16 February 2006
By Katrina Tweedie
MILLIONS watched Shell Jubin on Big Brother - one minute an extrovert, the next cowering in fear behind a closed door when the other contestants argued.
Both actions were a result of a childhood traumatised by domestic abuse as she tried to regain her confidence in front of the cameras despite old fears returning to haunt her.
The blonde beauty admits she was emotionally scarred for life after witnessing her father beat her mother when she was a child.
Shell's mother Ellie, 61, was left deaf after one particularly vicious attack.
Shell said: "My mum is partially deaf in one ear and completely deaf in the other, so she loses balance. She often can't hear us and it can be extremely frustrating for her not to be able to have a normal conversation with us. She's also very afraid of confrontation."
The 23-year-old model and student had only ever hinted at the distress suffered by herself, sister Kelsey, 20, and brother Ross, 19, before her parents split up when she was nine.
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