TV Show Faves: Where Are They Now?

• August 18, 2008
• Vol. 70
• No. 7

The Real World: Where Are They Now?

By Ryan Pienciak/Los Angeles, With Elaine Aradillas/Los Angeles, Paul Chi/New York City

Twenty Seasons After Seven Strangers Were Thrown Together, Here's What MTV's Most Memorable Stars Are Doing Now

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From PEOPLE Magazine

DAVID "PUCK" RAINEY
Age: 40 Season 3
San Francisco
Notorious for antisocial behavior, Puck settled down in the L.A. area with his wife and their two kids. He's now a truck driver.

NORMAN KORPI
Age: 41 Season 1
New York City
The first openly gay roommate, he's currently an artist splitting time between California and Michigan.

ANDRE COMEAU
Age: 37 Season 1
New York City
The inaugural season's brooding rocker is still in the music business—as a singer-songwriter with his band River Rouge.

BETH STOLARCZYK
Age: 37 Season 2
Los Angeles
A frequent competitor on the Real World/Road Rules Challenge shows, she also runs Planet Beth, an agency for reality TV stars.

IRENE BARRERAKEARNS
Age: 41 Season 2
Los Angeles
Having left the show to get married, she's still wed, still a deputy with the L.A. County Sheriff's Dept. and now a mom of two.

CORY MURPHY
Age: 35 Season 3
San Francisco
After surviving living with Puck, she's now a mother of two and a teacher of middle-school Spanish and language arts.

LOOK WHO'S FAMOUS!

KEVIN POWELL
Age: 42
Season 1
New York City
The first African-American roommate, Powell's conversations about race set the tone for countless similar discussions in following seasons. Now he's running for a seat in the United States Congress in Brooklyn's 10th Congressional District.

LOOK WHO FELL IN LOVE!

SEAN DUFFY & RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY
Ages: 36; Duffy: Season 5, Boston
Campos: Season 3, San Francisco
Now married for nine years, Duffy is a district attorney in northern Wisconsin, and Campos is writing a guidebook for stay-at-home moms. They have five children, the youngest of which was just born on May 18.

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Other Success Stories ...

MIKE MIZANIN Age: 27 Season 10 New York City First trying out his wrestling persona the "Miz" on the show, Mizanin worked his way up through the pro-wrestling ranks and now appears on the WWE's ECW.

MALLORY SNYDER Age: 24 Season 13 Paris After attracting attention from castmates Adam and Ace, the stunning Snyder has since appeared in two issues of the SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Swimsuit Issue.

Other Lasting Romances ...

DANNY JAMIESON & MELINDA STOLP Ages: 25, 24 Season: 16, Austin Having begun dating on the first episode of their season, the couple are set to wed this August in Massachusetts. As many as a dozen former Real World-ers plan to attend the nuptials. Danny owns a construction company while Melinda is planning a career in dentistry.

PAM LING & JUDD WINICK Ages: 40, 38 Season: 3, San Francisco After being friends in San Francisco, the couple fell in love after the show was finished. The pair were married in 2001, after Winick, who is an accomplished cartoonist, proposed to Ling, a doctor, while wearing a gorilla suit accompanied by Elvis impersonators. The couple now have one son.

Published in the September 1, 2008 issue: In our Aug. 18 issue we should have said Real World alum Beth Stolarczyk is 39 years old. And the company she runs is Planet Beth, LLC. We regret the errors.