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With the pressure on, Danielle, Kandice, and Charla entered their respective vaults and began contemplating the questions separating them from one million dollars. Each took a crack at their safes and came up empty handed on their first two tries. Danielle got hung up on the question of trustworthiness and changed her answer to Oswald & Danny while Kandice incorrectly guessed Kevin & Drew. This change gave Danielle the magic combination of 8947 that opened the safe to give her the clue. Opening it with Eric, the dating couple received final instructions to take a taxi to the Botanical Gardens and cross the finish line.
Eric & Danielle hopped into a taxi with the stakes higher than ever as Kandice left the vault two minutes later having not figured out the combination and Charla leaving only seconds after the beauty queens. With all three Teams within striking distance to win the prize, each hoped their taxi driver knew the shortest route. A nervous Danielle said, "This would be the biggest win of my life." Kandice insisted to the taxi driver, "This is worth a million dollars literally." Eric sweated at each red light fearing that the beauty queens could pass them at any moment. The beauty queens hoped the green lights they kept hitting would be enough to vault them to the big prize.
THE WINNERS
As the eliminated Teams looked on and cheered with excitement, dating couple Eric & Danielle ran through the grounds of the Botanical Gardens and crossed the finish line to win the million dollar prize awarded by Phil. A thrilled Eric said, "I'm so happy to be here with Danielle. From when I went through last time, coming in second, so close, to be in first is just unbelievable." Danielle joked, "I got into the best shape being on this Race with Eric. He kicked my butt. The Race kicked my butt, but I'm so happy to be here."
After arriving at the finish line in second place, the highest ever finish for an all-female Team, beauty queens Dustin & Kandice graciously accepted defeat. Dustin remarked, "I'm just so proud to say the places I've been, the pictures I have in my mind. That is worth so much to me. I'll take that with me wherever I go." Kandice added, "My grandmother always told me reach for the moon and at the very least you're gonna hit the stars. I'm very thankful for the experience and for Dustin, and THE AMAZING RACE."
The tenacious, fiery cousins Charla & Mirna settled for third place and reflected fondly on their experience. Charla said, "Mirna knew our abilities and I'm proud for everything we did together on this Race and we played it with every ounce of energy we had." Mirna added, "Charla has overcome so many obstacles on this Race. We persevered to the very last leg. It was really wonderful to break all stereotypes, not just about physical abilities, but also what people thought of us. I really felt like so many people got to know the real Charla & Mirna."
The winners also took a moment to reflect on their life changing victory. Eric said, "I'm really proud of Danielle. She did a great, great job. She knew the role she had to play for this Race. She couldn't have done anything better than she did." Danielle added, "I won AMAZING RACE ALL-STARS. I definitely know I can do anything I want to do and that's what this Race taught me." |
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