LOS ANGELES - She set out to become the biggest loser and in the process, an Illinois woman is the biggest winner.  

The popular NBC reality show crowned this season's champ Monday night, Danni Allen from Wheeling, Illinois.

Allen won $250,000 by losing 121 pounds, or 46.9 percent of her starting body weight.

Jeff Nichols came in second to Allen by dropping 46.65 percent of his starting body weight, with Jackson Carter coming in 3rd.

 

 

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