Behind the Screen: The Challenge: Rivals - Jonna Mannion

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Raymond21;249647 wrote:MTV Bio:Hailing from the wild, booze-fueled Real World: Cancun, Jonna drove the boys crazy with her piercing eyes and flirty attitude. But this didn't always sit well with the o...

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She doesn't look anything like she did on the Real World...

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The Challenge: Rivals - Jonna Mannion

Raymond21 ·

Original Season: Real World: Cancun Status: Rookie Challenges Won: None Rival Teammate: Jasmine Reynaud MTV Bio: Hailing from the wild, booze-fueled Real World: Cancun, Jonna drove the boys crazy with her piercing eyes and flirty attitude. But this didn't always sit well with the other female housemates, some of whom saw her as a shady temptress. Jonna plans on starting her Challenge career by pushing boys to the side and focusing on the money. But things might get complicated when she discovers that her partner will be a hot-tempered, boy-crazy competitor. Jonna's first outing in the Challenge might prove to be a rocky affair.

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CherryPie#2
Raymond21;249647 wrote:
MTV Bio: Hailing from the wild, booze-fueled Real World: Cancun, Jonna drove the boys crazy with her piercing eyes and flirty attitude. But this didn't always sit well with the other female housemates, some of whom saw her as a shady temptress. Jonna plans on starting her Challenge career by pushing boys to the side and focusing on the money. But things might get complicated when she discovers that her partner will be a hot-tempered, boy-crazy competitor. Jonna's first outing in the Challenge might prove to be a rocky affair.
"Jonna plans on starting her Challenge career by pushing boys to the side and focusing on the money" I can't believe one word of that sentence.
UrbanTactics#3
Well that's kinda creepy. Wtf
El Scorcho#4
She doesn't look anything like she did on the Real World.
Youssarian#5
JONNA!!! I've been waiting to see her on a Challenge since even before Cancun started!! Hope she still has that touch from when she was 13 years old, lol. But I agree, that picture is very unflattering...
AEvans5#6
Alrighty then @ the pic, and it's good to see a Cancun person on the Challenge, one of the most underepersented RW seasons on the Challenge, imo.
Clarke#7
AEvans5;249961 wrote:
Alrighty then @ the pic, and it's good to see a Cancun person on the Challenge, one of the most underepersented RW seasons on the Challenge, imo.
Well Cancun has been present on the challenge ever since debuting on FM2 and 6 of the former 8 roommates have done a challenge where only 5 former Hollywood roommates have done challenges and they haven't been present since The Ruins. So I think Hollywood is the most under represented RW season in recent years.
gamer73#8
Love her!!
rwrrinferno#9
I was pretty disappointed that she couldn't make Fresh Meat 2. I'm glad to see she's around.
AEvans5#10
Clarke;249965 wrote:
Well Cancun has been present on the challenge ever since debuting on FM2 and 6 of the former 8 roommates have done a challenge where only 5 former Hollywood roommates have done challenges and they haven't been present since The Ruins. So I think Hollywood is the most under represented RW season in recent years.
Totally forgot about Hollywood lol. I guess I made that statement because the Cancun kids don't last long at all. I think CJ has made it the furthest out of all of them.
tjhallow#11
Girl needs to get full weave or micros or somethin cause that brillo pad on the top of her head is ridiculous. If I know im going somewhere where there is going to be water than i usually do something to contain it for that period of time. She's a pretty girl but her hair has always irritated me.
Kiki_#12
When I first saw her picture, I asked myself, "Why is Arissa from RW: Las Vegas on this challenge?" and realized it was Jonna. That looks nothing like her...
El Scorcho#13
Clarke;249965 wrote:
Well Cancun has been present on the challenge ever since debuting on FM2 and 6 of the former 8 roommates have done a challenge where only 5 former Hollywood roommates have done challenges and they haven't been present since The Ruins. So I think Hollywood is the most under represented RW season in recent years.
I always forget that Hollywood was even a season.
CherryPie#14
Skeet;249699 wrote:
Welll she's not gonna attract many boys with that face she has on the picture, no offense.
That made LOL. Really loud.
AEvans5;250258 wrote:
Totally forgot about Hollywood lol. I guess I made that statement because the Cancun kids don't last long at all. I think CJ has made it the furthest out of all of them.
I think it's also because they don't do anything to make themselves known at all. A lot of the rookies have a personality or something easy to identify them (ex: Ty gets drunk and violent, Brandon was always sent to the Gulag, Cara Maria got with Abe, Chet likes purple etc.). It's sad to say, but I didn't even really notice Ayiiia, Emilee and Derek from Cutthroat. The only one that I remember well is CJ because he was the first rookie/veteran on FM2. And also I'm in love with Landon, so I payed close attention to him, and him and CJ were allies on FM2.
Matty#15
Wow, either that photographer is atrocious or it looks like Jonna is not very "healthy" these days. Yikes. I'm curious to see what she will look like on the actual show.
JSilver23#16
I can't tell whether she fell into a batch of cocaine or has an eating disorder. She looks absolutely horrible. I feel like I can't even formulate a proper response. I'm just taken aback by the photos up on MTV.com It'll be interesting to see her on a challenge though.
Morris1721#17
It's definitely the photographer's fault for the lack of good pictures. I dont think she looks completely awful here, but definitely not good. Her team picture with Jasmine looks really good IMO. The only think that kind of is throwing me off with the trailers she's in is that he style looks a little different and seems off to me. When they first arrive and are standing as TJ is talking she's wearing skinny jeans and what look like converse, didn't think I'd see Jonna rocking that. Maybe it's just cause she's, well, actually dressed. It seems like she's trying to hard in her photo, which is making it look worse. She looks great in this photo (don't know when it was taken) but as you can see, she's more relaxed and natural. User image
ishot_JT#18
Youssarian;249954 wrote:
JONNA!!! I've been waiting to see her on a Challenge since even before Cancun started!! Hope she still has that touch from when she was 13 years old, lol. But I agree, that picture is very unflattering...
I know right, I hope she still has the Endurance. ;)
josh#19
Morris1721;250501 wrote:
In this picture she looks clean in her rivals one she looks like a gremlin...What happened Jonna...o and she definitely lost weight
Clarke#20
Why did I find the LaLa Vasquez tag hilarious? :lol:
mph922#21
Jonna is somebody who I can't stand, or at least couldn't during her season, but I actually look forward to seeing her on the challenge. I don't know why that is though. Well, actually I think I would look forward to seeing anybody from Hollywood-LV2 on a challenge. Except like Brooklyn Sarah. Fresh faces, man.
Debut Album#22
I like how her 1st challenge is gonna be a partner challenge considering she was on Endurance.
Challenger6#23
Now I hope she can bring some drama, 'cause that picture got her looking like the wicked witch of Costa Rica.
jesses_girl#24
mph922;250749 wrote:
Jonna is somebody who I can't stand, or at least couldn't during her season, but I actually look forward to seeing her on the challenge. I don't know why that is though. Well, actually I think I would look forward to seeing anybody from Hollywood-LV2 on a challenge. Except like Brooklyn Sarah. Fresh faces, man.
I agree with that statement. I'm lovin' the rookies on this challenge, Leroy, Adam, Katelynn Mike, Ty, Jonna, and Jasmine :)
challenge#25
WTF happened to her face? She did not look like that on her Real World season. I mean, compare this pic and this music video she was in with *****. YouTube - ‪***** - La La La‬‏
Mind Riot#26
jesses_girl;252338 wrote:
I agree with that statement. I'm lovin' the rookies on this challenge, Leroy, Adam, Katelynn Mike, Ty, Jonna, and Jasmine :)
Katelynn and Ty have been on a Challenge or two before. Incidentally, I think Jonna was supposed to be on Fresh Meat 2, but her travel papers were not all in order.
McFly High#27
By far the hottest on this challenge. You can't tell by this picture though.
Clarke#28
jesses_girl;252338 wrote:
I agree with that statement. I'm lovin' the rookies on this challenge, Leroy, Adam, Katelynn Mike, Ty, Jonna, and Jasmine :)
Mind Riot;252661 wrote:
Katelynn and Ty have been on a Challenge or two before. Incidentally, I think Jonna was supposed to be on Fresh Meat 2, but her travel papers were not all in order.
I think there's a lot of confusion here about the status of Rookie. If someone is returning for their second challenge they are still a rookie and won't be considered a veteran until they return for their third challenge. Katelynn debuted on Fresh Meat II and Ty debuted on Cutthroat and they are both returning for their second challenge so they are still considered rookies. On another note Leroy, Adam, Katelynn Mike, Ty, Jonna, and Jasmine are an interesting group of rookies.
SurferZ#29
McFly High;252662 wrote:
By far the hottest on this challenge. You can't tell by this picture though.
I always felt Jonna is the most overrated RW girl. Everyone on her season talked about how hot she was, but I don't think she is very pretty. Maybe she looks better in person.
ViewRam90#30
I love it when there are enough rookies on a challenge and love it even more if they are interesting rookies like the group mentioned above.
Morris1721#31
SurferZ;252668 wrote:
I always felt Jonna is the most overrated RW girl. Everyone on her season talked about how hot she was, but I don't think she is very pretty. Maybe she looks better in person.
I think she's very pretty with a kind of "exotic" look. I love her eyes and I'll never forget what Emilee said when she first met Jonna: "Jonna is gorgeous and she had blue eyes so I'm like yeah...give me those".
Gucci Mane;252679 wrote:
I was always a fan of Jonna, even when all the girls hated her on her season. I heard she did really well on that Endurance thing, so I hope she kicks *** this season.
She and her partner won the whole thing. I remember her actually being pretty smart when it came to the game as whole, as well as being a good competitor.

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