LJ & CJ

LJ & CJ
Team Profile
Born:	(1980-10-06) October 6, 1980 (LJ) (1982-09-08) September 8, 1982 (CJ)
Relation:	Best Friends
Occupation:	Actress/Cake Shop Owner (LJ) Actress (CJ)
Legs Competed:	13
Legs Won:	1
Placement:	1st
Average Position:	3.61
RoadblockCount:	LJ: 7 CJ: 7
CountriesRaced:

Lari Jeanne "LJ" Moreno and Criselda Janice "CJ" Jaravata are a team of Celebrity Best Friends and the Official Winners of The Amazing Race Philippines 1.

Despite never winning a leg prior to the final one, LJ & CJ proved to be one of the strongest teams of the season with their smart, consistent racing, willingness to use their celebrity status to get ahead, and CJ's superfan knowledge of the Race. Their strong social play also allowed them to be the link that connected almost every team in the final six, with the best friends having loose working relationships with each team that greatly benefitted them at various points. The one exception was Sheena & Gee, whom LJ & CJ targeted for being on the outs socially, resulting in the reunited friends fighting back at the celebrity best friends by attempting to target them in return, leading to a heated confrontation in the eleventh leg before LJ & CJ got the better of their rivals, cementing their place in the final three. In the final leg, CJ's superfan status once again benefitted them as they were the only team prepared for the memory task at the first Roadblock, allowing them to build a lead they never surrendered and run a flawless leg, becoming the first winners of the Philippine version.

Profile

LJ

Age: 31
Occupation: Cake Shop Owner, Actress
Purpose in joining: I have joined another reality TV show before the Amazing Race Philippines, but got eliminated. I promise to redeem myself here!

CJ

Age: 29
Occupation: Actress
Purpose in joining: I am a really big fan of the show. I also want to prove that I am more than just a model or eye candy!

The Amazing Race Philippines 1

Race History

LJ & CJ's Race History
Episode	Leg	Destination(s)	Detour Choice (underlined)	Roadblock Performer	Placement	Notes
1	1	Metro Manila	Pindot / Ikot	LJ	7 of 11
2
3
4
5
6	2	Metro Manila → Ilocos Sur	Gawa / Nguya	LJ	2 of 10
7
8
9	3	Ilocos Sur → Mountain Province	Magkarga / Magsaka	CJ	2 of 9
10
11
12	4	Mountain Province → Benguet	Sell 10 / Buy 10	LJ	4 of 9<
13
14
15	5	Benguet → Zambales	No Detour	CJ	6 of 8
16
17
18	6	Zambales → Pampanga → Tarlac	Tamaan / Iwasan	LJ	5 of 8
19
20	7	Tarlac → Pampanga → Albay	Pig / Jig	CJ	5 of 7
21
22
23	8	Albay	Crab / Coconut	LJ	5 of 7
24
25
26	9	Albay → Cebu	Saang / Uling	CJ	3 of 6>	[1]
27
28
29
30	10	Cebu → Aklan	Lulubog / Lilitaw	LJ	2 of 5
31
32
33	11	Aklan → Metro Manila → Palawan	Swing / Stroke	CJ	2 of 4
34
35
36
37
38	12	Palawan	Bilang / Karga	LJ	3 of 4
39
40
41
42	13	Palawan → Davao del Sur → Davao del Norte	No Detour	CJ	1 of 3	[2]
43
44				CJ
45
				Average	3.61
Legend:      The team finished in first place      The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race      The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg or continue racing in a no-rest leg      The team that won The Amazing Race      The team that crossed the Finish Line second      The team that crossed the Finish Line third ► The team used the Salvage Pass ϵ The team used the Express Pass somewhere during the leg > The team used the Yield < Recipient of the Yield ⊂ The team used the U-Turn ⊃ Recipient of the U-Turn
Notes: 1: The Yield was an Anonymous Yield. Therefore, LJ & CJ did not have to reveal themselves when using it. 2: Leg 13 had two Roadblocks and no Detour. There was no restriction for team members to perform the second Roadblock.

Post Race

• LJ gave birth to her second child, a daughter named Keona Skye Alapag on December 6, 2014.
• LJ gave birth to her third child, a son named Calen Asher Alapag, in October 2017.

Trivia

Franchise Records

• LJ & CJ and first team to use an Anonymous Yield.
• CJ, along with Marc Duñgo and Fausto Reyes, is the first person to do two Roadblocks in a single leg.

Philippines

• First team to cross the Finish Line first and win the race.
• Only all-female team to win a leg.
• Highest-racing average of an all-female team, at 3.61.

Other

• LJ previously participated in Pinoy Fear Factor in 2008.
• LJ is the wife of basketball player and former team captain of the Philippines men's national basketball team Jimmy Alapag.

External links

Social Media Profiles

• LJ's Facebook: ljricafort

• CJ's Facebook: cj.jaravata

• LJ's X profile: daredevilchic

• CJ's X profile: CjJaravata

• CJ's Instagram: cjjaravata

• LJ's Instagram: thelollicakechic