Shelley & Nici

Shelley Porter and Nici Porter are a Mother/Daughter team on the 25th season of The Amazing Race.

Shelley Porter
"#MomDaughter"
 * Name: Shelley Porter
 * Age: 42
 * Hometown: Detroit, Mich.
 * Connection to your teammate: Mother
 * Current occupation: Flight attendant
 * Describe what you do: I get paid to travel around the world and look pretty while doing it. In an emergency I’m also responsible for saving you.
 * 3 words to describe you: Outgoing (usually the life of the party), Confident (I know I can do anything I set my mind to) and persuasive (I can get you to do it my way).
 * Favorite hobbies: I love reading trashy historical novels, taking long drives to nowhere with my husband and family game nights either at home or at a local bowling alley.
 * What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? I’m extremely proud of raising children that 1, don’t receive therapy and 2, still actively seek out my company.
 * What famous person reminds you of yourself? Wanda Sykes. She has no filter and says what she thinks.
 * What famous person reminds you of your teammate? Angelica Pickles. Drama queen with a lot of attitude.
 * What scares you most about traveling? Even prior to becoming a flight attendant our family traveled frequently. Nothing scares me about traveling. I LOVE IT!
 * What excites you most about traveling? New sights, sounds, people, food and the adventure of learning your way around some place new.
 * Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on The Race together: Hopefully communicate better.
 * Pet peeve about your teammate: She likes to take pictures of her poop and text them to us (family).
 * What country and place would you most like to visit and why? I would like to visit just about every country in the world because it helps you appreciate our differences culturally and makes you a more well-rounded and empathetic person.
 * What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other than winning one million bucks)? Experience new and difficult challenges that will leave us with lasting memories.

Nici Porter

 * Age: 24
 * Hometown: Detroit, Mich.
 * Connection to your teammate: Daughter
 * Current occupation: Flight Attendant
 * Describe what you do: A flight attendant’s primary responsibility is to make sure safety regulations on airplanes are followed. They also do what they can to make sure passages are comfortable.
 * 3 words to describe you: Vivacious, human megaphone and competitive.
 * Favorite hobbies: Exercising, dancing and traveling.
 * What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Graduating from the Military’s intelligence school with only an 11% pass rate.
 * What famous person reminds you of yourself? Angelica Pickles
 * What famous person reminds you of your teammate? Cruella de Vil
 * What scares you most about traveling? No longer being able to travel.
 * What excites you most about traveling? New experiences, environments and opportunity.
 * Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on The Race together: Complete the transformation for her to see me as a mature equal.
 * Pet peeve about your teammate: She thinks she’s always right.
 * What country and place would you most like to visit and why? Australia, because I want to see a real live kangaroo.
 * What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other than winning one million bucks)? New and interesting challenges to draw us closer together, solidifying our already unbreakable bond.

Season 25

 * Leg 1: 8thTAR25-ShelleyNiciEliminated.png
 * Leg 2: 9th
 * Leg 3: 4th
 * Leg 4: 6th
 * Leg 5: 4th
 * 1st U-Turned Keith & Whitney
 * Leg 6: 7th (Eliminated)

Memorable Moments

 * During the boat punting task at 2nd leg, Nici has a bathroom break by squatting in the boat and peeing in the water right in front of a boat consists of four local English man, resulted the four man and Shelley falling down laughing to her.
 * Nici storming off the mat in Leg 4 after a dispute with Shelley that began over a miscommunication between them early in the leg.
 * Rivalry with Keith & Whitney and Misti & Jim
 * Eliminated after getting lost driving to the Detour.

Franchise

 * Smallest age gap for a parent/child team, 17 years.

American

 * First mother/daughter team after 8 seasons, since the last mother/daughter team were Andie & Jenna in Season 17.

Season

 * Only team of African-Americans.