Start of something New(castle)! Delighted Scarlett Moffatt returns home as Jungle Queen following victorious I'm A Celeb... stint

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She has been languishing in the Australian jungle for three weeks, before winning I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here on Sunday night.

So Scarlett Moffatt is no doubt super keen to return home - as illustrated by her megawatt smile as she touched down in her native Newcastle on Wednesday fresh from the beaming sun Down Under  

The 26-year-old Gogglebox star was joined by her beloved family as she departed the airport in a low-key ensemble, while holding hands with her nine-year-old sister Ava following their long haul journey. 

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Home time! Scarlett Moffatt is no doubt super keen to return home - as illustrated by her megawatt smile as she touched down in her native Newcastle on Wednesday fresh from the beaming sun Down Under

Scarlett found her first taste of TV fame on the now-defunct MTV reality show Beauty School Copouts, before joining her parents on Channel 4's Gogglebox and last month heading to I'm A Celeb.

Despite her stratospheric rise to prominence in recent days, the brunette beauty remains totally down-to-earth, even down to her clothes. 

Keeping things comfy and low-key, the stunner wore just a scoop neck black T-shirt with tight jeans which showed off the result of her recent two stone weight loss. 

She toted her favoured Louis Vuitton handbag as she strutted her stuff, while wearing her hair scraped on top of her head. 

Having a laugh: The 26-year-old Gogglebox star was joined by her beloved family as she departed the airport in a low-key ensemble, while holding hands with her nine-year-old sister Ava following their long haul journey

Hey hey! Scarlett found her first taste of TV fame on the now-defunct MTV reality show Beauty School Copouts, before joining her parents on Channel 4's Gogglebox and last month heading to I'm A Celeb

Giggling: Despite her stratospheric rise to prominence in recent days, the brunette beauty remains totally down-to-earth, even down to her clothes

Followed by her beaming family, Scarlett looked overjoyed to return to her native city, where she will no doubt be delighted to see her boyfriend Luke Crodden once more. 

Other I'm A Celeb alumni were touching down in their respective homes across the country, with Ola Jordan joining her husband James in arriving home. 

Vicky Pattison joined Carol Vorderman in their arrival back in the country following Vicky's hosting debut on I'm A Celeb... Extra Camp. 

The gang: Followed by her beaming family, Scarlett looked overjoyed to return to her native city, where she will no doubt be delighted to see her boyfriend Luke Crodden once more

Hold on: Ava has not left her sister's side since her departure 

Lies? Despite her delight at returning to the UK, Scarlett faced critics just days before, who claimed she falsified a phobia of lifts during her victorious I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here stint

Hold on tight! The stunning star could not stop smiling as she joined her sister

Despite her delight at returning to the UK, Scarlett faced critics just days before, who claimed she falsified a phobia of lifts during her victorious I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here stint.

Yet winner Scarlett lashed out at her critics as she defiantly insisted she suffers with claustrophobia rather than a fear of elevators, following her admission on the ITV show.

Eagle-eyed social media user noted that she shared a number of selfies in lifts before her stint on the show, where she faced a challenge in which she was encased in a box - after which she claimed to fear lifts and enclosed spaces.

Honey... I'm home! Other I'm A Celeb alumni were touching down in their respective homes across the country, with Ola Jordan joining her husband James in arriving home

Off we go! . Vicky Pattison joined Carol Vorderman in their arrival back in the country following Vicky's hosting debut on I'm A Celeb... Extra Camp

VorderHome: The former Countdown presenter left the aiport

Trying to de-elevate-'er?  winner Scarlett has lashed out at her critics as she defiantly insisted she suffers with claustrophobia rather than a fear of elevators, following her admission on the ITV show

In her final task ahead of her win, Scarlett was to be locked in a coffin-type box and joined by a mass of insects and bugs.When she was informed of this, she declared: 'I feel if I can do this I might finally be able to go into lifts.

'I was on the 34th floor [in the hotel she stayed at before the show began] and I walked the stairs because I can't stand small spaces.'

The admission caused the social media storm, yet a post-show interview with The Sun saw the star, who first found fame on now-defunct MTV show Beauty School Cop Outs, hit back at her critics.   

Talking to the publication, she said: 'It’s not a lift phobia, it’s claustrophobia. Claustrophobia is being scared of confined spaces. I haven’t got a fear of lifts, I’ve got a fear of not being able to see an escape.

Oh no! Eagle-eyed social media user noted that the Gogglebox star, 26, shared a number of selfies in lifts before her stint on the show, where she faced a challenge in which she was encased in a box - after which she claimed to fear lifts and enclosed spaces

Claustrophobic? She faced critters galore, nasty jungle delicacies and confined spaces in order to earn her place on the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! throne 

Uplifting: A statement the 26-year-old made when she was assigned her final Bushtucker Trial of the season has lead viewers to conduct some investigative journalism in order to catch the Gogglebox star out

Angry: Fans of the show were quick to slam Scarlett's claustrophobia claims

'It’s not just lifts, it’s the same if there’s too many bubbles in the bath. I can’t put my head under the water as if I opened my eyes I couldn’t see a way out... 

'It’s more I like to be able to see how I can escape. I don’t know why my brain works like that. I feel like I’m conquering it but am not completely cured.' 

The backlash Scarlett faced, included enraged Tweets, reading: 'Scarlett saying she's scared of lifts yet her Instagram is full of lift selfies... Some phobia you got there!' one viewer raged.

'@ScarlettMoffatt don't forget to delete all your lift selfies. So you can pretend to be scared of them still,' seethed another embittered tweeter.

'Considering you said you can't even go in a lift you seem to spend an awful lot of time in them @ScarlettMoffatt you are a FAKE!!!,' barked another upset viewer.

Lift me up: She was faced with one final task in which she was to be locked in a coffin-type box and joined by a mass of insects and bugs. When she was informed of this, the soon-to-be Queen of the Jungle declared: 'I feel if I can do this I might finally be able to go into lifts'

Give her a break: Some viewers were a lot kinder to Scarlett amid the frenzy of accusations 

'Did Scarlett Moffatt not think to delete her lift photos before lying about her lift fear,' spat someone else.

Elsewhere, fans of the star stood up for her on social media.

'All these idiots going mental cos Scarlett has lift selfies, aye cos that's the same as lying in a pitch black cave fulla beasties (sic),' one fan typed, referring to the Cavern Of Claws task she was put through.

According to The Sun, Scarlett elaborated on her apparent fear before she went into the jungle.

Bitter: Some were so upset they just had to vent their despair on social media

Fear or Faked? Sleuthing viewers fled to social media immediately to hunt for evidence to the contrary, unearthing Instagram and Twitter snaps galore of the brunette star standing in lifts with her boyfriend

Fuming: Twitter was awash with Miss Marple-like tweeters who had scrolled back through Scarlett's Instagram

She said: 'When I was a kid we went to Fuengirola and my uncle threw a beach ball in the lift. I went in and he pressed all the buttons.

'I was only trapped in the lift for about three minutes but at that age I thought I’d been there the full fortnight! I’ve been traumatised about lifts ever since. And I don’t like the dark.'

Scarlett's win was predicted by bookies way before it happened - and some have slammed the show for setting her up to succeed, with accusations that the show was fixed all along.

Wedding bells: Scarlett Moffatt, 26, is only looking forward to the future as she revealed she is planning to marry her boyfriend Luke Crodden in an outlandish Willy Wonka themed wedding 

Among those pointing the finger was Kady McDermott, the girlfriend of runner-up Adam Thomas' brother Scott.     

In now-deleted Tweets, The Mirror reported that Kady penned: 'Fix. Good night' before adding: 'They knew their winner before the show even started... Anyway he's the winner in our eyes he did AMAZING!!!! #KingAdam'.

Sore losers aside, Scarlett revealed, on exiting the jungle, that she is planning to marry her boyfriend Luke Crodden in an outlandish Willy Wonka themed wedding.

The Gogglebox star - who has been dating the 26-year-old hairdresser since February - was spotted shopping for engagement rings weeks before she flew Down Under for her jungle stint. 

Now, the brunette beauty - who lives with Luke in Newcastle - admitted she's been planning her special day since she was a young girl, idolising Jordan and Peter Andre's 2005 nuptials. 

Lift her alone: 'All these idiots going mental cos Scarlett has lift selfies, aye cos that's the same as lying in a pitch black cave fulla beasties (sic),' one fan typed, referring to the Cavern Of Claws task she was put through

Transformation: Scarlett has been candidly documenting her incredible weight loss on social media over the past few months, dropping from a size 16 to 10 

Speaking to the Mirror, she said: 'I love Luke so much. I want [my wedding] to be like that. I want a glass carriage. I’d also like a Willy Wonka theme with centrepieces as sweets and munchkins as waiters.'

While in the jungle, her long-term love managed to send a note to camp to lift his 'beautiful little weirdo's' spirits.

The note read: 'Keep being you, my beautiful little weirdo, me and the whole of the North East are behind you, miss you so much.'

Surviving her time in camp, Scarlett - who was badly bullied in school - like everyone else, was stripped away from their creature comforts, including beauty products.

The future's bright: Now settling into life in front of the camera, she candidly explained that she's thinking about getting a boob job

Now settling into life in front of the camera, she candidly explained that she's thinking about getting a boob job.

She explained: 'Unfortunately we live in a very ­appearance-oriented society and being on telly has made me more conscious of how I look...I’d like to have my breasts lifted at some point. I’ve got big boobs and they’re already starting to clean my shoes so I really do think I’d do it.'

She's been no stranger to a cosmetic procedure, having had lip fillers since she was 20 and also teeth veneers. 

Scarlett has been candidly documenting her incredible weight loss on social media over the past few months, dropping from a size 16 to 10.

And now she already has plans to release her fitness DVD on Boxing Day, where she shares her tips for shedding the pounds.