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Nix Adams embraces fellow finalists Liv Parker and Louis Davis. (Source: TVNZ)<\/p>\n
Speaking to 1News, Adams had two words to describe the winning feeling: \u201cF***ing overwhelming\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a once-in-a-lifetime experience,\u201d she added. \u201cI feel all the things, but I\u2019m very proud.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just feel proud in the way of reminding women and M\u0101ori that we can do just as much as anybody else. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs long as we stick together and push through the hard days, we will always prevail.\u201d <\/p>\n
The social media star said joining Celebrity Treasure Island was nothing like she expected. <\/p>\n
‘Girl, there’s no Airbnb\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember when I got there at first, I was like \u2018Where is the Airbnb?’\u201d she laughed. <\/p>\n
\u201cThen they told me, ‘Girl, there\u2019s no Airbnb\u2019, and I was like \u2018What the f*** have I signed up for?’\u201d <\/p>\n
Adams entered the competition as one of New Zealand\u2019s most recognisable online personalities, known for her raw humour and brutally honest storytelling. <\/p>\n
She first built a following by openly sharing her journey overcoming addiction, homelessness and grief, later growing that platform into one of the country\u2019s biggest online audiences. <\/p>\n
The social media star formed a close alliance with several fellow wahine contestants on the show, something she said helped “tremendously”. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis victory really just shows the strength of women uniting.\u201d <\/p>\n
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Nix Adams is one of New Zealand\u2019s most followed social media creators. (Source: TVNZ)<\/p>\n
Adams said winning money for the Child Abuse Prevention Foundation \u2014 $100,000 from the grand prize and an additional $5000 earned during an earlier challenge \u2014 made the victory even more meaningful. <\/p>\n
‘Struggle after struggle after struggle’<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything that can go towards educating families and helping prevent child abuse, I\u2019m down,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf there\u2019s anything I can do to help prevent another loss of a child in this country, I\u2019ll be there.\u201d <\/p>\n
She also revealed the show came during one of the toughest periods of her life, saying the year of filming had been filled with \u201cstruggle after struggle after struggle\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was probably the hardest year of my life since I got out of jail,\u201d she admitted. <\/p>\n
But that experience ultimately helped restore her confidence and belief in herself. <\/p>\n
\u201cI gained a lot of belief back in myself, and back in my abilities of being a mum,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt really rammed home to me that, \u2018Nix, you\u2019ve got it\u2019. No matter what challenge comes your way in life, you tackle it head on.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Social media star Nix Adams has been crowned the winner of Celebrity Treasure Island, becoming the first wahine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69,417,6445],"class_list":["post-448228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-television","tag-tvnz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}