Newcastle stylist gives Big Brother star EIGHT hour hair transformation with stunning results

Just weeks after he saw off some major competition at a prestigious national competition, a Newcastle salon owner has given a popular Big Brother star as drastic hair transformation and she is thrilled with the results.

The North East's own Gee Kent Ho has been working in the hair industry for years now and, last year, opened a new salon in Ouseburn, with clients flocking to let him get his hands on their hair. And, while he is of course grateful for the support of his regulars, Gee told ChronicleLive he had always been keen to have a celebrity in his chair and that chance arose when he sent a message to Yinrun Huang, the thoroughhy entertaining contestant who was the overwhelming favourite to win Big Brother last year.

She ended up finishing 4th in the final and had since gone to gain a huge following on social media, thanks to her enthusiastic embracing of British culture. and social media reviews of things like Toby Carvery and chippy teas. Gee reached out to Yinrun after spotting a sign for 'Framwellgate' on one of her posts, with him then finding out that she actually lives in Durham with her now fiancé Luke.

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He asked if she'd thought about doing something different with her hair and, before long she was sat in his salon with a head full of foils as Gee worked his magic to give her a very different and very vibrant dusky pink look. Yinrun filmed the big reveal for her social channels, with her ecstatic reaction caught on camera as she showed off her new do.

Explaining what he he had in mind for Yinrun and the inspiration her transformation, Gee told the Chronicle: "She wanted a dramatic change and was happy for it to be a surprise so I blocked out all the mirrors during the process so she could not see the changes.

"I created a beautiful ‘Blusher Pink’ colour to match Yinrun’s bubbly personality. I made her cover her eyes as I unveiled the mirror and finished styling her hair to see her true reaction seeing her new hair for the first time. She was so shocked but absolutely loved her new look!"

Gee's makeover on Yinrun came at the end of a busy and very successful summer for him, after he was won the coveted L’Oreal colour trophy, one of the biggest awards in the UK hair industry. Having entered the competition numerous times over the last 10 years, Gee went all out to make an impact this year, revealing: "I thought to myself 'tis year I'm going to do what I want to do and went a bit bolder than I had in the past. It was a lot of work but to beat huge salons from London was incredible!"