Cara Zavaleta (born June 15, 1980, in

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) is an American

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, actress, and television personality, known for her appearances on the

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reality series '' Road Rules: South Pacific'', and as the November 2004

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Reality television career

Zavaleta was a cast member of

's reality show ''

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'' during the '' Road Rules: South Pacific'' season. During the season, she was voted off by her team and replaced by

Tina Barta ''Road Rules: South Pacific'' is the twelfth season of the MTV reality television series ''Road Rules.'' Taking place in the South Pacific, it was filmed during February and March 2003. A casting special aired on May 19, 2003, and the season prem ...

. Zavaleta was originally cast as part of the alumni team in 2007 '' Road Rules 2007: Viewers' Revenge'', but dropped out before filming began. She was replaced by Susie Meister. She has also participated on several of ''

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s'' including '' Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet'', which she won, '' Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet 2'', and '' Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno III''.

''Playboy''

After her stint on ''Road Rules'', she posed for ''

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'', becoming the

for November 2004, after calling them to ask if they were interested in her.

Personal life

On December 23, 2010, Zavaleta announced on her official

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page that she and her boyfriend were expecting their first child together, a boy due at the end of March 2011. To be closer to her immediate family, Cara moved back to

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in the Fall of 2010.Cara Zavaleta Blog >> Happy Holidays From The Bikini Big Girl!
Retrieved March 7, 2011.

Filmography

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