Monty Brinton/CBSWhen the chips were down in Las Vegas, one team counted on each other to become the latest winners of The Amazing Race.
The final trio of competitors—former Miss America Ericka Dunlap and husband Brian Kleinschmidt, picture-perfect couple Meghan Rickey and Cheyne Whitney, and brothers Sam and Dan McMillen—raced to Vegas for a final set of jaw-dropping challenges, which included scaling down the face of a casino, trying to attain flower power at Cirque du Soleil's The Beatles' Love and, gulp, knowing some basic geography. (Guess which one is hardest!)
And after all that and a tableful of chips, one team emerged as the million-dollar winner of the 15th installment. Who was it? Read on…
Meghan and Cheyne, who dominated several times in the run-up to the finale, managed to overcome their geographical failings to figure out Monte Carlo is in Monaco and then track down the finish line at the home of Mr. Las Vegas himself, Wayne Newton—and the waiting arms of host Phil Keoghan.
"The whole experience in itself was life-changing, and the money is not even as important as what we got to do together. It was the perfect race. It could not have been any better," said Cheyne.
Spoken like a true winner.
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