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August 23, 2006: Officially revealed as a Survivor:
Cook Islands contestant on CBS's The Early Show.
From his official CBS bio:
"Brad Virata was raised in the small
town of Oak Harbor, Washington, just outside of Seattle. The
youngest of five children, he excelled at track, football and
volleyball during his teenage years.
 Virata
received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in international communications
from the University of Washington and was an active member
of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Shortly after graduation,
Virata traveled throughout Europe and Asia working as a
model. He then moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career
in fashion and attended the Fashion Institute of Design
and Merchandising. He began working in couture clothing
sales and clothing design merchandising for Guess? Men's
Division. He spent five years with the company and helped
launch the clothing line 'Los Angeles Denim Atelier.' He
currently works as the Director of Men's Merchandising for
Lucky Brand Jeans.
Virata is an avid beach volleyball player and surfer. His
hobbies include weight training, running, rollerblading,
power yoga, beach volleyball and international travel. He
is most proud of giving back to his community through work
with organizations such as AIDS Project Los Angeles, Project
Angel Food, Starlight Foundation and the Big Brothers Program
of Los Angeles.
Virata is single and currently resides in
Santa Monica, California, with his Boston terrier named Maxx.
His birth date is November 23, 1976."
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Photo credit: borrowed from Brad's personal site |
August 1, 2006: An
anonymous tipster tells the True Dork Times about a potential
contestant:
Brad Virata - late 20s, gay, athletic and Filipino-American. Also
alleges Brad was picked out by Mark Burnett himself, while Burnett was at a restaurant.
Works for Lucky Brand jeans.
Possible spoiler info (highlight to read, if you must): Did
not apparently reach the family visit episode.
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2005?: From
a social networking site, Brad lists the following info about
himself:
"Back in L.A. Living a few blocks from the ocean. Working
in fashion and entertainment...." He also describes his free
time interests as having drinks with friends and traveling.
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November 21, 1996: A collegiate Brad gets
quoted in his student newspaper, following a police crackdown
on annual violence toward his fraternity's (TKE) house at the
University of Washington:
"A violent fraternity tradition
was curtailed Tuesday night. UW police officers arrived in
front of Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) and prevented a volatile snowball
standoff from erupting into complete mayhem.
A large group composed
of members of many different fraternities had gathered across
the street from the TKE house. They were armed with snowballs
and appeared ready to continue the five- to six-year tradition
of knocking out the windows of the TKE house to celebrate the
first snowfall of the year....
'Rivalry
between houses is all right,' said Brad
Virata, a sophomore pre-arts and sciences major and a TKE,
'but sometimes it gets taken a bit too far, like when someone
gets hit in the face with a cue ball.'
In
the past two years, cue balls have caused serious injuries.
Last year a girl in the TKE dining room was seriously cut
on her leg when a cue ball crashed through a window, and
the year before that, a TKE fraternity brother was hit on
the head when a cue ball crashed through a bedroom window."
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