Brooklyn Rivera (Big Brother)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Brooklyn Rivera

• Brooklyn Rivera has been interested in dancing and performing arts since childhood.

  

• While pursuing her college degree at the University of Florida, she performed her first professional dance at the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, a theme park in Florida.

• She was affiliated with the National Hockey League (NHL) team and Stanley Cup champions, the Tampa Bay Lightning, and gave dance performances

• She is also a former Ice Angel dancer with the four-time East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) champions, the Allen Americans Hockey Club.

  

• After completing her college education in 2012, she worked as the office manager of the Allen Americans Professional Hockey Club from August 2013 to August 2014.

• She is also a childbirth educator who worked with Texas Health Resources as a Department Assistant from August 2014 to January 2017.

• In 2016, she started an e-commerce business venture named 17:20 Boutique, an online clothing and accessories store.

• In 2020, she won the title of Mrs Texas at the Mrs Texas Pageant held in Corsicana, Texas.

  

• From August 2020 to June 2022, she worked as the Operations Manager of the online lifestyle and clothing store, Typically Blush by Tara Henderson.

• In 2021, she was crowned Mrs America 2021 in the pageant held at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino, Nevada.

  

• She also had the honour of singing the National Anthem at the Truist Park Stadium in Atlanta for the Major League Baseball (MLB) world champion team of 2021, the Atlant Braves.

• She was also in the Top 15 finalists at the Mrs World Pageant 2021 representing the United States of America.

• She has also performed at the International Theater at Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino in Winchester, Nevada.

• She was the judge at the Mrs America Pageant in 2022. She has judged several other beauty pageants such as America’s Most Beautiful Pageant.

  

• In June 2022, she opened 17:20 Coaching, providing pageant training and personal development for title aspirants.

• She actively volunteers in Community and social activities. She is a member of her church’s communication ministry and a keynote speaker at an organisation that offers support and workshops for girls called GiRLiFE by Life Evolutions Inc.

• She is a certified QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) and advocates for the mental health needs of the military through the non-profit organisation, One Tribe Foundation (earlier known as the 22Kill Organization).

• She was the Master of ceremonies (emcee) at the Out of the Darkness DFW Metro Walk, an American Foundation for Suicide Prevention event in Texas.

• She supports the veteran community by raising funds and participating in the Memorial Day marches conducted by Carry The Load, a charity organisation. She also partners with the non-profit organisation, The Warrior’s Keep Foundation.

  

• In July 2024, she became part of the reality show Big Brother Season 26 as a contestant on the CBS network.