Paula Taylor, a contestant in the recently concluded TARA 2 (The Amazing Race Asia 2) is now the new image model for Filipino fashion brand, Plains & Prints. Gretchen Barretto used to be its image model. Paula Taylor is from Thailand with a British father and a Thai mother, she is an actress and model in Thailand. Paula is being romantically linked with Marc Nelson, member of the Philippine team in TARA2. In the Plains & Prints billboard, which btw is in Guadalupe, the ad said, “An Amazing New Face,” probably alluding to her TARA2 experience. In that billboard Paula Taylor is partially hidden, so much so that you would think it is Filipina actress, Chin Chin Gutierrez.

In The Amazing Race Asia 2, Paula teamed up with her childhood friend Natasha Monks. Team Paula and Natasha finished 5th on the race.

Asia’s most amazing adventure and reality show, The Amazing Race Asia, is set to race again and not just around Asia but around the world. Auditions for The Amazing Race Asia 3 is now open and will close on February 25, 2008.

The requirements to join The Amazing Race Asia are:

1.  They must be teams of two, that is, that each team is to comprise 2 people.

2.  Both must be living and/or working in Asia but excluding Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle East.

3.  All contestants are required to be aged 21 and above.

4.  All contestants must speak English, as well as possess both a valid international driving license and an international passport.

5.  Make a 3-minute video featuring the would be contestants together with an entry form that can be downloaded from here

6.  For further inquiries, you may contact them thru their email, Amazing_Race_Asia@axn-asia.com.

The Amazing Race Asia is currently airing The Amazing Race Asia 2, and is now just down to four teams. The Philippines team,  Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez are strong contenders for the grand prize. The other Philippine team, Henry and Terri were eliminated in Europe.

The Amazing Race Asia, the Asian version of the Emmy Award-winning The Amazing Race, has a prize of  US$100,000 for the first team to arrive on the Final leg of the race.