Aaryn Gries was best known for her appearance as a contestant on the reality television show Big Brother 15, where she was the subject of media attention for numerous racist comments made by her during the show.
19 Facts About Aaryn Gries
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Aaryn Gries spent the summers with her father in Texas.
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From a young age, Aaryn Gries took an interest in cheerleading, serving on an Elite Cheerleading All-Star team before high school.
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In high school she was a part of varsity dance and varsity cheer; from 2005 to 2007, Aaryn Gries served as a coach at the Castle Rock School of Gymnastics.
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Aaryn Gries has worked locally in Texas as a specialty model, doing work for Maxim in Austin, Texas and was signed by Belle Petite as a promotional model.
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Aaryn Gries was dropped from Zephyr Talent after making racial slurs on Big Brother.
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Aaryn Gries was part of the "Blonde-tourage" alliance with Girton, Kaitlin Barnaby, Jeremy McGuire, Nick Uhas, GinaMarie Zimmerman, and Jessie Kowalski.
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Aaryn Gries chose to target Elissa Slater for eviction, blaming her for Girton's exit.
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Aaryn Gries was nominated for eviction in the third week, though her ally McGuire was ultimately evicted from the house.
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Aaryn Gries was nominated for a second consecutive time the following week, but worked out a deal with Helen Kim and Slater to stay in the game.
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Aaryn Gries kept her end of the bargain with Slater and Kim, allowing them to control the nominations and orchestrate the eviction of Howard Overby.
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Aaryn Gries became the center of controversy after making remarks widely condemned as racist and homophobic by the show's live feed viewers as well as host Julie Chen.
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Aaryn Gries became known by the moniker "Aaryn the Aryan" in several gossip blogs that covered the controversy.
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Aaryn Gries is a young 22-year-old college student that has spent 70 days living in a fish bowl and making mistakes for America to see.
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Aaryn Gries was seen on the show's live Internet feed referring to Herren as a "queer", and referred to Asians as "squinty eyed".
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Aaryn Gries's mother apologized for the offensive comments after hiring a publicist, and spoke out against the exploitation of her daughter's words for ratings in an interview given to the Los Angeles Times a few days after her eviction.
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Aaryn Gries further attempted to demonstrate Gries's racial tolerance by indicating she took a young African American man to her prom as her date, claiming the man was "one of her closest friends through high school".
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Aaryn Gries attended Texas State University, with a major in psychology.
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Aaryn Gries has worked locally in Texas as a specialty model, doing work for Maxim in Austin, Texas, and was signed by Belle Petite as a promotional model, before being dropped by the agency after her time on Big Brother.