Calamity Jane, as the famous pioneer of the conquest of the American West. A free and heroic woman who criss-crossed the plains on horseback. This is how Ambre’s grandfather nicknamed his granddaughter. By participating on TF1 in the new edition of “Koh-Lanta”, from this Tuesday evening, this 27-year-old Montpellier resident will have to prove that she has a bit of this Wild West legend in her.
“I have always had this character of wanting to push my limits to the end, this thirst for adventure, this need to go towards the unknown, confides to 20 minutes this employee of an events company. I signed up for the adventure, hoping to see what I was capable of. What if I really was the person I thought I was. ” With Koh Lanta, this Montpellier resident wants to prove that “just because you’re a little sophisticated doesn’t mean you can’t live outside and face hardships. I lived three years in Australia, so corny and sleeping outside in bad weather, I know. »
“I have always liked challenges”
Before flying to the Palawan archipelago in the Philippines, Ambre did not impose any specific preparation on herself. “I’ve been a rider since I could walk,” she says. I practice snowboarding, surfing, swimming. I have always had a physical conversation. She is not, moreover, an inveterate fan of Koh Lanta. “I saw a few shows,” she notes. But I haven’t been passionate about the show since I was young,” unlike other adventurers.
“When my participation was announced, my mum told me she was surprised, but not surprised. I’ve always been competitive, I’ve always liked challenges. It’s an adventure that suits me. “His companion, the volleyball player Nicolas le Goff, simply told him, at the time of goodbye, to “trust me, to believe in me until the end. He told me that I mustn’t doubt. Never. »