Cara Zavaleta

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| name = Cara Zavaleta

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1980|6|15}}

| birth_place = Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Adatebrowse&key=2004&limit=0|title=Playmate listing|access-date=July 14, 2009}}{{Better source needed|date=May 2022}}

| occupation = Model, actress

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| issue = November 2004

| preceded = Kimberly Holland

| succeeded = Tiffany Fallon

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Cara Zavaleta (born June 15, 1980) is an American model, actress and television personality known for her appearances on the MTV reality series Road Rules: South Pacific, and as the November 2004 Playboy Playmate.{{cite web |last1=Kaplan |first1=Don |title='Road Rules' Hottie Hits Playboy |url=https://nypost.com/2004/10/14/road-rules-hottie-hits-playboy/ |website=New York Post |access-date=May 21, 2022 |date=October 14, 2004}}{{cite news |last1=Sims |first1=Samantha M. |title=Reality on the Road |url=https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/7128 |access-date=May 21, 2022 |work=BG News |publisher=Bowling Green State University |page=1|date=May 28, 2003|volume=93|issue=2|jstor=community.30726153}}

Reality television career

Zavaleta was a cast member of MTV's reality show Road Rules during the Road Rules: South Pacific season. During the season, she was voted off by her team and replaced by Tina Barta.{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Courtney |title=The Challenge: The 10 Oldest Contestants To Compete On The Show |url=https://screenrant.com/challenge-oldest-contestants-compete-real-world-road-rules/ |website=Screen Rant |access-date=May 22, 2022 |date=May 14, 2022}}

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 Real World/Road Rules Challenges including Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet, which she won,{{cite news |last1=Ohngren |first1=Kara |title=BG's Cara, centerfold in Playboy |url=https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/bg-news/7343 |access-date=May 21, 2022 |date=October 27, 2004 |page=1|volume=95|issue=46|jstor=community.30726368}} 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 Playboy, becoming the Playboy Playmate for November 2004, after calling them to ask if they were interested in her.{{cite web |title=Playmate to visit area |url=https://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2004/10/15/Playmate-to-visit-area.html |website=Toledo Blade |access-date=May 22, 2022 |language=en}}

Personal life

On December 23, 2010, Zavaleta announced on her official YouTube 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 Chicago in the Fall of 2010.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnvY6aEwNE8 Cara Zavaleta Blog >> Happy Holidays From The Bikini Big Girl!] Retrieved March 7, 2011.

Filmography

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Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes
2005 \| Playboy Videos: Playmate Calendar 2006 \| Herself / Miss November \| Playboy Videos
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Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
2003 \| Road Rules: South Pacific \| Herself \| MTV Reality TV
2003 \| Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet \| Herself/Winner \| MTV Reality TV
2005 \| Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet 2 \| Herself \| MTV Reality TV
2007 \| Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno III \| Herself \| MTV Reality TV
2007–2008 \| The Girls Next Door \| Herself \| Episodes: "P.M.O. Why Not?" and "Girl Crazy: Part 1"
2009 \| Bridget's Sexiest Beaches \| Herself \| Episodes: "Thailand", "Southern California", and "Best of Bridget's Sexiest Beaches"
2010 \| Playboy Shootout \| Herself \| Playboy TV reality show
2010 \| Get Out! \| Herself \| Host (Seasons 12 and 13)

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2005

| Playboy Videos: Playmate Calendar 2006

| Herself / Miss November

| Playboy Videos

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