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Eliminating Keira Maguire from I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here was a huge mistake.

Reality television star Keira Maguire was booted off  I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! last week and we’re gutted.

Maguire, who you may recall was labelled the ‘villain’ of 2016’s The Bachelor season, once again didn’t hold back while cameras rolled in the South African jungle.

Laura Brodnik and Tiffany Dunk explain why Keira Maguire why nobody realized Keira Maguire was the best part of the show.

The 31-year-old stood her ground throughout the show and spoke up when she was made to feel uncomfortable by challenges and other contestants.

Tiffany Dunk explained how Maguire’s strong will threatened the authority previously established by radio shock jock Steve Price.

“Her polar opposite in the camp is Steve Price – he is a very grumpy man. He’s really quite cutting and he does not like Keira. He shuts her down at any kind of chance that he can,” she said.

“He’s been this way with quite a few people in the camp and no-one’s really bitten back at him until Keira. And I think you know what, good on you. Why should his opinion be the law in the camp?”

Dunk went on to explain how this display of self-assured behaviour became a lesson in independence for viewers.

“I just think, she’s teaching a really good lesson for girls out there: don’t back down just because somebody out there has a louder voice than you; or more authority than you; or more friends than you, don’t allow them to shut you down,” she said.

Keira Maguire and fellow contestant Nazeem Hussain. (Source: Network 10.)
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Mamamia Entertainment Editor Laura Brodnik agreed and commented on how the reality star presented an authentic front, especially in comparison to the shock jock.

"They went to do a trial and they thought they were doing it together but they were actually against each other and he said something like, 'oh, I'm going to annihilate her'.... and she was just like, 'you know, I hope I'm going to win, the best person is going to win.' She had a much better attitude about it," she said.

"We need more women like her on TV."

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