22 Facts About Diem Brown

Danielle Michelle "Diem" Brown was an American television personality, philanthropist, and entertainment reporter.

Diem Brown was best known as a recurring cast member on the MTV reality television series The Challenge.

Diem Brown founded MedGift, a web-based advocacy service that provides a gift registry for patients and support pages to both people experiencing illnesses and their caregivers.

Diem Brown spent a significant amount of her pre-high school childhood in Baumholder, Germany.

Diem Brown attended high school in Roswell, Georgia and obtained her bachelor's degree in communications from Florida State University.

Diem Brown was partnered with Road Rules alumnus Derrick Kosinski, and the pair finished in fourth place in the competition.

Diem Brown, who was just completing her treatment for cancer, went on to compete in The Duel.

Diem Brown took off her wig during one of the competitions, and this has been viewed as one of the most memorable and touching Challenge moments.

Diem Brown was an entertainment reporter and worked for the Associated Press, Sky Living, and Foxnews.

Diem Brown blogged about her experiences battling cancer and thoughts on The Challenge for People.

Diem Brown was a patient advocate, speaking and appearing on numerous television and online shows and conferences.

Diem Brown took part in the first Stand Up to Cancer telethon as well as other charitable efforts such as MTV's Restore the Shore telethon for Hurricane Sandy.

Diem Brown was chosen as one of the initial 100 groundbreaking women to be profiled on MAKERS.

Diem Brown dated fellow Challenge castmember Chris "CT" Tamburello for over a year and a half after meeting on The Duel in 2006.

Diem Brown credited Tamburello for playing a role in her remission recovery and giving her confidence.

The couple competed on the same team on The Gauntlet III and were featured on the MTV documentary show MADE, on which Diem Brown aspired to learn how to salsa dance to regain her confidence.

Diem Brown delayed treatment to harvest eggs before undergoing surgery to remove her ovary and receiving chemotherapy treatments.

Diem Brown was diagnosed with cancer for a third time in June 2014, but initially shared this information with only close friends.

Two months later, while filming her eighth and final Challenge competition, Battle of the Exes II in Panama, Diem Brown collapsed on set, and was immediately airlifted to a New York hospital, where doctors performed emergency surgery.

Diem Brown spent her final hours in the company of friends and family.

Shortly after her death, it was revealed that Diem Brown's age had been misrepresented to the public.

Diem Brown's family supported the false information by including an incorrect age on programs distributed at her funeral, but later her sister was quoted in a People magazine article about the true facts as saying that Brown had felt that many years of her life were taken from her due to cancer and treatments, and that deducting two years was a response to those circumstances.