Tonya Cooley

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Tonya Cooley
Birthdate:	January 7, 1980
Birth location:	Visalia, California
Measurements:	32C-24-36
Height:	5'4"
Weight:	112 lbs
Eye color:	Blue
Hair color:	Blonde
Natural bust:	No, as acknowledged on TV
Orientation:	American

Tonya Cooley (born January 7, 1980 in Visalia, California) was a cast member on MTV's reality television series, The Real World: Chicago, the 11th season of the show, which aired in 2002. She has since been a regular on the spin-off Real World/Road Rules Challenge, participating in 5 challenges as of 2006 and rumored to be doing her 6'th. She has also posed for Playboy as a Cyber Girl of the Week.

Cooley was placed in a foster home at the age of 12. She has 1 sister and 3 brothers.

Spoiler Alert

1 Real World Career
2 Reality Shows
3 External links

[edit] Real World Career

[edit] The Real World: Chicago

Tonya Cooley hails from Walla Walla, Washington. She had never interacted with African-Americans, and had rarely been apart from her boyfriend, Justin. She did not socialize as much as her housemates, who often alienated her. She was hospitalized three times during the season because of kidney stones, and even left home for about a week. She got into arguments with Theo, including one which a glass was thrown, as well as Aneesa, and former best-friend Cara. Her constant use of the phone when talking with Justin upset her housemates. Her breast implants were also a subject of much conversation.

[edit] Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet

For the next Challenge, Cooley became friends with Coral Smith, and became playful with Challenge veteran Veronica Portillo. In the early stage of the game, she injured her leg during a challenge, and had to wear a leg-cast while waiting for a comprehensive assessment of her leg. This scared her Real World team, and opted to vote her into the Gauntlet. Angry and upset, she proceeded to the Gauntlet and lost. This would be third time she would be sick or hurt in front of the MTV cameras. (In BOTS, she also had to wear a leg cast, but it did not affect her position.) Also, she refused to a challenge that involved nudity, contrary to her actions in later years which included posing for Playboy.

[edit] Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes 2

In this Challenge, Cooley flashes her breasts more often. However, she becomes more of a nuisance to the girls, more specifically onetime friends Coral, Veronica, and Rachael Robinson. However her determination and marked improvement on the challenge did not go unnoticed. She even went as far, in a challenge requiring the competing teams to procure a cell phone encased in a block of ice by melting it, to put rocks in her mouth to try to melt it. However, her inability to step up as a leader as well as her waning prowess also did not go unnoticed. Also, her notable argument with Road Ruler Tina Barta became a staple on the show. She was voted off toward the end of the Challenge.

[edit] Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno II: Good Guys vs. Bad Asses

In Cooley's most recent Challenge, tensions arose between her and Tina Barta. Fellow Bad Ass team member Beth Stolarczyk instigated an animosity on the part of Robin Hibbard toward Cooley by telling Hibbard that Cooley bragged about a relationship she had with Hibbard's boyfriend, Road Ruler Mark Long. Hibbard angrily excoriated Cooley, who denied Stolarczyk's allegations, to which Hibbard responded by calling her a whore and a liar. When Cooley confronted a sleeping Stolarczyk, she was coy and refused to answer. In a fit of pique, Cooley took Stolarczyk's luggage and valuables and threw them all in the pool. Stolarczyk left the show as a result and took legal action. Veronica Portillo, Rachel Robinson, and Tina Barta began to harass Tonya, who referred to the three as the "Mean Girls." In the challenges, Tonya fluctuated from remarkable to disastrous. She won two Infernos, sending two Good Girls home, and made it to the final challenge, but eventually lost it for her team, along with Tina.

[edit] Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Fresh Meat

She was partnered with Johnnie. Their pair was forth to be eliminated. But Tonya improved greatly on this challenge. Even though her and her partner did not win any of the challenges during Fresh Meat they came close several times.