CARLY ZUCKER

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Age: 24
Occupation: Model and personal trainer
Celebrity supporters: Joe Cole
Phobias: Creepy crawlies
Special Skills: Being a good talker and listener
She says: “I’m not your typical girlie girl… I’m a dare devil.”

Personal trainer Carly Zucker says she is heading to the jungle to fulfil some of her own dreams and those of her England footballer fiancé, Joe Cole.

Carly says she and Joe have always wanted to go on an adventure, but Joe is not allowed to risk injury because of his career – so Carly hopes to try out some of the things they’ve always imagined, for both of them.

Carly says: “Joe was keen for me to do the show. He’s quite excited about everything. We’ve always said that as soon as he retires one of the things we’d like to do is go on safari and go and do bungee jumps and all crazy things that he can’t do while he’s a professional athlete.

“So I think by me doing this he’s sort of living his part of his dream early by me doing it.

“I’ve got a friend and we have the same interests. We both can be very girlie but very sporty at the same time. So we like to go and do different challenges. And she was gorilla trekking and climbing mountains and I always go, ‘Oh Joe, can I go?’

“And he’s always worried because generally it’s not controlled. Being in the jungle, of course there’re risks and you’re in the open jungle, but going on a small trip like with a friend or something he’ll generally worry more because he can’t see what I’m actually doing. And there’s no control going with one of these small package adventure holidays.

“Joe would definitely worry about me as well. But I think because he can see me on screen and he knows that I’ve got to be in a relatively safe environment he won’t worry too much because he can see me any time of the day.

Carly also hopes to change the public perception of her, as she thinks images of her in the paper have led people to believe she is moody.