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The 'Price is Right' model who gave away a $21,960 car for free because of dumb mistake has said it's the 'biggest mistake ever in game show history' and the first of her six-year career. Colombian-born Manuela Arbelaez's mind was clearly somewhere else when she removed the wrong price tag during Thursday's show - giving contestant Andrea the prize even though she guessed the wrong price. The model and host Drew Carey both gasped after she revealed the true price of the Hyundai Sonata SE before Andrea had finished guessing. A contestant on The Price is Right has walked away with a $21,960 car for free courtesy of a dumb mistake by model Manuela Arbelaez - who has since said it was the 'biggest mistake ever in game show history'. Speaking to the New York Daily News, she described how after the blunder she broke down in tears and 'wanted to go in a wormhole and disappear.' Manuela Arbelaez's mind was clearly somewhere else when she removed the wrong price tag during Thursday's show. She admitted that her body moved quicker than her brain. Model Manuela Arbelaez (left) can't hide her embarrassment as the contestant, Andrea (right) celebrates her win. Getty Images She added: 'I knew there was no way to fix it. I went to this dark place, and I thought I'd get fired or it would be taken out of my paycheck.' Producers, however, decided not to punish her and said there was nothing to worry about during the commercial break. https://twitter.com/ManuelaArbelaez/status/583692205954433024 She added that host Carey was 'understanding and supportive' and told her he thought it was the 'funniest thing ever.' ''I'm not in trouble phew!' she wrote on Twitter yesterday. She noted that there have been many model mishaps over the show's 43 seasons. 'There was an occasion when a girl crashed a car into Door 3 and another gave away a trip to Disneyland,' Arbelaez recalled. 'There have been small things like that over the years, but I think my mistake was the most expensive in the history of the show.' https://twitter.com/letsmakeadeal/status/730171033760595968 However, Arbelaez is still mortified by what happened, telling the Daily News: 'I'm a perfectionist. I'm very hard on myself. I do things right,' she said. 'I've never made a mistake in those six years. And of course, the one mistake I make, it's the biggest mistake in 'Price is Right' history.' Manuela Arbelaez gave away a $21,960 Hyundai Sonata to a lucky contestant when she mistakenly exposed the winning selection. (ZACH CLARK VIA YOUTUBE) - NY Daily News 'I probably would've died if that happened within the first year of me working on the show. In a weird way, I'm kind of glad it happened now.' During the show, when presenters realized what had happened, contestant Andrea shouted out 'I win!' Big-hearted host Carey was left with little opinion but to tell the contestant, 'Congratulations! Manuela just gave you a car! The game is over, folks.' Arbelaez joined the regular rotation of five models on The Price Is Right in April 2009. In her six-year career, she says this is her first mistake. Getty Images Despite the blunder, the Colombian said the producers and host were 'supportive and understanding'. Getty Images While Andrea jumps for joy, poor Manuela, 26 didn't know where to hid and she was eventually consoled by both Carey and the delighted contestant. Arbelaez later tweeted about her embarrassment at the heart-warming TV moment. 'I don't usually give expensive gifts, but when I do is a $21,960 CAR,' she tweeted, along with a clip from the show of her looking sheepish. She also tweeted that the producers on the show and Carey couldn't have been more supportive and understanding.' she wrote. Arbelaez joined the regular rotation of five models on The Price Is Right in April 2009. Manuela was eventually consoled by both host Drew Carey and delighted contestant Andrea. Arbelaez later tweeted about her embarrassment. 'I don't usually give expensive gifts, but when I do is a $21,960 CAR,' she tweeted. Watch the video: Credits: dailymail.co.uk