Dawn goes on hunger strike protest

Dawn has gone on hunger strike in an attempt to clear her name.

The exercise scientist was removed from the house last week for an apparent breach of the Big Brother rules.

Her ejection came after she claimed to have put in a request to leave, one that she says she was initially denied.

"When I came out of the Big Brother house, I saw how I was portrayed and a lot of it is not true," she said yesterday. "It's been edited in a way I don't like, not because I don't look so great but because it's just not true.

"When they said they booted me out, I said I wanted to leave. When they said Dawn refused to wash, that was so untrue."

Unable to afford legal fees to mount a case of defamation against producers, Dawn is now going on hunger strike until she gets tapes of her time in the house.

"I was smeared by the production team as a smelly cheat," she added. "I am asking for a copy of the unedited footage in its entirety and I will remain on hunger strike until I get it. I will continue until I pass out."