Myleene Klass was recently unveiled as the first ever winner of I’m A Celebrity… South Africa, earning the show’s first ever Legend.
Shortly after winning the 2023 all-stars series after finishing second in 2006, the performer declared that she intends to donate her £100,000 prize money to a charity near to her heart.
In a post shared on Instagram, the 45-year-old shared a compilation video showing photos of her spending time with children from all over the world through her work with Save The Children UK.
According to its website, the agency has been ‘fighting for a fairer society for a century’ and aids children in over 100 countries across the world.
In her Instagram post caption, the former member of Hear’Say said: ‘I am proud to donate my @imacelebrity Prize money of £100,000.00 to @savechildrenuk.’
She continued: ‘I’ve been an ambassador for 11 years in which time I’ve travelled the globe helping STC. The things I have seen will stay with me forever.
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‘Children in the Philippines playing by the ships that have run aground from the Tsunami so they can be next to their parents that lay crushed beneath them. Dancing with children in refugee camps in Jordan as their parents weave me a chopping board made of plastic bags to say thank you for being there. (I still have it).
‘Teaching rescued child brides in Tanzania the Solfa, Astronomy and Science as they study through the day, striving to become engineers and doctors to help their communities and at night iron clothes.
‘Trying to share out food in Bangladesh to families as they make one small meal of broth and a bean stalk last 24 hours. Holding a mum in Nepal as she shows me where she thinks her baby is buried after they died of pneumonia and she couldn’t leave the hospital as she couldn’t pay the medical bill for 3 months, (it was £4).’
Myleene recalled donating medical supplies to a midwife who delivered 2,000 babies ‘by the light of one flame’ she held between her teeth.
She described visiting a doctor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who delivers babies on a regular basis using a piece of thread to cut their umbilical cords, in addition to teaching youngsters in the UK who are impoverished to read.
Myleene stated that she was part with the first ever Christmas Jumper Day a decade ago, an event that continues to take place annually.
‘To see where it has grown to is amazing. I have visited so many countries, met so many people but the message I take back each and every time is that we are all the same,’ she stated.
‘We all just want the best for our children and due to luck and circumstance of birth, it’s not always something a child gets. My girls have always helped me pack balloons, sweets, stickers and nail polish for the children I go to.They themselves are now ambassadors.
‘I’ve seen for myself, this money will go far. The mouse tails and rotten tofu were worth it.’
Several people commented on her post to applaud her for her donation, including Ashley James, who wrote: ‘Incredible woman ❤️.’
A fan wrote: ‘Now thats a Legend 🙌 Your kids must be so so proud of you. What an awesome role model you are for them ❤️.’
‘A true legend indeed. Thank you for doing what you do,’ someone else said, while another commented: ‘You are phenomenal and a genuine inspiration. Thank you x.’
Myleene celebrated her I’m A Celebrity win with a jungle-themed watching party the other day, months after the programme was actually shot in South Africa.
I’m A Celebrity… South Africa is available to watch on ITVX.
Source My Celebrity Life.
