Gemma Collins has compared being named "the most iconic cast member" on 'The Only Way is Essex' to winning an Oscar.
The 39-year-old star - who first appeared on the ITVBe reality series in 2011 - was voted by viewers as the favourite cast member of the past 10 years.
And in true GC style, she appeared in a video from a yacht on holiday to react to the news.
The official 'TOWIE' Twitter page wrote: "As voted by YOU! Gemma Collins has been voted the most iconic cast member of the decade #TOWIE
@missgemcollins (sic)", to which she replied: "Thank you to all the TOWIE fans who's voted me N01 ICON thank you TOWIE it's been emosh (sic)"
In the accompanying clip, Gemma said: "Darlings! It's me, the GC, on my yacht! You know, this is like an Oscar. I just got the 'most iconic award'.
Thank you. Because if it wasn't for everyone believing in me, I wouldn't be here today. But to be fair guys, we all knew I was an icon."
