Meryl is moving on from reality TV to presenting! (Picture: BBC/Studio Lambert Associates/Paul Chappells)
The Traitors winner Meryl Williams has revealed she’s planning on a career move to presenting after the success of Claudia Winkleman’s BBC game show.
Meryl joined Faithfuls Aaron Evans and Hannah Byczkowski in taking home the £101,050 cash prize, after finally banishing the ultimate Traitor Wilfred Webster.
Having previously spoken about using her £34,000 to ‘make a career change’ and ‘try doing new things’, Meryl has shared more details about her future plans.
The 25-year-old call centre agent told Metro.co.uk and other press: ‘So I’ve not spent it yet. I’d like to work in a different career path and I would really like to break into the television industry – I’d love to do presenting, something like that.’
She added: ‘But I’m going to use that money for flexibility to try and get into that industry and keep on trying.
‘It’s definitely going to give me some options now to try and use this time and definitely use this exposure to try and ride the wave.’
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Hannah, Aaron and Meryl took home the prize (Picture: BBC/Paul Chappells/PA)
Speaking about her dream job within the TV industry, Meryl continued: ‘Since I was like four or five I’ve always wanted a talk show called Minutes with Meryl.
‘I used to act all the time at school, I would be a TV presenter, then someone on the weather, someone on the news, and someone on the traffic.
‘That was my dream!’
‘I wanted people to see me doing normal day stuff and competing on a level day playing field with everyone else’ (Picture: BBC/Studio Lambert Associates/Llara Plaza)
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After winning the first season of the show, Meryl pointed out the significance of being a part of the show and of the winning team.
Meryl, who has dwarfism, said she believed she was the ‘first person with my condition to win a reality show which I’m so delighted about’.
‘Overall, I can’t believe it. I still genuinely can’t believe it. I feel very grateful. I feel ecstatic,’ she said after winning.
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The Faithful added to press: ‘The whole reason why I went on this show is so people can educate themselves, watch it, and see that I do the exact same as everyone else, and then realise that I’m the exact same.’
‘I wanted people to see me doing normal day stuff and competing on a level day playing field with everyone else, and not having any advantages or disadvantages.’
The Traitors is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
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Minutes with Meryl is the perfect name!