ABC’s The Glass House cast photos, links, and bios for the women contestants
On Friday a federal judge ruled that ABC’s new reality series The Glass House could move forward with its Monday premiere after rival network CBS was unable to convince him that the show was not a rip off of their similar reality franchise Big Brother. So that means on Monday night at 10/9c millions of viewers will set foot inside the glass house for the first time as they meet the 14 contestants vying for a chance to win $250,000.
So, we thought we would put together the Cliff’s Notes intro to all 14 contestants with photos, last names, videos, Twitter IDs, Facebook pages, and links. Because there is so much info out there, we’ll break the post into male and female. First, let’s kick things off with the official series premiere trailer for The Glass House before moving on to the 411 on all the female contestants!
THE GLASS HOUSE CONTESTANT PHOTOS, BIOS, LINKS:
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ANDREA CLARK
Age: 31
Hometown: Valencia, CA
Occupation: Bookkeeper
Special Talent: Dirt-Bike Riding
Number of Facebook Friends: ~200
Motto: Go big or go home
My name is Andrea and I’m 31 years old from Santa Clarita, California, where I was born and raised. I am a book keeper at my parents’ Tire Shop where I work with 7 of my 8 brothers. Yes…I said 8 brothers! Growing up in a large family really shaped me into the person I am today. I always knew my brothers would be there for me no matter what and that they’d always have my back. As a result I am extremely loyal. I am very competitive and, being the only girl in my family, I have always felt like I have something to prove. I will go toe-to-toe with anyone no matter what their size and I don’t quit. I work hard but play harder. I am driven by my faith to always do my best and to Choose The Right. My favorite part about my life is that I have been married for 10 years to the most loving, not to mention, the hottest man in the world, Kris, and we have three amazing, beautiful children. They give me the strength to push myself to do things that I never imagined I could, like running a marathon and jumping out of an airplane. I always want to make them proud. They are my biggest supporters and my biggest fans. I love them with every particle of my being and I am going to win this game for them, but I can’t do it alone. I need your help!
LINKS:
The Glass House Andrea on Twitter: @TGHAndrea
The Glass House Andrea on Facebook: facebook.com/AndreaOnTheGlassHouse
Family photo of Andrea plus her audition video for The Glass House
The Glass House Andrea Clark video “About Me”
ASHLEY FORRESTIER
Age: 30
Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana
Occupation: Paralegal
Special Talent: Singing
Number of Facebook Friends: ~2300
Motto: Even among the brightest stars, there’s always one that outshines them all… BE THE SUN!!
The baby of 12, I learned early in life to talk a little louder and stand a little taller to be seen and heard. I’m the BIGGEST small person you’ll ever see! I’m as spicy as the cuisine my hometown is known for. In a world that is filled with pretentious people, I’m a straight shooter. My flavorful personality combined with my “don’t take no stuff” attitude should pique your interest to keep me in the house until the end. I am a New Orleans native that is proud of my Creole heritage, I love the Saints (Who Dat!) and will rep LSU (Geaux Tigers!) until the day I die. Being from the “Big Easy,” I know that life isn’t always simple and learned this lesson the greatest when I had to flee my birthplace in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. This adversity highlighted how strong-willed and resilient I am, as I quickly adapted to Houston, TX – the place I now call home. Don’t let the sweet face fool you, I do have a brain. I’m a paralegal for a respected firm in Houston. When I’m not at work, spending time with family and friends, or out being the life of the party, you can find me writing, singing and recording music. My motivators include: God’s love because it is everlasting, my family’s support because it pushes me harder, and my personal desire to succeed in life. I possess a competitive spirit and I love to win. I believe everyone has the ability to shine, but I feel I will stand out. More importantly, I don’t need to dim anyone else’s light to in order to outshine others.
LINKS:
The Glass House Ashley on Twitter: @TGHAshley
The Glass House Ashley on Facebook: facebook.com/ashleymostcold
Videos and photos of Ashley Forrestier as singer “The Creole Queen”
The Glass House Ashley Forrestier video “About Me”
ERICA RUSSELL
Age: 27
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Occupation: Cocktail Waitress
Special Talent: Singing
Number of Facebook Friends: ~900
Motto: Dance like nobody’s watching…unless millions of people are, in which case, ya know, have a brief and tasteful tap routine ready.
Hailing from the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, Erica came into the world at 11:02 a.m. on April 17th, 1985, and the world has never been quite the same — though there seems to be no general consensus as to whether it has gotten better or worse. As a child, Erica was “very bright” according to her teachers, but kind of what you would call in “indoor kid.” A bit of a loner with pervasive psoriasis, Erica could usually be found alone in a finished basement brooding and making her Barbie dolls do it while the other kids were running through a sprinkler or something. In high school, she was president of drama club and got invited to enough cool-kid parties to keep her from developing an eating disorder, so all in all, it was pretty okay. After high school, she attended Ohio State University. Miraculously, she managed to graduate with a 4.0 GPA. She can’t tell you how this happened because she can’t remember half of college. Immediately after graduation, Erica realized that her B.A. in English would not provide her with the above-ground pool full of liquid gold she had always dreamed of, so she set out to develop some marketable skills for the business world. After earning the requisite licenses, Erica worked in the dog-eat-dog world of finance for three years. She hated pretty much everything about it except for screaming out lines from Wall Street at inappropriate times and hanging up the telephone way too hard, which made her feel important. She knew she wanted to do something more creative but didn’t know what yet, so she attended law school at the University of Cincinnati in the meantime. No dice. She completed the first year with good grades but spent the majority of her time there composing totally epic facebook statuses and stupid songs about professors. And so a month into her second year, Erica had an intense quarter-life crisis, read a lot of J.D. Salinger, dropped out of law school, and moved to Colorado. She is now a cocktail waitress and aspiring writer. She has never been happier. Seven kidney stones and law school debt will do that, and she desperately needs your support, America. Erica currently sleeps on an air mattress with a leak in it. For just three hundred online votes per week, you can make all the difference for a hot-mess-with-a-heart-of-gold like Erica. Please, America, don’t sit idly by while Erica fattens up with Ramen carbs day after day. Pick up your laptop and “be the change.” Erica needs this. She’s honored to be your human Sim and promises to do her best to entertain you if you’ll just please vote for her. And she also promises to invite you to her birthday party. Xoxo.
LINKS:
The Glass House Erica on Twitter: @TGHErica
The Glass House Erica on Facebook: facebook.com/EricaTheGlassHouse
The Glass House Erica Russell video “About Me”
HOLLY YAKO
Age: 21
Hometown: Detroit, MI
Occupation: Retail Sales
Special Talent: Belly Dancing
Number of Facebook Friends: ~217
Motto: Sometimes living the unexpected in life makes the journey figuring out all the worthwhile.
America: be prepared to have me enter your lives! My name is Holly a.k.a. Yakety Yak. I live in Phoenix, Arizona, originally born from Detroit, Michigan. My ethnic background is Babylonian; specifically “Chaldean” and I speak Aramaic. I’m passionate about making a difference, one BIG step at a time. While there are a variety of personal things I enjoy and want to do, like travel and have a fulfilling career, I believe that my purpose is to touch others by helping those who are less fortunate. In doing this, I believe I’ll leave my footprint in this world — helping others beyond myself. What makes me unique is that there is not only one of me in this world, but two! I actually have a twin sister and we’re fraternal twins. Having lived in L.A., I am a city girl at heart with a larger than life personality. I exude an infectious energetic quality that people love to be around.
LINKS:
The Glass House Holly on Twitter: @TGHHolly
The Glass House Holly on Facebook: N/A
More photos of Holly Yako plus… a hair removal video?
The Glass House Holly Yako video “About Me”
JOY GLASS
Age: 27
Hometown: Fredericksburg, Virginia
Occupation: Nurse
Special Skill: Tying a shoe with her bare feet
Number of Facebook Friends: ~850
Motto: The world is your oyster…slurp it up!
My name is Joy. I was born in Madrid, Spain. I am Spanish, French, and Scottish. My dad was in the Air Force and my family traveled a lot while I was growing up. I have lived in Spain, Germany, Saudi Arabia, and all over the USA! I am a single mom. I have a beautiful little girl. She is so sweet and smart! She makes my world go ’round! I have been modeling since 2007 and I have posed for Playboy 6 times. I love to travel, meet new people, and go to Playboy Golf events around the country. I am a huge animal lover. I have a cat named Jupiter and a fish named Mister Blue Fins. I am also a carnivore and prefer my steak medium rare. I enjoy cooking for friends and family. I think people who make instant mashed potatoes are lazy. Desserts are my specialty. I make a mean banana cream pie. I have even been known to wear a whip cream bikini! I am a big kid at heart. I love playing Pac Man, nerf guns, silly string, go carts, laser tag. Bring it! I enjoy watching cheesy horror films and re-runs of Saturday morning cartoons. My friends would describe me as bubbly and I am always up for an adventure! I think that life is short and each day should be lived to the fullest. I wake up every day and try to be the best me that I can be. I am excited about this experience and I can’t wait to see what happens!
LINKS:
The Glass House Joy on Twitter: @TGHJoy
The Glass House Joy on Facebook: N/A
Joy Glass Playboy photos (SFW with not SFW links)
The Glass House Joy Glass video “About Me”
ROBIN ANN
Age: 43
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Occupation: Blogger
Special Talent: Making Sushi
Number of Facebook Friends: ~1150
Motto: Be yourself; everyone else is taken. – Oscar Wilde
Really it’s quite simple. I’m 47% Mom, 52.5% sweetheart, 52.75% witch (saddest day of my life was when that house fell on my sister), 82% statistical genius, and 100% sarcastic. I’m the type of person who says, “excuse me”, even if I’m by myself. Comedy and comedians are a passion for me. Sherri Shepherd is one of my favorite class acts. Would be my all-time passion, but then there’s sushi to think about. And shoes. Lord, let’s not forget the shoes. I like my coffee black along with my football—just add silver for the Oakland Raiders and gold for the Pittsburgh Steelers to make one very happy woman. Cute, cuddly rescued dogs and cats hold a special place in my heart. Underdogs of any kind hold a special place in my heart. But nothing, NOTHING, brings out my passionate side more quickly or strongly than my daughters. They’re the BEST ev-ah!! Bright. Completive. Beautiful. Funny. Loving. Bold. They’re exactly who I want to be when I grow up. Lafayette, Indiana, is where I grew up, but I have lived all over “Hoosier-ville” in addition to Poway, California, and Cincinnati, Ohio. I currently reside in the Washington, DC area. 43 years of living has taught me to laugh—especially at myself. Have fun laughing with me and at me. Should be a fun game.
LINKS:
The Glass House Robin Ann on Twitter: @TGHRobin
The Glass House Robin Ann on Facebook:
Background info on Robin Ann, including why she started a sex blog
The Glass House Robin Ann’s blog: Red Lace Sex Blog (Must be 18 to log in)
The Glass House Robin Ann video “About Me”
STEPHANIE LINK
Age: 32
Hometown: Boston, MA
Occupation: Scientist
Special Talent: Making furniture
Number of Facebook Friends: ~600
Motto: The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
Being cast on “The Glass House” is already one of the most surreal and bizarre things that has ever happened to me, and I couldn’t be more excited! I’m outgoing and curious, and absolutely thrilled about the adventure ahead. So who am I, anyway? I grew up in Ohio and embody that friendly Midwest personality. My family was always kind of nerdy, and I can fondly remember us listening to the Lord Of The Rings books on tape together in the living room. My brother and I were always encouraged in our writing of silly plays and building forts in the woods. This led to a sense of adventure that has taken me across the world following various careers, and I’ve most recently landed in Boston where I absolutely love my job and my life. I LOVE cooking and creating new dishes, designing my apartment’s interior, hosting and attending games nights, going out to explore the town with friends, and throwing parties of all sorts. (Fine French cuisine dinner party? Yep! Food Confessions Potluck anyone? You know you love that Velveeta dip!) I’m always up for any new experience and I don’t worry too much about what other people think of it. Other experiences in my life have made it clear to me that each day can literally be your last and I try to really LIVE every day and be the most genuine me possible. That has led me to the randomness of finding myself entering this show. I’m excited about the challenge of the competition, the dynamics of living with complete strangers, and ultimately about proving that my skills and experience can translate to winning the $250,000 prize.
LINKS:
The Glass House Stephanie Link on Twitter: @TGHStephanie
The Glass House Stephanie Link on Facebook: facebook.com/TeamStephGH
Find out about how the loss of her husband only served to strengthen Stephanie Link’s resolve
The Glass House Stephanie Link video “About Me”
Stay tuned for The Glass House contestant profile post with all the male contestants! And speaking of staying tuned, be sure to tune in to the series premiere of The Glass House on ABC Monday, June 18 at 10/9c!