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Michelle Steiner  wrote:
| Why is it that Tough Enough winners don't get to use their full real 
| name (Mavin, Nidia, Johnny Blaze, Shaniqua, Miss Jackie), but Tough 
| Enough losers get to use their full real name (Matt Morgan, Chris 
| Nowinski, Josh Mathews)?

Maven and Nidia are unique names (compared to Josh, Chris, Matt).

Linda Miles used her real name on WWE for a while, until WWE thought
people might confuse her with Linda McMahon.

WWE were worried that Miss Jackie's last name (Gayda) would elicit
snickers from the audience (but would work well with Rico's
"flamboyant" gimmick, actually).  I'm surprised they're letting her
keep "Jackie", what with Jacqueline on the roster.

Johnny has to have a last name to avoid confusion with Johnny
Stamboli, et.al., and they must have figured his real last name
wasn't marketable enough.

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