Huge fan of DeGeneres gets her 'Epic Ellen Experience' - a total of US$20,000 for her planned animal rescue

Alexis Kimball of Jacksonville reacts to winning US$10,000 (in her left hand) and a trip to the Bahamas (brochure in her right hand), during a recent appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in Burbank, California.

Alexis Kimball of Jacksonville, Florida, the United States, thought she was making a third appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to report back on her Ellen-sponsored trip to Atlantis Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas.

In two earlier appearances, she also received a 65-inch television and US$10,000 (RM41,830) cash for her teenage dream of opening an animal rescue.