum and I have always been close. She puts me and Billie first – we are a great family!
5. Of all the places we chose to pose for a photo in Year 7, we chose the toilets . . .
6. Me and Lucy hitting the shops on one of our many Saturday shopping trips.
7. Me and Lucy loved the photo booth in the Post Office on Brentwood High Street when we were 12.
8. Messing around in the school playground – Billie’s friends and mine got on well even in high school.
9. On a school trip to Norfolk when we were 13, clearly thinking we were cool!
10. Amy and Billie at Billie’s eighteenth birthday party round at our house.
11. Camping at V Festival in Chelmsford – before TOWIE days, so no VIP! Check out Billie, third from left, with her red hair!
12. Amy, Harry and me in our retro gear at a 60s party that was filmed for series one.
13. Me and the girls enjoying the sun – and the partying – over the May bank holiday in Marbs, 2010.
14. Me and my little Harry messing around behind the scenes. I’m always going to think of him as a little brother.
15. Me and Joey in happier times, on a romantic holiday to Majorca.
16. We were on Alan Carr’s Chatty Man. It was great fun, though he got us drunk on Lambrini!
17. Me and Amy soaking up the sun in Marbella, 2011. We didn’t know there were paps around, honest . . .
18. Lydia and me were doing facials behind the scenes on The Esse
xercise Workout DVD.
19. This was the day Minnies opened to the public for the first time. Nervous and excited!
20. So close: Billie, Mum and me at my twenty-first birthday party.
21. On the red (or blue) carpet at the British Comedy Awards in 2011, where we presented an award.
22. I felt like a million dollars in my Anoushka G dress at the National TV Awards, 2012.
23. Me, Amy, Lauren and Lydia hit the red carpet at the BAFTAs 2011 – one of the best nights of my life!
24. I was so excited to meet Rihanna. She is one of my idols, and was so lovely and stunning in real life.
