'I just can't touch fire anymore': Miss Nude Australia contestant who accidentally set a strip club ABLAZE reveals her battle with ice - and her devastation over the frightening incident
- Miss Nude Australia contestant speaks after accidentally setting club ablaze
- Harley van Dangerfield was competing in Miss Nude Australia when fire started
- Dangerfield was disqualified as a result and has opened up about her struggles
- She has taken the opportunity to discuss her ice addiction and the toll of abuse
A Miss Nude Australia contestant who was disqualified after accidentally setting fire to a strip club has opened up about the incident and her past drug addiction.
Harley van Dangerfield was competing in Miss Nude Australia 2019 at The Crazy Horse strip club in Adelaide when the incident occurred on August 27.
During her dance route Ms van Dangerfield poured a bottle of flammable liquid around the stage before setting it alight.
Harley van Dangerfield (pictured), a Miss Nude Australia contestant who was disqualified after accidentally setting fire to a strip club, has opened up about the incident and her past drug addiction
As the performance continued, the flames spread to the curtains surrounding the stage.
The strip club had to be evacuated and $3000 worth of damage was done by the fire, which also lead to Dangerfield's disqualification.
'I was so gutted when it happened and I did not know what to do and literally with tears in my eyes, I kept performing,' Ms can Dangerfield told The Advertiser.
'I just can't touch (fire) anymore … I feel bad that I put people's lives potentially in danger and I feel responsible for the chaos afterwards.
'I don't like watching people suffer and, when I watched people just scramble and panic, it broke my heart — I vowed, then and there, to never touch fire again.'
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Ms van Dangerfield said she used fire dancing as a 'symbol of resilience' in an Instagram post after overcoming an addiction to ice.
'I survived domestic violence, drug addiction, debilitating grief and essentially hit rock bottom,' she wrote.
'It took a level of strength I never knew I had to survive, I feel that strength when I watch the flames dance.'
Ms van Dangerfield also took to social media to share the story of how she escaped an abusive relationship alongside a picture showing injuries she had suffered from that abuse.
Ms van Dangerfield said she used fire dancing as a 'symbol of resilience' in an Instagram post after overcoming an addiction to ice
'The first photo was taken on December 16th, 2016. This is probably the 'least triggering' photo I could find, so you could imagine what I went through,' she wrote on an Instagram post (pictured)
'The first photo was taken on December 16th, 2016. This is probably the 'least triggering' photo I could find, so you could imagine what I went through,' she wrote.
'The second photo was taken just before the incident at Miss Nude 2019 drug, alcohol, cigarette free and studying my masters in social work.
'I encourage everyone to remember what we should all stand for! We should stand against domestic violence, stand in solidarity with drug addicts in active addiction.'
Miss Nude Australia is a striptease competition welcoming performers from all over the country.
The winners and runners-up from each state all perform over three nights at the competition's finals, held at the Crazy Horse.
'The winner is chosen after being judged on the basis of the smile, hair, shape, beauty, personality, charm and grace. In short, the woman who is a complete package is chosen as Miss Nude Australia,' the website reads.
Many of the performances include erotic costumes, water and aerial tricks.
'I survived domestic violence, drug addiction, debilitating grief and essentially hit rock bottom,' Ms van Dangerfield
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