As we all know by now, Natalie and Pailin, the Beauty Queens, have been eliminated from the race. From what’s seen on TV, Natalie seems to be the “fragile” one, in a puteri-lilin kinda way. I can’t help but empathize with Pailin, who does seem to be a strong racer. She would definitely race better, paired with a stronger partner, someone like Oliver. Hopefully there’ll be an Amazing Race Asia All-Star with them in it!
Back to Natalie, she gave her side of the story over at the Amazing Race Asia Blog: Natalie’s Blog Entry. To be fair, Amazing Race Asia *is* a show after all, subject to editing by the producers. And sometimes, what ends up on TV may not be partial to the contestants, for whatever reasons. But still, I wonder why she puts on the sweater instead of using sunblock. Wouldn’t heat stroke with the sweater be more dangerous than a reduced sunburn with a sunblock on?
And IMHO skipping the task was a bad choice, no matter how you put it. You didn’t give the producers any chance to let you stay on a NEL, even if they wanted to. Because with the 4-hour penalty, there is NO way your team can escape being eliminated the next round. Might as well eliminate this round itself, eh?
I sympathize with Natalie for the hardship that she went through and for the unseen footages of her hard work, but lets face it, it’s a race, everybody goes through the same hardship, and the series of bad decisions she made, coupled with her low morale due to under-estimating the toughness of the race caused their elimination.
On to the next leg later tonight! Sit tight!
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Asian with a new yorker attitude. Born in Malaysia and grew up in New York City. I was a shy baby, mischievous teenager, curious adult, passionate entrepreneur, smart mouth wife and now a loving mom ^_^ Had the greatest time from East to West and all around the world. Love to travel and i believe the world is just too big, don't under estimate anything. Have an open mind and you never know what it can bring or take you. When you are old, you can reminisce and said to yourself, you have done it all. Live your life to the fullest and with no regrets! This blog is about what "inspires me" and what i'm passionate about. My fusion and not so conventional ways of child care and my passion for makeup. Sharing my experience and thoughts. I'm still overwhelm that i'm a mom now and i'm an aspiring make up artist. i like to call it "baby & beauty blog