Nicole Nilson Schaffrich (born February 3, 1970 in Pontiac

Pontiac, Michigan

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, Michigan

Michigan

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) is most known for coming second as a contest on the American version of the hit reality TV show

Reality television

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 Big Brother 2, broadcast by CBS

CBS

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 in 2001. After the show was over, she became a radio disc jockey in Atlanta, for WWWQ (FM)

WWWQ (FM)

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 radio, which she eventually left. She has also been a writer and on-air personality for Reality Dish.

Big Brother 2

Schaffrich was one of twelve contestants in Big Brother 2. She was one of the three contestants who were still in the house when the September 11, 2001 attacks

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 occurred. Breaking the normal rules of the show, they were given basic information of the events. She was awarded the runner-up prize of $50,000.

Personal life

Nicole graduated from Walled Lake Central High School

Walled Lake Central High School

Walled Lake Central High School is located in Walled Lake, Michigan. It is one of three high schools in the Walled Lake Consolidated Schools which serves portions of western Oakland County. It has been designated as a National Exemplary School by the U.S. Department of Education...

 in 1988. She then obtained a volleyball scholarship, which allowed her to attend college in South Carolina

South Carolina

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. Prior to show she lived in Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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working as a personal chef.

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