When the going gets tough, Toff gets going
Same winning ways as Scarlett & Vicky
so long with no phone or anything, and I want my confidence back. I want to be who I was before.”
James encouraged his Instagram followers to vote for his “superstar” ex, amid rumours they had reconciled before she entered camp. But despite IT had to be Toff. As she walked the high-rise plank in the first episode she was already striding to victory.
Why? Because after the success of Vicky Pattison and Scarlett Moffatt (right, with Toff), she had all that girl next door charm the public love. All three have that innocence, no-nonsense grittiness, cheeriness and down to earth her ambition, Georgia had reservations about entering the jungle.
“I haven’t done much,” she admits of her fledgling showbiz career. “I joined Made in Chelsea when I’d just left school. I haven’t been faced with anything similar.” With concerns she realism. It may be honed by turns in reality shows but it tops the manipulative performances from more starry campmates.
Toff, like Scarlett and Vicky, looked and sounded
would be deemed an “airhead”, she became determined to prove she was both intelligent and fearless in the face of a Bushtucker Trial.
The feminist star fresh and likeable. Someone you could imagine going for a drink with. I hope she holds on to the strength of character she showed and stays true to herself rather than slipping back to the moronic MIC world of duck-pout selfies and photoshoots in her undies.
Come on Georgia, you’re better than that. You’re our Queen. called out Amir Khan and Jamie Lomas when the pair wrote off her skills in a task, declaring: “I am quite small but it doesn’t mean I am less mighty. It shouldn’t ever be unequal in here.”
Her feistiness endeared her to millions, as did her impressive performances: “With me harping on about girls being as strong as boys, I had to prove it.”
As well as admitting to a penchant for middle-aged politicians, she describes British Tory MP Jacob Rees-mogg as her “top celebrity crush,” she also palled up with Stanley Johnson, 77. In Camp, Georgia, was outspoken about her political opinions, though little of them were aired.
She says of her political beliefs: “I get labelled a ditzy, blonde reality TV person, which is fine. But it’s great to know you can do both. It’s OK to have big, blonde hair and wear my bikini and talk about politics. Why not?”
Next up, Georgia is eyeing a TV presenting career, with ITV and Channel 4 both vying to sign her for deals worth more than €5.5million.
But she has vowed to “use this and my influence to do good”.
She muses that chats with Stanley opened her eyes to some of the charitable causes she could lend her new found fame too, including conservation and campaigning against female genital mutilation.
“Hopefully I’ll do something great,” she suggests. With well-deserved, new found confidence, no doubt she will.