#158 Challengers Unplugged: Zara Zoffany Beyond The Edit

*Recommendation is to watch this video on YT for full comprehension as some of the audio gets a bit wonky and it's easier to understand if you're watching rather than just listening*

Hey Fandom! Welcome back for another epic episode of Challengers Unplugged where we take you beyond the edit with your favorite Challengers and various reality stars. This week we are FINALLY bringing you our very special episode from across the pond with none other than Zara Zoffany! We sat down with Zara a couple weeks after she was eliminated from The Challenge 39 "Battle for a New Champion" and discussed all things life, love and competition! This was definitely a "girls-girl" type of episode and we are so honored to bring these stories to you first hand from Zara. 

We kick off by catching up with Zara on her recent activities with Ravyn and Nurys and we also get a fun story about the first time she met Jordan! Then we break into Zara's life growing up including: where she was born, her ethnicity, what she watned to be when she grew up, whether or not she was always athletic and what her biggest lifetime hurdle has been plus how she learned to overcome those types of things. Then we break into how she got so into fitness, what the fitness community is like for women in the UK, how her experience differed from The Challenge UK to Worlds to S39 and even how all of those were completely different than her experience on another show she appeared on called Royal Match. We discuss how big of a part edits can play, get some funny stories about her wild days and then we move into getting cast for The Challenge UK. We discuss how her and James met, whether or not she felt The Challenge UK prepared her for Worlds and S39, what her research/preparation leading up to Worlds looked like and was Wes truly her first choice for her legend partner? She then breaks down what truly sealed the deal for her and Wes on Worlds, how she felt going into the elimination with Kaycee and how S39 cast differed for her. We then break down S39 discussing a multitude of things including: who she thought the strongest players were, Melissa VS Ravyn, alliances VS friendships, whether or not you can have a friendship in real life but not work together in the game, why she self nominated for elimination, unexpected friends she made and when did James truly start slipping up on their friendship? We also discuss whether or not Zara would ever be able to play with Moriah, Michele or James again, how she felt about the conquest elimination wall being changed after she was eliminated, whether or not she prefers to run a final against the strongest or weakest competitors, her dream team of 4, her true feelings on Ed saving Jay after the stalemate and so much more! Plus we get through a few really fun fan questions so shout out to those listeners and IG followers for submitting your questions. We hope you all enjoy this episode.

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