FUN, FRIENDSHIP AND FITNESS WITH MARC AND PAULA
ACTION AND FITNESS MAGAZINE
www.actionfitnessmag.com
BY KIRBY GARLITOS
DATE PUBLISHED: JULY 2009 ISSUE

The Amazing Race Asia, at least for those who only follow it on television, seems like the last place on Earth to build friendships. It’s a cutthroat competition that relies not just on the teams’ overall skills and speed, but also on a bit of deception. It’s easy to rub other teams the wrong way because, well, you want nothing more than to beat them to the finish line.

Try telling that to Marc Nelson and Paula Taylor.

The two international celebrities met in the Race as competitors. Marc was teamed with his partner-in-crime Rovilson Fernandez while Paula was joined by her best friends Natasha Monks. Competitors at the beginning, the two - along with their partners - somehow struck a friendship during the race that has extended well after the show has ended.

It’s been almost two years since their season of The Amazing Race Asia concluded, yet when you’re around these two, it seems as if they’ve been friends much longer than that. From the get-go, it quickly became apparent why these two get along so well. Witty jabs are exchanged without anyone flinching. Wisecracks abound in the room, engulfing it with boisterous laughter. (more…)