The final winner of ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’, a reality show modeled after the Netflix series ‘Squid Game’, has been determined.
The winner of the prize money of 4.56 million dollars (about 6 billion won) is a woman in her 50s and a former Vietnamese refugee. She was one of the older contestants in this challenge.
Netflix sequentially released 10 episodes of ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ from the 22nd of last month to the 7th of this month. 456 participants gather to play the game, and for each person eliminated, a prize of $10,000 is accumulated.
In the 10th broadcast, it was revealed that contestant Mai Whelan (female, 55) with number 287 won the championship, beating the final three contestants. The moment she became the final winner, Mai covered her face and sobbed.
Mai is a refugee who left Vietnam in 1975 when Saigon fell and settled in the United States. She joined the Navy in the United States and became a single mother at the age of 19. He served in the Navy for 20 years and then worked as an immigration judge for the Department of Homeland Security since 2013.
Photo source = TudumNetflix released Mai’s current status and interview after filming through ‘Todoom’, a community that delivers content-related news.
Mai said that after filming ended, she stayed at home and rested with her husband, 12-year-old granddaughter, and two dogs. She says she is keeping quiet with no major changes in her life so far.
Mai, who has been competing fiercely for two and a half weeks, said, “It’s great to be back in my daily routine where I don’t have to worry about being eliminated. I’m still Mai and I haven’t changed, except I’m stronger.” “I’m so happy that it shows that being a woman and a minority can overcome age,” she said.
Mai said that with her winnings, she first wanted to repair her house and build a small dock for boating. She also said she wanted to spend the money on people, animals and climate change, saying, “There is no future for children at this rate.”
Park Tae-geun,
Source: Donga
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