But it wasn’t until a month or two after the audition when she finally heard back from the team, “They were so quiet for the longest time, and you can’t imagine how nervous I was. At one point, I was starting to think that they already found someone else for the part.” Timely enough, Nicole was in Singapore for work when they reached out to meet with her, “I thought it was like the second round of auditions, so I prepared so much—curled my hair, and I was psyching myself up. But when I went in to meet them, they sat me down, and all the producers were like, ‘Actually this isn’t an audition. You got the part!’”

“I think the highlight is that you’re able to see someone go from point A to point B, and the transformation is so inspiring that it makes you, yourself, want to be like, ‘Wow, maybe I can do that,’ or ‘What else can I improve on?’ And I think that’s what I’ll be walking away with. Having different co-hosts in every country who have their own specific forte, I also had the chance to learn from each of them. They’ll be teaching tricks to our participants, but I’ll also be like, ‘Ooh, I think I can do that also!’ It’s a fun learning journey and you’ll see how their growth starts and ends. You’re just like, ‘Wow, who are you?!’ It’s like they’re a whole new person, but it’s not just physically, you can see that they’re more confident and their smiles are bigger.”