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Reichen Lehmkuhl Profile |
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Birth Date: December 26, 1973
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Birth Place: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Birth Name: Reichen Lehmkuhl Burke
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Biography |
Reichen Lehmkuhl is a gay male fashion model best known for
winning season four of the reality game show The Amazing
Race with his then-partner Chip Arndt.
After Lehmkuhl's parents divorced when he was five, his
family moved to Norton, Massachusetts and his mother
remarried. He later changed his first name legally from
Richard to Reichen. At age 16, he received his nomination
from United States Congressman Barney Frank for admission to
the United States Air Force Academy. After graduating in
1996, he served five years and attained the rank of Captain
before his honorable discharge. He has since advocated for
gay rights in the military as a spokesperson for
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network.
Lehmkuhl was working simultaneously as a Physics teacher at
Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences, flight
instructor and model in Los Angeles when he was approached
by a casting director for The Amazing Race [1]. Lehmkuhl and
Arndt were a happy couple during the competition but have
since split. Lehmkuhl moved to Dallas, Texas briefly after
his win on The Amazing Race but before all episodes had been
broadcast. Reichen's spending habits at that time caused
speculation that he had won The Amazing Race — and that he
and Arndt had broken up. During the show, the couple was
typically described as "Married" in the subtitles that are
used to illustrate the relationship between team members
(other teams being, for example, "Best Friends" or
"Father-Daughter").
Lehmkuhl hosted The Reichen Show on Q Television Network
until Q Television ceased operations on May 2006. His
autobiography Here’s What We’ll Say, about his time in the
Air Force under the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
policy, is scheduled for publication by Carroll and Graf in
2006. He publishes a beefcake calendar each year and has
appeared on sitcoms, soap operas, and other reality shows.
On July 26, 2006, former 'N Sync band member Lance Bass told
People Magazine that he is gay and in a stable relationship
with Lehmkuhl. |
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Other Information |
Host of "Coming Out with Reichen." An internet radio show on
the fishbowl.com.
A graduate of the Air Force Academy, a captain in the Air
Force, a successful entrepreneur, an international model, a
writer, a flight instructor, winner of CBS' Amazing Race, a
television personality and movie star, a Gay Rights Advocate |
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