Career
She also competed in the Amazing Race 7 with then boyfriend Ron Young and placed 3rd overall. This was her third try at the Mission South Carolina title. Her platform was Learning Disabilities, which she chose because she had a learning disability and was told that she would never graduate from high school or go to college.
Her talent was Lyrical Ballet.
McCorkle is the half-sister of Courtney Cisson, Mission South Carolina"s Outstanding Teen 2008. In 2004, she competed on the Amazing Race 7 with her boyfriend Ron Young, a former Iraq War Prisoner Of War. They met after Ron was rescued by the United States Marines and during her reign as Mission South Carolina 2002.
They had been dating ever since. At the time of the Amazing Race, she had been working as a Legislative Correspondent.
They decided to compete in the Amazing Race because they wanted to experience adventure.
They ended up staying on the show until the very end, placing 3rd overall. They broke up after the Amazing Race 7 was done filming.
