Taylor Hale is the winner of the 24th season Big Brother. She won $750.000 and became the first African-American to do so.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about her.
- Her full name is Taylor Mackenzie Dickens Hale
- She is the winner of Big Brother 24 (US)
- She is 27 years old
- She is from West Bloomfield, Mich
- She is a personal stylist
- During the run of Big Brother 24, Taylor was nominated for and ended up winning E! News’ Reality TV Scoop Award for “Favorite Reality Star”
- Taylor is the first African-American houseguest to win The Wall competition on the civilian version of Big Brother (US)
- Taylor is the only female on Big Brother 24 (US) to win multiple HOH competitions
- Taylor and Jasmine Davis were the only females to win an HOH competition on Big Brother 24
- Taylor always voted with the majority while in the house
- Taylor is the first African-American female to win a civilian season of Big Brother US
- She is the second overall following Tamar Braxton.
- Taylor is the first person to win with an 8-1 jury vote
- Taylor is the first person to win both the game and America’s Favorite Houseguest
- Because of this, Taylor has won the most money out of any Big Brother player ever, winning a grand total of $800,000
- Following Da’Vonne Rogers and Tiffany Mitchell, Taylor is the third consecutive woman to win America’s Favorite Houseguest
- Following Maggie Ausburn, Taylor is the second person to lose both parts of the Final Head of Household competition and still go on to win the game
- Including Big Brother Canada, she is the fourth, following Jillian MacLaughlin and Sarah Hanlon
- Taylor has the most nominations within a single season for a winner, with 6. She has also faced eviction the most times of any winner, also with 6
- Following Steve Moses, Taylor is the second person to win after being nominated in Week 1
- Including Big Brother Canada, she is the third, following Kevin Jacobs
- As Steve was vetoed off the block, Taylor is the first to win after facing eviction Week 1
- Including Big Brother Canada, she is the second, following Kevin once again
- Following Derrick Levasseur, Taylor is the second person to win the game without winning any Power of Veto competitions
- Including Big Brother Canada, she is the fourth, following Jillian and Paras Atashnak
- Taylor became the first black woman to win the game on the 20th anniversary of when Danielle Reyes, the first black woman and black houseguest overall to make it to the Final Two, lost to Lisa Donahue in Big Brother 3 (US)
- Danielle only received one jury vote, while Taylor received all but one jury vote. Coincidentally, Danielle is Taylor’s favorite player
- This also occurred on the 3rd anniversary of Cassandra Waldon’s passing
- Cassandra was the first black woman to play Big Brother on Big Brother 1 (US)
- And was the first houseguest overall to ever enter the Big Brother House
