The Amazing Race girls Sam and Renae: Our fight over a man

The gorgeous girls from WA, racing around the world together on TV’s hot new show, reveal the truth about the rumoured love triangle.

They’re billed as the best of friends on hit show The Amazing Race Australia, however when it comes to dating, Samantha Schoers and Renae Wauhop really should be each other’s worst nightmare. Before embarking on this journey with Renae, 23-year-old Sam made the decision to break up with her boyfriend, West Coast Eagles AFL player Mark Nicoski. But to Sam’s surprise, Mark, instead of nursing his broken heart, found an unlikely new love… Renae!

While Sam dated Mark for most of last year, their romance didn’t stop sparks flying when she introduced Renae, 23, to Mark at a backyard “jamming” session when the girls made it back home once filming ended. “He plays guitar and I sing,” offers Renae. While many people would end a friendship over such tangles, it didn’t faze the girls.

“People have been making out that there’s this murky love triangle and a rivalry between Sam and me, but nothing could be further from the truth,” says Renae. “There is no animosity between us and we’re both happy.” The vibrant Perth girls have been joined at the hip since Renae, a Miss Universe Australia runner-up, brazenly “picked up” her fellow tomboy mate-to-be in a bar four years ago.

“Sam was dancing and she looked pretty cool, so I offered to buy her a shooter,” Renae says. “I didn’t know anyone there, so it was a pick-up line… we’ve been friends ever since.” The two were attracted to each other’s up-for-anything attitudes and boyish styles. “I shot my first goat at 11,” says Renae, who has a black belt in karate and grew up riding motorbikes in Geraldton, 400km north of Perth. “I didn’t wear my first skirt until I was 15,” shoots back Sam with a grin. “My mum forced me into modelling and deportment because she wanted me to act more like a lady.”