Chantelle announced her engagement to Samuel Preston on 11 April 2006.[10] They were married on 25 August 2006 at the Dartmouth House in Mayfair, London. Chantelle coloured her hair brunette for the wedding.

Ten months later, on 27 June 2007 they announced in a joint statement that they were ending their marriage. "After much soul-searching and tearful discussions we have sadly decided to end our marriage," they said in the statement. “We hope we can always remain friends and still love each other but we both think we put so much pressure on one another to make our marriage work that it has ended up destroying our relationship. No one else is involved in our decision."[11]

The couple insisted their relationship was genuine and denied they had rushed into marriage. “We know people will think we married too quickly on the back of Big Brother but the truth is that, what anyone thinks, we did have a whirlwind romance but we were genuinely in love with each other at the time and we will never regret our time together.

We both believe in marriage and we never treated our vows or our commitment to each other lightly. We`ve spent hours and hours discussing whether we can salvage our marriage, give it another go, try harder, anything rather than give up. But we now both agree that we should go our separate ways. We are both young and we still have our lives in front of us. The last two weeks or so have been very upsetting and sad for us and our friends and family and we appreciate their support."

It was announced in July 2007, in many tabloid newspapers and websites, that the couple had moved back in together. These rumours were confirmed in an interview between Chantelle, and OK! Magazine. However it was then reported that Preston was dating again and the ex-couple only communicated to discuss business matters[12]

The rumours of the final breakdown to their marriage were confirmed on 21st November 2007, when London`s Reuters News Agency announced that Houghton had been granted a decree nisi at First Avenue House, on the grounds of her husband`s admitted unreasonable behavior. Preston did not contest the petition, and neither appeared in court for the ninety second hearing.[1] They are still awaiting their decree absolute certificate in 6 weeks time when their divorce will be finalised.

Since splitting from Preston, Chantelle has reinvented herself and has been described as "the new Katie Price". Chantelle appeared on the scene with dyed blonde hair with extensions, fuller looking lips and an increasing bust.

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