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Manu Toigo

Naked And Afraid's Contestants Aren't Paid Nearly Enough For Their Participation
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Your browser does not support the video tag. Naked and Afraid contestants receive a few thousand dollars for their appearance and have their flight and hotel covered. The show focuses on authentic survival challenges rather than prize money, with contestants often citing personal growth and pride as their main motivation. Casting directors look for contestants with strong survival skills, and the show is now seeking participants with unique survival stories.

On Discovery's popular survival reality series Naked and Afraid, two naked strangers are dropped into the wilderness and challenged to survive for 21 days with only one personal item each.

For many of us, there is no amount of money that would make us strip down and sit alone in the jungle for three weeks, but for the Naked and Afraid contestants, it might be more about the experience. Unlike Survivor, the contestants of Naked and Afraid are not offered...
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  • 7/3/2024
  • by Amelia Harvey
  • The Things
'Naked & Afraid' Star -- Catches Dengue Fever In Panama Jungle ... Nearly Bleeds to Death
A female survival expert who appeared on "Naked & Afraid" is currently recovering from Dengue Fever -- and nearly died -- after contracting the virus in a Panama jungle, TMZ has learned. 45-year-old Manu Toigo was bit by a mosquito back in September, while filming her episode (which airs this weekend on the Discovery Channel).At first, Manu says she didn't think twice about the bug bite ... until she arrived back in L.A. days later...
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  • 12/7/2013
  • by TMZ Staff
  • TMZ
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