Gary & Mallory

Gary Ervin and Mallory Ervin are a team of Father/Daughter on the 16th season of The Amazing Race.

Gary

 * Age: 53
 * Hometown: Morganfield, Ky.
 * Connection to your Teammate: Father
 * Current occupation: Entrepreneur
 * Favorite hobbies: Triathlon, scuba diving and hunting/fishing
 * Achievements: Building a company from the ground up with my family to become one of the largest in the industry; getting my commercial pilots license and logging over 5000 hours; and, I wrestled and coached for University of Central Missouri and Union County High School.
 * Lifelong to do list: Be a better husband, father and friend
 * What scares you most about traveling? Being out of the country if something were to happen to my family
 * What excites you most about traveling? Learning about different people and cultures
 * If I could switch places with someone: No one - I'm not perfect, but I'm happy with who I am.
 * Role model/hero: My parents - I still strive to make them proud of me.
 * What are you passionate about? My family, work, faith and fitness
 * What would you do if you won the million dollars? If I were to win the million dollars I would help as many people with it as I could.
 * People would be surprised to learn: I ran 13 marathons and a half Ironman triathlon after I turned 45.
 * Favorite place you have ever visited: Ngoro Ngoro crater in Tanzania
 * Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together: The biggest obstacle of running the Race will be living up to our family's expectation that we are going to win.
 * What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race (other then winning one million bucks)? I would like to win for my family and community. I hope to represent both well so that they will be proud of my effort.
 * Pet peeve about your teammate: My daughter has a stubborn streak -- a lot like me.

Mallory

 * Age: 24
 * Hometown: Lexington, Ky.
 * Connection to your Teammate: Daughter
 * Current occupation: Miss Kentucky 2009
 * Favorite hobbies: Performing, spending time with my family on our farm and thrill seeking activities like skydiving and bungee jumping
 * Achievements: I was very proud of being selected as 4th runner up at Miss America. It was something that I have worked and prepared for my entire life.
 * Lifelong to do list: Perform on Broadway! I also love motivational speaking and would love to find a way to continue this throughout my life. Lastly, I want to make my family proud.
 * What scares you most about traveling? Being out of the country if something was to happen to my family
 * What excites you most about traveling? I love diving blindly into new cultures and cities - the food, the language and the general attitude toward life. I also love that feeling that I have when I return home and realize all the good things that I have right here.
 * If I could switch places with someone: Phil, because he gets to do The Amazing Race every season.
 * Role model/hero: My dad
 * What are you passionate about? My family, singing and helping others find joy in life
 * What would you do if you won the million dollars? I would give some of it to the organizations that helped me along my way to achieve my dreams -- the Miss America and Miss Kentucky Organization, Autism Awareness as well as the Catholic grade school and public high school I attended. I would save or invest the rest. My father will probably disagree.
 * People would be surprised to learn: I've already made a million dollars - for charity. When I was Miss Kentucky I sold a country ham for 1.3 million dollars and all the money went to local charities in my state.
 * Favorite place you have ever visited: Rome, Italy
 * Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on the Race together: We're both very stubborn so we will have to learn how to give a little. We also need to work on trusting each other.
 * What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race (other then winning one million bucks)? I hope to have the adventure of a lifetime and an experience to share with my Dad. He is a huge fan and has never missed an episode. It would mean a lot to him to be able to run the Race together.
 * Pet peeve about your teammate: Biggest pet peeve about my dad is that he never thinks about himself.