Wanda & Desiree

Wanda & Desiree
Team Profile
Hometown:	Smyrna, Georgia (Wanda) New York City, New York (Desiree)
Relation:	Mother/daughter
Occupation:	Corporate trainer (Wanda) Writer (Desiree)
Legs Competed:	3
Placement:	9th

Wanda Lopez-Rochford and Desiree Cifre are a Mother/Daughter team on The Amazing Race 9.

Profile

Retrieved from CBS.com

Wanda & Desiree are a mother and daughter Team with a close-knit bond. Both women have a great sense of humor and enjoy shopping, traveling and cooking.

Wanda, a corporate trainer, is married and lives in Smyrna, Georgia. Fluent in Spanish, Wanda has previously lived in New York and Puerto Rico. One of the accomplishments for which Wanda is most proud is earning two college degrees while raising her daughter. More recently, Wanda was able to share in the excitement of watching Desiree graduate from NYU.

Desiree resides in New York City where she works as a writer. Currently in a steady relationship, she describes herself as passionate and artistic. An only child, her biggest pet peeve about her mother is that she tends to be overprotective.

Although they are definitely playing to win, Wanda & Desiree also hope to expand their knowledge of different cultures while seeing the world on THE AMAZING RACE.

The Amazing Race 9

Race History

Wanda & Desiree's Race History
Episode	Leg	Destination(s)	Detour Choice (underlined)	Roadblock Performer	Placement	Notes
1	1	United States → Brazil	Motor Head / Rotor Head	No Roadblock	3 of 11
2	2	Brazil	Press It / Climb It	Desiree	6 of 10
3	3	Brazil → Russia → Germany	Scrub / Scour	Wanda	7 of 9	[1]
4			Break It / Slap It	Desiree	9 of 9
				Average	6.00
Legend:      The team finished in first place      The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race      The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg      The team that won The Amazing Race      The team that crossed the Finish Line second      The team that crossed the Finish Line third > The team used the Yield < Recipient of the Yield
Notes: 1: Leg 3 was double-length, with two Detours and two Roadblocks, shown over two episodes. The placements listed in the first column reflect the order teams arrived at the leg's halfway point.

Post-Race Life

• Desiree got married in April 2010 and had a son born in January 2012.

Trivia

• CBS.com featured them for a Mother's Day Celebration slideshow in 2015.

External Links

Interviews

• Harry Smith on The Early Show (03/22/2006): "Racing To Nowhere on Autobahn"
• Jenn Basler at RealityNewsOnline (03/23/2006): "We've Definitely Had Our Share of Bonding"

Social Media Profiles

• Wanda's Facebook: /wanda.lopez.3990

• Desiree's Facebook: /desiree.cifre

References

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