I’m A Celeb South Africa winner Myleene Klass reveals she has donated £100k prize to charity

I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here South Africa winner, Myleene Klass has revealed she has donated her £100k prize money to a charity close to her heart.

The singer took to her Instagram account on Monday to reveal she donated the £100,000 prize money to charity Save the Children.

Viewers watched on as the 45-year-old was crowned the first ever I’m A Celeb legend last week as she was handed a cheque for £100,000.

Shortly after her victory on the ITV 2023 all-stars series – having been the runner-up in 2006 – the musician revealed that she had plans for her prize money to go to a charity that’s very close to her heart.

Myleene, who is an ambassador for the charity, took to her Instagram on Monday to share a compilation video of photos of her spending time with children all over the world while working with the charity, Save the Children UK.

The organisation supports children in  more than 100 countries around the globe. The former Hear’Say member said eating ‘rotten tofu’ and ‘mouse tails’ on the show was all worth it. 

In a caption alongside the video she wrote: “I am proud to donate my @imacelebrity Prize money of £100,000.00 to @savechildrenuk.

“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.”

Mylene shared some memories of the time she’s spent working alongside the charity, including seeing ‘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’. 

She recalled ‘teaching rescued child brides in Tanzania’ and ‘holding a mum in Nepal’ as she showed her where she thought her baby was buried after they died of pneumonia.

The mother was unable to leave the hospital as she couldn’t pay the three-month medical bill for £4.

Giving medical equipment to a midwife who solely delivered 2000 babies by the light of one torch that she holds in her teeth. When the batteries go, they just wait till they can afford and source another.

Myleene said that a decade ago, she was involved in the launch of the first ever Christmas Jumper Day, an event that continues to take place annually, adding: “ To see what it has grown to is amazing.”

She continued: “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. 

“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 mini ambassadors.

“I’ve seen for myself, this money will go far. The mouse tails and rotten tofu were worth it.”

Save the Children wrote back: “Our #legend for the past 11 years. Thank you so much for what you’ve done and are going to do for children. This money is an incredible gift which will support so many families.”

Save the Children was founded in the UK in 1919, with the goal of helping improve the lives of children worldwide.