Jonna Danielle Mannion (born November 10, 1988) is an American

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personality, best known for her appearances on the

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reality television series '' The Real World: Cancun'', and the '' Real World'' spinoff show '' The Challenge''. She has also appeared on other television shows including the reality competition show ''

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'' which she won, and the

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'' Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel'' on

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Personal life

Mannion was placed into

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with a very religious family when she was four years old. She was adopted by another family at the age of nine, who she continued to live with until she was 18. Mannion gave birth to her daughter Naleigh in August 2016. Mannion got married in 2019 and gave birth to her second child, a son, Cal, in 2020.

Career

''Endurance''

Mannion first started her television career at the age of thirteen competing on the

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show ''

'' on

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. She and her partner Aaron Thornburg won the competition against nine other boy/girl pairs, which earned them a trip to the Amazon, where the reunion was also filmed. Mannion hoped that her reality television debut performance would lead to her getting more time in front of the cameras. Seven years later, this came to fruition.

''The Real World''

Mannion was a cast member on

's '' The Real World: Cancun'', which aired from June to September 2009. Prior to the filming of The Real World she already knew one of her castmates, Derek Chavez, as they worked together as bartenders in Tempe,

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. During filming, recording artists

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were a featured story-line during the season and interacted with the cast during their spring break related job. Mannion would later be featured as an actress/dancer in the

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for the LMFAO song " La La La."

''Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel''

Mannion was featured on the third season of

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's '' Rehab: Party at the Hard Rock Hotel'' as a cocktail waitress in 2010. She would commute from her home in Arizona to Las Vegas every weekend to work at the Rehab pool event highlighted on the show. She only appeared on one season, as the show was canceled at the end of 2010.

''The Challenge''

Mannion has been a cast member on five seasons of ''The Real World'' spin-off '' The Challenge''. She was a participant on: ''

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'', '' Battle of the Seasons'', '' Rivals II'', '' Free Agents'', and '' Battle of the Exes II''. For Mannion's first challenge ''Rivals'', she was paired on a team with ''Real World: Cancun'' roommate, Jasmine Reynaud. On her following season, she was on a team with three of her ''Real World'' roommates, Reynaud once again, along with Derek Chavez and C.J. Koegel. On ''Rivals II'' she was paired with ''The Real World: Las Vegas'' (2011) alum Nany González. ''Battle of the Exes II'' found Mannion paired with her ex-boyfriend Zach Nichols from ''The Real World: San Diego'' (2011) whom she had met on ''Battle of the Seasons''. Mannion's best finish on ''The Challenge'' was on ''Battle of the Seasons'' where she and Chavez finished the season in fourth place after Reynaud and Koegel were eliminated earlier in the season. In 2021, Mannion competed on the first season of the

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series '' The Challenge: All Stars'', a spin-off of ''The Challenge'' featuring past cast members of the show. She finished the season tied for third-place with KellyAnne Judd. In the same year, Mannion returned for

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of the ''All Stars'' spin-off, which she won alongside '' The Real World: Philadelphia'' alumnus MJ Garrett. Mannion returned again in 2022 for the third season, which she also won, making her a two-time champion.

Filmography

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mannion, Jonna 1988 births The Real World (TV series) cast members Living people Reality show winners The Challenge (TV series) contestants