Cassandra Waldon

American contestant on a TV game show called Big Brother, a show set in "real time." It is not scripted and is not intended for younger audiences as the language and situations have the spontaneity of real life. Ten young adults, strangers to each other, were selected to live for three months in a closed environment in order to observe their interaction, entering their Big Brother house on 7/04/2000. After voting one of their housemates off every week, the last remaining contestant wins $500,000 on 9/30/2000. Cassandra is a 37-year old black woman, 5' 6", 160 lbs. She holds a Master's Degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and works as a communications officer for the United Nations in New York. A former newspaper reporter, Cassandra has worked with refugees in the developing countries of Africa to ensure that they received proper healthcare. Cassandra enjoys a good James Bond flick as well as the intellectual challenges of director Spike Jonze's offbeat "Being John Malkovich" and was charmed by Roberto Benigni's bittersweet "Life Is Beautiful." Her recent reading includes Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye," Zadie Smith's critically acclaimed new novel, "White Teeth" and "Swell: A Girl's Guide to the Good Life." Cassandra knows her way around a good menu, and opts for such first-rate New York eateries as Rosa Mexicano, Maya and Brooklyn's Caribbean Cafe. Cassandra enjoys creative writing and poetry, loves travel - and shopping. She was voted out of the Big Brother house on the 9th week, 9/13/2000, as she did not go along with the plans of others and was found "too serious." Link to Wikipedia biography