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Scott Mills ‘speechless’ after winning Celebrity Race Across The World

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Scott Mills ‘speechless’ after winning Celebrity Race Across The World

The pair beat Ted Lasso actor Kola Bokinni and his cousin Mary Ellen Moriarty to the bottom camp of the Osorno Volcano in Frutillar, Chile, after racing nearly 7,800 miles from the Amazon Rainforest.

Broadcaster Jeff Brazier and his son Freddy, and mannequin Kelly Brook and her husband Jeremy Parisi completed the race the day after, coming third and fourth respectively.

Mills and Vaughan on the base camp of the Osorno Volcano in Frutillar, Chile (BBC/PA)

Mills and Vaughan realised that they had gained once they opened the visitor e book in Frutillar, main them to leap up and down and shout “oh my god, we did it”.

Talking of the victory, Mills stated: “Speechless, while you open that e book, and there aren’t any different names in it – there’s no different feeling prefer it.

“I can affirm it’s the perfect feeling ever.

“It’s been exhilarating, it’s been powerful, it’s been so irritating at instances, however we’ve been there for one another, the nice, the unhealthy, the ups and downs.

“It simply proves we’re a terrific group – a profitable group.”

The pair started the ultimate leg in third place – however with simply 39 minutes between the groups, the competitors was huge open.

They determined to toss a coin to determine which route they’d journey throughout the Andes to achieve the end line, with tails making them proceed down by means of Argentina to San Salvador, and onwards to Mendoza.

Vaughan, who works as a producer, added: “I’m simply glad we flipped the coin.

“To have a terrific expertise and win, it’s simply the perfect.”

Throughout a journey in a cable automobile up San Cristobal Hill in Chile, Mills advised Vaughan, who was his fiance on the time, that he had been “fairly caught up with work” at first of the present and had now “discovered to spend extra time for simply you and me”, earlier than including “I don’t need it to be over now”.

Following Mills and Vaughan to the visitor e book, Bokinni and Moriarty stated they had been “happy” to return second.

Reaching the highest of the volcano, Bokinni stated: “We got here second Mary, I’m so happy with that, this has been among the finest experiences of my life.”

Following up in third alongside his father, Freddy Brazier stated: “We didn’t come first, we didn’t want to return first.

“We completed the race and we’ve executed it collectively, father and son, I imply what a duo.”

Brook, who completed in fourth place along with her husband, added: “It means all the pieces to complete, Jeremy wished to win, I simply wished to complete.

“To be sincere we got here final so I really feel like we should always have had a jolly from day one, it wouldn’t have made any distinction.”

Stripped of all mod-cons and luxuries together with smartphones and financial institution playing cards, opponents needed to depend on their abilities, onerous work and the kindness of strangers to succeed with a restricted funds.

The journey noticed the pairs race throughout the size of South America, by means of the likes of Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.

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