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{{The Amazing Race contestant |
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| name = Charla Baklayan Faddoul and Mirna Hindoyan |
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| location = [[Phoenix, Maryland]] and [[Towson, Maryland]] |
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| season = [[The Amazing Race 5|Season 5]] and [[The Amazing Race 11|All-Stars]] |
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| finish = 6th place (Season 5)<br>3rd place (Season 11) |
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'''Charla Baklayan Faddoul''' and '''Mirna Hindoyan''' were contestants on the [[The Amazing Race 5|fifth]] and [[The Amazing Race 11|eleventh]] (all-star version) editions of the [[United States|American]] multiple-[[Emmy Award]]-winning game show, ''[[The Amazing Race]]''. |
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==Background== |
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Charla, a manager and co-owner of ten sportswear stores across her home state, is from Phoenix, [[Maryland]] and was born in the [[country]] of [[Syria]] of [[Armenians|Armenian]] descent. She has a form of [[dwarfism]]. |
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Mirna was born in the same [[hospital]] a month after her [[cousin]] and is also Armenian. She works as an estate planning [[attorney]] in Towson, Maryland, and stated that, prior to her first race experience, she had to wrap up about fifty cases for clients before she left.<ref name"barbulletin">{{cite news |url=http://www.msba.org/departments/commpubl/publications/bar_bult/2005/jan05/hindoyan.htm |
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| title=Around the World and Back Again |
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| publisher=Maryland Bar Bulletin |
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| accessdate=2007-02-18 |
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}}</ref> Her participation in The Amazing Race led to speaking engagements as well as an invitation to the Emmy Awards. Her first speaking engagement was at Towson University, of which she and her cousin are [[alumnae]].<ref name="barbulletin" /> |
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Both Charla and Mirna are well-traveled and speak several different [[languages]] including [[Turkish language|Turkish]], [[Arabic]], [[Armenian language|Armenian]], [[French language|French]], and [[Spanish language|Spanish]].<ref name ="CBS Bio">{{cite web |
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| accessdate = 14 February |
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| accessyear = 2007 |
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| url = http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race5/teams |
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| title = Amazing Race Biographies at CBS.com |
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}}</ref> |
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==The Amazing Race == |
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<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:AR5CharlaMirna.jpg|thumb|123px|left|Charla and Mirna doing a detour in [[Russia]] during the ''[[Amazing Race 5]]'']] -->The cousins participated on two seasons of [[The Amazing Race]]: Seasons [[The Amazing Race 5|5]] and [[The Amazing Race 11|11]]. The cousins placed sixth in season five and placed third in season eleven. |
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==Post-Amazing Race 5 and Pre-Amazing Race 11== |
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Between the two races the cousins participated in, both Charla and Mirna got married. At the age of 30, Charla is planning to have a baby with her husband. In an interview for [[The Amazing Race]] 11, Charla said if they won the all-star season of The Amazing Race, she would use the money for her baby. Since both of the cousins had noticed that Charla's speed had slowed them down in the first race, in the All-Star race Charla would be using a secret weapon: "[[Heelys]]," which would hopefully improve her speed in footraces.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/blog/staples.html?pn=5&start=1/1/2007&end=1/31/2007|title=Charla has Secret Weapon on Amazing Race All-Stars|publisher=Edmonton Journal|date=2007-01-25|first=David|last=Staples|accessdate=2007-02-18}}</ref> Outside of The Amazing Race, the cousins have appeared on numerous game shows and interviews. These include the '[[Price is Right]]', on which neither Charla nor Mirna made it into the contestants' row; [[MADtv]], in an Amazing Race parody; and Bravo TV's [[Battle of the Network Reality Stars]], on which they appeared with fellow season 5 contestants Chip & Kim. Charla & Mirna were both eliminated, but Mirna returned and ended up on the winning team. Charla also appeared on HBO's [[The Comeback]] starring [[Lisa Kudrow]] as well as the "reality stars" themed first game of Season 7 of [[Celebrity Poker Showdown]]. Charla & Mirna were both featured in recaps on various episodes of [[The Soup]] on E!. |
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==See also== |
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* [[The Amazing Race 11 contestants]] |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race/ CBS Amazing Race Official website] |
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* [http://www.charlaandmirna.com/ Charla and Mirna Fansite] |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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{{The Amazing Race contestants}} |
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[[Category:The Amazing Race contestants]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:Armenian-Americans]] |
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