J.P. Calderon

JP Calderon is a reality television star, model and professional volleyball player. He made his first appearance on television in 2006 as a popular contestant on "Survivor: Cook Islands," the 13th season of the blockbuster CBS series. Calderon also appeared on three seasons of reality show "The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency" on Oxygen, where he was handpicked by Dickinson at an open call and became one of the agency's most successful models. His real-life decision to come out publicly as a gay man became a major storyline during the show's second season in 2007. He starred on "Survivor: Cook Islands" during one of the franchise's most controversial seasons, where contestants were split into four tribes based on racial ethnicity. Calderon, of Costa Rican descent, was one of five members of the Hispanic "Aitutaki" tribe. Though Calderon remained closeted during "Survivor," he made a life-altering decision during the "The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency" to appear on the cover of th