Elka Walker

Then: A 19-year-old Mexican American beauty from Brownsville, Texas, Elka grew up speaking Spanish before English, and the town she grew up in is 90 percent Hispanic. She was raised with strong, strict Catholic values. Having grown up in what she calls a "privileged" home, Elka admits she has been sheltered for most of her life. However, she has struggled with many real issues during her 19 years. Only weeks before learning she was cast as one of the final seven for The Real World, Elka lost her mother to a long bout with cancer.

Now: ELKA continues her communications studies at the University of Las Vegas. She and her boyfriend Walter have broken up.

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