I'm A Celebrity 2012: EastEnders star Charlie Brooks is crowned queen of the jungle in all-girl final
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Charlie Brooks is queen of the jungle after winning this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
She just beaten campmate Ashley Roberts after triumphing in the all-girl final following boxer David Haye's exit on Friday night.
The EastEnders actress, 31, took over the title from last year's king Dougie Poynter after winning the most public votes.
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Queen of the jungle: Charlie Brooks was crowned queen of the jungle after winning I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
Firm friends: Former Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts was a gracious runner-up to Charlie
Charlie was a popular, likeable contestant on the show - a complete contrast to her troubled EastEnders character Janine Butcher.
Speaking to hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly after winning, she said: '(It feels) silly. I never imagined this for a million years.
'Everyone's been amazing. David was our king down there. Eric with the fire. Everyone down there played their role.'
Former Pussycat Doll Ashley was a gracious runner-up, admitting she was stunned she had got so far in the competition.
Shock: The 31-year-old actress reacts after finding out she is Queen of the Jungle
She said: 'I have gotten beyond what I ever expected. I'm so proud of myself.'
Ahead of finding out she had won, Charlie watched a VT of her highlights and admitted she hoped she had done Helen Flanagan a favour when she confronted her over the poor performance in the Bushtucker Trials in the beginning of the series.
She explained: 'Everybody babied Helen and it did her a favour when everyone toughened up. I didn't want her to walk away without accomplishing any of her fears... and I was hungry.'
Reunited: Charlie embraces her seven-year-old daughter Kiki before finding out she has won
A few minutes earlier - before finding out her fate - a delighted Charlie had been reunited with her seven-year-old daughter Kiki.
The soap star was crowned the queen of the jungle after facing off with the Pussycat Doll during their last bushtucker trial.
The pair had to eat a three course meal involving various jungle 'treats' and a bizarre drinks.
Celebrate: Charlie joined her mother Roe at the end of the walkway
Both stars retched and gagged during the disgusting trial and repeatedly fought the urge to be sick.
Following the trial, Ashley said: 'That was the most disgusting thing I've ever done in my life.
'That (raw fish) eyeball and the popping of the eyeball. It smelled. I am never doing anything like that again in my entire life.'
Disgusting: The two women had taken part in one last Bushtucker Trial before the show ended
Charlie was clearly distressed throughout the trial: 'I feel absolutely traumatised. It was horrendous. There was no other way of describing it.'
They managed to eat all courses and were rewarded with a three-course Mexican feast for their last night in the jungle.
Ahead of the trial, Charlie warned Ashley it was going to be horrible: 'This is the worst one of all... I gag really easily.'
The last supper: Charlie and Ashley enjoy a Mexican feast on their last night in the jungle
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'Absolutely traumatised': I'm A Celebrity winner Charlie Brooks struggles to swallow brains and turkey testicles in last bush feast
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After David Haye was voted out of the jungle, Charlie Brooks and Ashley Roberts were delighted to be in this year's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
However, they knew there would be one last obstacle to face before leaving the jungle - the infamous Final Feast Bushtucker Trial.
Winner Charlie admitted she was left 'absolutely traumatised' after forcing herself to eat witchetty grubs, brains and turkey testicles.
Oh my God! Charlie Brooks freaks out after looking at one of her courses during the Final Feast Bushtucker Trial
'How much of the penis do I have to eat?' Ashley Roberts eats deep-fried camel penis
The EastEnders actress retched and was brought to tears as she chewed the disgusting jungle delicacies.
To win a three-course luxury meal at camp, hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly told the pair they had to eat eight dishes between them.
Former Pussycat Doll Ashley was first up when she was presented with a starter of deep-fried camel penis.
Disgusting: The two women had taken part in one last Bushtucker Trial before the show ended
What's so funny? Ant and Dec laugh at Ashley's reaction to her first course
Ashley prompted Ant and Dec to burst into laughter when she asked: 'I eat to have the whole penis? How much of the penis do I have to eat?'
As she chewed on the meat, Charlie encouraged her by saying: 'Think happy thoughts.'
For Charlie's starter, she had to eat a witchetty grub won-ton - wriggling wichetty grubs wrapped in rice paper.
Nice presentation... shame about the food: Ashley's starter was deep-fried camel penis
Think happy thoughts: Ashley tries to forget about what she's eating
A horrified Charlie protested: 'Oh my god it's moving... the packet... I wanna eat the camel's penis!'
As she bit their heads off and started chewing, she said: 'It feels horrible. This is my worst nightmare.'
She retched several times afterwards and screamed when she swallowed them, exclaiming: 'I feel so proud.'
Wiggly: The witchetty grub was Charlie's starter
'This is my worst nightmare': Charlie bites the head off the grub
For Ashley's main course she had to eat raw fish eyes, which disgusted Charlie when she shouted: 'Oh my God I heard the pop.'
After being presented with her main course of 'quiche la brain' - made of an animal's brain - she admitted she never watched this trial at home on TV in the past.
After swallowing the brain, she admitted: 'That is the most awful thing I've ever done in my life.'
Trauma: Charlie struggles to swallow the grub
Yuck: A stir-fry covered in raw fish eyes
Next up, Ashley had to eat her dessert of 'death by cock-alot' - a bowl full of live cockroaches.
Following her was Charlie's dessert of turkey lime pie made with turkey testicles.
As she struggled to chew the testicles, she was encouraged by Ashley who told her: 'It's chicken, it's chicken. Mind over matter. you've got it girl.'
Don't think about it: Ashley hears the popping sound of the fish eyes
Vile: A quiche topped with an animal's brains
Don't gag: Charlie's eyes watered as she struggled to swallow the brains
After finishing their three courses, the pair then had to finish glasses of bizarre drinks.
Before downing her duck egg nog, Ashley told herself: 'It's a fruit smoothie. Oh God it smells.'
Charlie then had to drink a 'Bug's Fizz' - a concoction of bloodied cockroaches, crickets and mealworms.
And for dessert: A bowl full of live cockroaches
This is so horrible: Ashley tries not to think about what she's eating
The two women were thrilled after passing the trial, winning a Mexican feast for their final night in camp.
However, they were clearly feeling a bit queasy after their unappetising Bushtucker Trial.
Horrible: Charlie's dessert was turkey testicles
Ashley said: 'That was the most disgusting thing I've ever done in my life.
'That eyeball and the popping of the eyeball. It smelled. I am never doing anything like that again in my entire life.'
Charlie added: 'I feel absolutely traumatised. It was horrendous. There was no other way of describing it.'
The last supper: Charlie and Ashley enjoy a Mexican feast on their last night in the jungle
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