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Template:Big Brother Contestant Janelle Marie Pierzina (born January 10, 1980) was a contestant on the sixth and All-Star seasons of the American version of the CBS reality show Big Brother.

Finishing in third place on Big Brother 6, Pierzina became wildly popular and won most of the "America's Choice" rewards, in which viewers would choose prize winnings for their favorite houseguest. Pierzina ended up becoming arguably the most popular female contestant in Big Brother USA history and took the fan-bestowed name of America's Choice, receiving a popularity rating of 97% in the final week of Big Brother 6 on the CBS website.

Her home is in Miami Beach, Florida. She was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

Early career

Prior to Big Brother, Pierzina was an actress, model and VIP cocktail waitress. Most of her screen credits were under the spelling "Perzina" not "Pierzina". She also appeared under the name Elle Brenna. A variation of her first name and her mother's maiden name.

She modeled for Playboy Inc. twice and did an extended interview for Xposed magazine. She was also named as a SBK World Superbike Calendar Girl by FastDates.com.

Before Big Brother, she filmed a pilot episode for a travel series called Nautical Angels, but the series was not picked up for broadcast. The show featured three women ("angels"), who traveled to various tourist destinations, examining the history, culture, and activities of each location. Pierzina was the "action angel", trying out different activities of the area. In the pilot, the girls traveled to Southeast Asia. The only video of the pilot appears on the production company's web site.

She also had a bit part in the movie Bruce Almighty, which was cut significantly, but not entirely. She also appeared briefly as a non-speaking extra on Friends and Charmed.

Big Brother 6

In 2005, Pierzina was one of fourteen contestants on Big Brother 6. She came in third, being eliminated on Day 76. She then became a member of the seven contestant jury who would decide between the final two.

Big Brother 7

In the summer of 2006, it was announced that Pierzina was one of the 20 Houseguests eligible to participate in Big Brother: All-Stars. She was chosen by the viewers and was the first housguest to enter the house.

Julie Chen announced (on Pierzina's eviction night) that Pierzina had won the most competitions in a single and double season of any Big Brother series. She won a total of 4 Head of Household competitions, 5 Power of Veto competitions and 2 America's choice, in this season alone, earning her the record for most Head of Household wins, Veto wins, and America's choice wins in one season. In season 6 she had won 3 Head of Households, 2 vetos and 2 America's Choice. In total (from both seasons), she had won 18 competitions, which is the most competitions any Big Brother houseguest has ever won in a double season.

On September 12, 2006, the final day of Big Brother: All-Stars, Pierzina was named the winner of the final America's Choice vote, an improvised 25,000 dollar prize to a jury member.

Big Reality Star

Due to Pierzina's tremendous popularity, she was able to win VH1's Big in 06, Big Reality Star Award on December 3, 2006, beating the likes of celebrity reality stars Mario Lopez,and Flavor Flav, and American Idol reality star, Chris Daughtry.

Filmography

The following includes TV and film appearance of Pierzina. Appearances prior to Big Brother 6 were generally not officially credited to her originally, but have since been documented by imdb and other sources. Her increased notoriety has been used in marketing some of her past work, especially the TV pilot Nautical Angels.

External links

• Official site of Janelle Pierzina
• Janelle Pierzina at IMDb
• Janelle's Myspace
• Xposed Magazine - Interview with Janelle.
• Profile of Janelle Pierzina by CBS for Big Brother 7

• American models
• 1980 births
• Living people
• People from Minnesota
• Big Brother US contestants