Celeste Anderson

Celeste Anderson (also known as BiiTTERSWEET[2]) is a Canadian[3][4] competitive gamer and reality television personality, known for being the winner of the first season of the TBS reality show King of the Nerds[5][6] for which she was awarded $100,000.

Celeste Anderson
Born (1989-09-06) September 6, 1989[1]
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Other namesBiiTTERSWEET

Personal life

Celeste Anderson was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1989, and moved to Orillia, Ontario in 1996.[1] Anderson attended the University of Waterloo, where she majors in computer science.[7]

Anderson enjoys speed-solving the Rubik's Cube, for which she had attended several competitions in Canada. Her best WCA official times are 20.78 seconds (single) and 22.27 seconds (3 of 5 average).[8]

Competitive gaming

Anderson is most well known for her skill in first-person shooter games, notably the Halo series in which she played semi-professionally for some time. She is known as one of Canada's best female video game players.[7]

King of the Nerds

Anderson competed in and won the first season of TBS's reality TV show King of the Nerds, which aired in 2013. Anderson was a member of the Blextrophy team (formerly the Blue team).[9]

To promote her appearance on that series, she was a guest on the late-night TV talk show Conan on February 12, 2013.[10] She later made a cameo appearance in the second-season premiere of the show.

See also

References
  1. Anderson, Celeste. "Celeste Anderson". Tumblr. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  2. Competitive Gamer & Speedcuber (King of the Nerds Audition Video) (video).
  3. Nuval, Alvin-Christian (February 2013). "Pro Gamer Celeste Anderson Competing to be King of the Nerds", BakitWhy.com; accessed April 25, 2018.
  4. Tilley, Steve (January 22, 2013). "Contestants battle for nerd supremacy on ‘King of the Nerds’", Toronto Sun; accessed April 25, 2018.
  5. "King of the Nerds Contestants" Archived 2013-01-20 at the Wayback Machine, TBS; retrieved March 2, 2013.
  6. "The King is Crowned". King of the Nerds. Season 1. Episode 8. March 12, 2013. TBS.
  7. Ross, Sara. "Orillian could be crowned King of the Nerds". Orillia Packet & Times. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  8. "World Cube Association Official Results". World Cube Association; retrieved March 2, 2013.
  9. "TBS Sets Jan. 17 Premiere and Announces Contestants for New Unscripted Competition Series 'King of the Nerds'". The Futon Critic. November 8, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  10. "Celeste Anderson", TeamCoco; retrieved March 2, 2013.
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