Brook Roberts (born c. 1983) is an American reality television personality and a former beauty queen who held the title of Miss Oregon 2004 and competed in the Miss America 2005 pageant. From 2006 to its closure in 2010, she was a host on

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. Brook and Tara Gray star in the reality-TV series ''

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'' on

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in 2013. It was canceled after four episodes due to low viewership and only 10 of the ordered 12 episodes have been broadcast. On February 28, 2014, Roberts became a co-host of ''#SDLive'', San Diego's regional weekly sports show, on

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Miss Oregon

Roberts was raised in

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, where she attended Sutherlin High School. She went on to

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with majors in

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and

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, earning a

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degree for the latter. Roberts competed at Miss Oregon 2004 as Miss Douglas County. Her platform was "Providing a Voice for Abused and Neglected Children" and her talent was a

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Performance.

''The Amazing Race''

Roberts competed on ''

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'' with her co-worker Claire Champlin. This edition of

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's ''

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'' was filmed from May to June 2010 and premiered on September 26, 2010. The team's best placement was first place in Leg 2. They ended the race in second in becoming the fifth all-female team to do so after Dustin and Kandice (

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), Jaime and Cara ( Season 14), Pamela and Vanessa ( Asia Season 2), and Claire and Michelle ( Asia Season 4).

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Brook 1980s births Living people Miss America 2005 delegates Miss Oregon winners Participants in American reality television series Year of birth missing (living people)