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Texan:
Love taht pic of them!

georgiapeach:
I love all of Bil Brown's pictures! He also did the fabulous one of them running from the airplane...
http://bilbrown.uber.com/

And don't forget that this is the week K/V are in Toronto! Tomorrow!

http://www.ticketbreak.com/event_details/2153

marigold:

Kynt and Vyxsin radio interview in Toronto today on Toronto's 97.3 EZRock

Vyxen and Kynt from The Amazing Race (Season 12)

Vyxen and Kynt from Season 12 of The Amazing Race joined Stu and Colleen.  Host, Phil Keoghan called them the "most fashionable couple in the history of The Amazing Race.'   Have a listen and find out why!

Link for the radio interview, then just click listen.

http://www.ezrock.com/media/722276/Vyxen+and+Kynt+from+The+Amazing+Race+%28Season+12%29

marigold:
.... more on Kynt and Vyxsin

Wed, 2008-05-21 13:53

Darryl Henry

Kynt & Vixyn (sp?!) from the Amazing Race stopped by the studio today.  Very, very nice people.  Walked them to the lobby to show them out, when Kynt (sp?!) asked, "Darryl, is it easy to get a cab in this part of town?"  And I said yes.  But I thought...dude, you were on The Amazing Race!  THE AMAZING RACE!  Maybe he was kidding.  Their interview is on Stu & Colleen's page, and there's a great shot of them on the photo gallery page.  And yes that's a real clue they're holding.  Cool!

Source: http://www.ezrock.com/blog/722521

marigold:
 
:jumpy: Amazing Race Goths are daredevils at heart

Viewers around the world fell in love with hot-pink reality racers Kynt and Vyxsin

May 22, 2008 04:30 AM

Kynt and Vyxsin, the Goth couple from Amazing Race 12, navigated their way through eight countries in 30 days but they were having a terrible time connecting with the Star in Toronto. There was a flurry of emails agreeing to meet at a certain time but they failed to say where. Hey, it's a big city, guys.

We finally sit down over beer (Vyxsin) and water with lemon (Kynt) in a midtown hotel. Vyxsin drinks her draught beer through a straw. You don't spend 15 minutes perfecting your black lipstick and liner only to blow it with beverage.

They are in town hosting and appearing in a fashion show tonight featuring Underground Youth Fashion at Circa niterie on John St.

Since the end of the show, they've been on a PR whirl: guesting on E! Talk Soup; appearing in the new issue of Gothic Beauty magazine; modelling for the clothing chain Hot Topic; and going on a cruise to Nova Scotia with Rosie O'Donnell.

They were the only Goth couple in more than 50,000 people who applied for the show. But they're not scary, ripped-fishnets, leather-and-studs Goth. They are sweet. They are the Hello Kitty Goths.

Vyxsin's heroine growing up was Anne of Green Gables but her fuchsia pigtails make her look like Pippi Longstocking. The kids in Africa thought her hair was cotton candy.

Whether rappelling against castle walls in Croatia or biking on a high wire over a gorge in Ireland, he wore guy-liner and she wore full makeup – but not their signature Herman Munster platform boots. They compromised with black and silver sneakers and wore matching outfits in hot pink and black.

"We wanted to blind and disorient the opposition," Vyxsin explains. "We hoped they would underestimate us."

There was backlash.

"They'd say, `Have you seen those two Goth girls?'" says Kynt. "I can be androgynous."

"They called us freaks," says Vyxsin. "That was ouchy."

They both come from middle-class families in Louisville, Ky., where they were waiting tables before Race while trying to break into the performance art scene. There isn't much of a Goth scene in Louisville, despite their best efforts as teens. They admit to being 20something now.

He loved Tim Burton; she posed for her Grade 8 photo in the cemetery. His background is in music; hers is in theatre.

They raced through Burkina Faso in West Africa, Holland, India, Lithuania, Croatia and Italy à la Goth. What did the folks in Vilnius think of them?

"Our aesthetic worked to our advantage," says Kynt. "We give off a friendly vibe. We are not intimidating. We're not depressed or angry. Actually, we're on the prissy side."

"We are like real-life cartoon characters," adds Vyxsin. "If we were tough and wore vinyl and rivets, Vilnius would be scared."

They met three years ago when he handed her a flyer to Goth Night. They say they're a "couple" but come off more like girlfriends.

"Vyxsin and I share goals, outlook and cosmetics," Kynt says. And shoes. They take the same size.

Her father, an ex-army man, put them through a boot camp after they'd been accepted on the show. Vyxsin, who Kynt calls "a pink-haired Lara Croft," grew up rappelling, hiking and camping. He is afraid of heights and can't swim.

"I packed pink inflatable water wings for Kynt," says Vyxsin, a former lifeguard.

He packed his flat iron. Even pole vaulting in Amsterdam, he didn't want the frizzies.

"When we look our best, we play our best," he says. "You can't roll out of bed and be Goth. It's high maintenance."

But you can learn to put your mascara and guy-liner on in a pup tent.

Source: http://www.thestar.com/article/428279

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