Chip and Kim McAllister: the darlings of The Amazing Race reality TV series win $1 million and a personal race against disaster.(Center Stage)(Biography)

Ebony | December 1, 2004 | Copyright

OVER 12 million television viewers watched Kim and Chip McAllister win $1 million on The Amazing Race, the popular CBS reality show.

The only African-American couple in the race, they covered 72,000 miles, six continents and 11 countries.

The victory endeared the McAllisters to millions of fans and helped the couple to win a personal race against disaster. For at the time of their victory, the couple, unknown to the television audience, was on the edge of a financial disaster.

"The last two years have been the worst two years up until this point," ...

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