CBS video: Jaime & Cara
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Central casting may define former NFL cheerleaders Cara & Jaime as being an eye candy team. Cara & Jaime define themselves though as strong, independent women with all the skills necessary to win "The Amazing Race 14."
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Cara & Jaime are uniquely bonded in their own minds as not only being friends but literal teammates long before TAR14 on the Miami Dolphins cheerleading squad. As someone who is a fan of women's sports teams (the non-cheer ones at least), I agree to a point here. I'm not sure if being part of the same group of many translates well though to being a team of two.
Travel experience won't be an issue for Cara & Jaime either, having traveled together through the Dolphins organization to over twenty countries. The Dolphins football players themselves don't even travel that much.
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The tough, independent women aspect should play well here. Both women are clearly athletic, that much is obvious from pro football cheerleading. Jaime is a former police officer from a family of the same. Cara is a law school student. Neither woman will be dependent on anyone else.
In one way though, the alpha female dynamic could also be a weakness. These two seem twin sides of the same coin from skill sets to looks. The better Racers generally are those that complement each other, not duplicate each other. Will either one of these women give way to the other one when needed?
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When asked to define their own weaknesses, Cara and Jaime didn't come up with any. Since none of us are perfect, the lack of self-recognition could actually be their biggest weakness of all. If one doesn't believe one has any weaknesses, one can't work to improve or mitigate them. The team could well be a contending one but I'm not completely sold on Cara & Jaime just yet.
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