Rita Verreos

Survivor contestant
name = Rita Verreos


birthdate = birth date and age|1968|07|19
location = San Antonio, Texas
season =
finish = 5th voted out
tribe = Ravu

Rita Rosina Verreoscite web
url = http://ritarverreos.com/bio.htm
title = Rita Verreos Bio
accessdate = 2007-05-18] (occasionally Verreos Kennedy)cite web
url= http://www.latinacrownusa.com/whatslc.htm
title= What is Latina Crown USA
accessdate= 2007-05-18
publisher= Latina Crown USA
quote=Model with representation of Grimmé Models: San Francisco, California. Runway model in different fashion shows for local designers as wells as international designers such as Oscar de la Renta and Victor Alfaro. Also, many informal modelling at Saks Fifth Avenue and Macy's, Union Square. Training for Miss Venezuela beauty pageant. She was the finalist in Miss Venezuela. Runway modeling for local designers in Venezuela and Puerto Rico. Rita Verreos is also a full time mother of two. and was called to be judge in Miss Oklahoma USA pageant, and Miss Kansas USA pageant.] cite news
title = Heating Things Up in the Early Morning
url = http://www2.mysanantonio.com/aboutus/expressnews/archive/
format = Fee required
work = Conexión
publisher = Hearst Corporation
page = 32A
date = 2005-03-24
accessdate = 2007-05-18 ] (born July 19, 1968 in Caracas, Venezuela)cite web
url= http://www.ritaverreos.com/text/bio.htm
title= Model Rita Verreos
accessdate= 2007-05-18
archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20060112125229/www.ritaverreos.com/text/bio.htm
archivedate= 2006-01-12
quote=] is an Hispanic American beauty pageant contestant, image consultant, model, actress, and reality television contestant.

Personal life

A native of Venezuela, Verreos moved to San Francisco with her family when she was 8 years old. She attended UC Berkeley [cite news
first = Tim
last = Goodman
authorlink =
title = 'Lost Finds Its Way. 'Survivor,' Sadly, Does Not.
url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/07/DDGGQNV9JE1.DTL
work = San Francisco Chronicle
publisher = Hearst Communications
page = E1
date = 2007-02-07
accessdate = 2007-05-18
quote = Another contestant, Rita Verreos, 38, lived in San Francisco for a while and went to UC Berkeley. ] before graduating from the University of California at Los Angeles with a bachelor's degree in Italian and French Literature. After college, she lived in Mexico City with her husband and children for 11 years before moving to San Antonio in 2003. She and her husband are divorced.cite news
first = Rudy
last = Arispe
authorlink =
title = Fiji Feels the Heat
url = http://www2.mysanantonio.com/aboutus/expressnews/archive/
format = Fee required
work = Conexión
publisher = Hearst Corporation
page = 4A
date = 2007-01-18
accessdate = 2007-05-18 ]

Verreos dated singer Peter Gabriel in 1993.cite web
url = http://www.bellezavenezolana.net/news/2005/febrero/20050205.htm
title = Noticias de Febrero 5, 2005
accessdate = 2007-05-18
last = Rodriguez
first = Julio
authorlink =
date = 2005-02-05
publisher = Belleza Venezolana.net
language = Spanish
quote = Rita Rosina Verreos (Municipio Vargas) fue enviada a dos eventos. Primero al "Reinado Mundial de Banano 1988", en Machala (Ecuador). Clasificó como virreina. Ganó Ximena Correa (Ecuador). Posteriormente fue al "Reina Internacional del Café 1989", en Manizales (Colombia). No figuró. Se regresó a Los Ángeles, California (USA), donde vivía. En 1993 apareció en Venezuela, como novia del cantante inglés Peter Gabriel. Más nunca.] She currently lives on the north side of San Antonio with her son and daughter, ages 10 and 6. Her brother, Nick Verreos, competed on the Bravo reality television program "Project Runway".cite news
first = Jeanne
last = Jakle
authorlink =
title = S.A. Woman Takes 'Survivor' Challenge
url = http://www2.mysanantonio.com/aboutus/expressnews/archive/
format = Fee required
work = San Antonio Express News
publisher = Hearst Corporation
page = 4B
date = 2007-01-13
accessdate = 2007-05-18 ]

Pageants

Verreos was a contestant in the Miss Venezuela 1988 pageant while representing Estado Vargas, and competed in the 1988 "Reinado Mundial de Banano" pageant in Machala, Ecuador, placing second to Ximena Correa of Ecuador. She also competed in the 1989 "Reina Internacional del Café" pageant in Manizales, Colombia, in which she did not place.cite web
url= http://www.missvenezuela.com/2006/ing/titulos_int/contenido.htm
title= International Titles and Crowns
accessdate= 2007-05-18
year= 2006
publisher= Miss Venezuela Organization] Verreos has also judged Miss Oklahoma USA and Miss Kansas USA pageants. She currently works as an image consultant, coaching young women for the Miss Texas, Miss California and Miss USA pageants.

Television appearances

Verreos competed in San Antonio magazine Conexión's 2005 "Hottest Latina" contest, placing as second runner-up, and in the CMT reality television program The Ultimate Coyote Ugly Search.cite news
first = Melisa
last = Rentería
authorlink =
title = Hot Latinas, Your Time to Shine is Now
url = http://www2.mysanantonio.com/aboutus/expressnews/archive/
format = Fee required
work = Conexión
publisher = Hearst Corporation
page = 7A
date = 2007-02-15
accessdate = 2007-05-18
quote = A finalist in the 2005 Hottest Latina contest, Verreos is a contestant on the reality show 'Survivor: Fiji,' currently airing on CBS. She also has competed in CMT's competitive reality show, 'The Ultimate Coyote Ugly Search.' ]

Rita was recruited by Survivor casting director Lynne Spillman at a beauty pageant, and became a contestant on "", the 14th season of the series.cite news
first = Jeanne
last = Jakle
authorlink =
title = Survival Skills
url = http://www2.mysanantonio.com/aboutus/expressnews/archive/
format = Fee required
work = San Antonio Express News
publisher = Hearst Corporation
page = 1G
date = 2007-02-07
accessdate = 2007-05-18 ] Her strategy was to draw on her sex appeal to win the show's million dollar prize. She lost 15 pounds during filming, and suffered broken cartilage in her nose. Rita was the sixth castaway to leave the island, and was voted off because the other castaways thought she talked too much.cite news
first = Jeanne
last = Jakle
authorlink =
title = 'Survivor' Has Advice for Possible Contestants
url = http://www2.mysanantonio.com/aboutus/expressnews/archive/
format = Fee required
work = San Antonio Express News
publisher = Hearst Corporation
page = 1G
date = 2007-03-28
accessdate = 2007-05-18 ]

Verreos is also a spokesperson for H-E-B, a San Antonio-based supermarket chain.cite episode
title = KENS5 Eyewitness News at 5
network = CBS
station = KENS-TV
city = San Antonio, Texas
airdate = 2007-02-08
transcript = yes]

Other

Verreos is a former professional ballerina,cite news
title = Ohioan woman selected for Survivor: Fiji
url = http://www.daytondailynews.com/e/content/oh/story/entertainment/2007/01/12/ddn011207survivor.html
work = Dayton Daily News
publisher = Cox Enterprises
page =
date = 2007-01-12
accessdate = 2007-05-18
quote = Rita Verreos, 38, a former professional ballerina, is also among the castaways on the South Pacific island. She is the older sister of Project Runway fashion designer Nick Verreos, so maybe she and Yi discussed haute couture to pass the time. ] and has modeled in Venezuela, Mexico, and Los Angeles, for designers such as Oscar de la Renta and Victor Alfaro. She also appeared in the 1990 film Marked for Death.cite web
url= http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=73393
title= Rita Verreos - Filmography - Movies - New York Times
accessdate= 2007-05-18
work= New York Times
publisher= All Media Guide, LLC]

References

External links

* [http://ritarverreos.com/ Official web site]
* [http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/Rita_Verreos/ Official fan club]
*imdb name|2525176
* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor14/survivors/rita.shtml CBS Survivor bio]