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Stacy Roy of Kelowna and Nick Della Mora from Ontario display their Lego trophy after winning $100,000 in the Season 3 finale of Lego Masters on Fox TV. (Photo credit: Lego Masters/Facebook)
By Pete McIntyre
$100,000 prize

Okanagan woman co-wins Lego Masters

Dec 15, 2022 | 5:30 PM

A Kelowna woman says it was the most exciting moment in her life after she was crowned a champion on a lego-building TV show.

Stacy Roy and her partner, Nick Della Mora from Ontario, won $100,000 in the Season 3 finale of Lego Masters on Fox TV.

The competition featured Lego building duos creating unique projects which were judged by Amy Corbett and Jamie Berard on the show hosted by Will Arnett.

(GoldDerby/YouTube)

The Canadian pair faced off against two Calgary firefighters, Stephen Joo and Stephen Cassley, in the final.

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Roy and Della Mora’s creations included a Jurassic World Dominion piece, a replica of a real-life dog, and building a race car for NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon.

(With files form Daily Hive)

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