Dee Nguyen
Dee Nguyen
Dee Nguyen (born April 20, 1993) is a Vietnamese-born Australian Reality Television Star and Social Media Personality. [1] She is popular and known as one of the winners of “The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2”.[2]
Early Life
Her mom doesn’t speak English and she has no knowledge about her daughter’s reality series’ popularity.
Career
She started her career with “The Challenge” cast back in 2018 after making a great impact on the TV series called “Geordie Shore”. The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 is a MTV reality competition series. The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 was released on the channel back on August 28, 2019. The other winners of the show are Jordan Wiseley (from The Real World: Portland), Chris “CT” Tamburello (from The Real World: Paris), and Rogan O’Connor from Ex on the Beach UK 2).
She became the winner of the thirty-fourth season of “The Challenge” show.
Furthermore, it is also the sequel to the War of the Worlds Season 33.
She previously appeared as one of the contestants of the British television program called “Geordie Shore” Season 17 in 2018. She made her appearance in the series from 15 May 2018 to 31 July 2018.
She got eliminated during the “Crash Landing” round during her participation in the War of the Worlds.
She then retired for the War of the Worlds 2 and won $250,000 US Dollars.
Controversy
She got involved in a controversy on June 08, 2020 after making a harsh comment on the Black Lives Matter protest.
A fellow contestant Bayleigh Dayton shared a screenshot on social media where Dee made an inappropriate remark.
She wrote on Twitter that she does not know why people think she is anti-BLM as she has been saying the same since the day she lost her virginity. However, the post later got deleted from the platform.
On Instagram, one of her followers criticized her for continuously posting pictures. She replied by posting a black square for #BlackoutTuesday. The caption of the photo stated that people die every fu*ing day.
After the scandal, the makers of “The Challenge” declared that they fired her and completely cut the ties.
The representative declared this news on Twitter by saying that they dismissed Nguyen for making offensive posts on the Black Lives Matter.
She finally realized her mistake and apologized to her audience on Instagram on June 09, 2020.