Exclusive: Maria Ho and Tiffany Michelle discuss 'The Amazing Race'

By Christopher Rocchio, 11/04/2009

Maria Ho and Tiffany Michelle had such a hard time completing the Detour tasks during Sunday night's The Amazing Race episode that they were willing to take a 24-hour penalty to skip them.

However since it wasn't a non-elimination leg the penalty was never an option, and as a result the professional poker players became the seventh team eliminated from The Amazing Race's fifteenth season.

On Tuesday, Maria, a 26-year-old from Arcadia, CA, and Tiffany, a 25-year-old from Los Angeles, CA, talked to Reality TV World about how a combination of windy weather and lack of physical strength played a role in their inability to complete the Detour tasks; why they formed an alliance with "Brothers" Daniel and Samuel McMillen; and why they think an all-female team has never won the CBS reality series.

Reality TV World: Before the competition began, did you anticipate that more physical challenges -- like the two Detour tasks we saw Sunday night -- might be difficult for you?