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Cory Wharton (born March 5th, 1991) is a television personality, best known as a competitor on the MTV reality game show The Challenge. His first television appearance was on the twenty-ninth season of The Real World in 2014.

Personal Life
Wharton attended Grand Rapids Christian High School and graduated in 2009. He later attended to Grand Rapids Community College and completed his degree in physical education. He wanted to pursue a scholarship in sports management however due to a pregnancy scare with a girl he had been dating, he had to leave school and ultimately lose his scholarship.

Ryder Wharton
During the twenty eighth season of MTV's The Challenge, Wharton got into a reality TV fling with fellow cast member Cheyenne Floyd, who debuted from Are You the One? 3. On April 7th, 2017 Floyd gave birth to her and Wharton's first child Ryder K. Wharton who inherited the rare disease: Very long-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency.

Mila Mae and Maya Grace
In 2018 Wharton participated in the show Ex on the Beach as one of the 10 singles with his ex-girlfriend Alicia Wright, who later in the season became a single after being voted off. On the show he got in a relationship with Are You the One? 5 cast member and one of the ten original singles Taylor Selfridge which has stayed strong since April 2019. A year after Ex on the Beach 1 Wharton would be welcomed with his second child and his first with Selfridge, Mile Mae on April 22nd, 2020. Selfridge and Wharton would be welcomed with their second child together Maya Grace on June 1st, 2022 who was diagnosed with a rare heart disease known as tricuspid atresia. On January 2023, Maya had open heart-surgery to successfully combat the rare disease and has since been healthy.

The Real World
Wharton was a cast member on MTV's The Real World: Ex-Plosion which aired from January to April 2014. In the season there was a twist where on episode 5 the original cast members' exes would enter the house, which in Wharton's case was his high-school ex Lauren Undersea. During the filming of the show, Wharton had gotten into a few altercations with cast members such as Ashley Mitchell and Brian Williams Jr. which resulted him being popular amongst the wave of MTV viewers to eventually get him on The Challenge.

The Challenge
Wharton has been a cast member on nine seasons of The Real World spin-off The Challenge. He was a participant on The Challenge: Battle of the Bloodlines, The Challenge: Rivals III, The Challenge: Invasion of the Champions, The Challenge XXX: Dirty 30, The Challenge: Vendettas, The Challenge: Final Reckoning, The Challenge: Total Madness, The Challenge: Double Agents and The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies. He appeared on a spin-off of The Challenge known as Champs vs. Stars where he appeared not the second season and the first installment of Champs vs. Stars where he lost the first elimination against Wild n' Out cast member and comedian, Matt Rife.

Battle of the Bloodlines
On Wharton's first challenge Battle of the Bloodlines he came into the game with his cousin Mitch Reid where both were known for hooking up with Aneesa Ferreria and her cousin Rianna Polin. Wharton's cousin Reid would go onto win an elimination against fellow bloodline Raphy Medrano on the fifth episode. When the team twist dropped Wharton was placed on Cara Maria's Red Team whilst Reid was placed on Jamie Bank's Blue Team. Wharton then goes to win all six team challenges and then when later re-partnered with Reid goes to win the final two daily challenges to make it to the final. Wharton and Reid would be the runner-ups of the season to Cara Maria Sorbello and her bloodline Jamie Banks.

Rivals 3
In the following season where the player of the opposite sex were partnered with each other based off their rivalry from previous reality tv appearances, Wharton was partnered with Real World cast member Ashley Mitchell due to an altercation where Mitchell claimed she could buy Wharton's whole family and right after Wharton voted her out of the Real World house. During the second mission, they were infamously moaning while grinding on a bar of soap for one of the daily challenges. In the season Wharton meets Cheyenne Floyd where they were in a off and on relationship during the show. During the season Wharton got into a near physical altercation with Are You the One? 3 cast member, Devin Walker-Molaghan, because of their antics with mistreating contestants. In Episode 11, Wharton and Mitchell would lose both of their first eliminations against Are You the One? 2 cast members Christina LeBlanc and Nate Siebenmark.

Invasion of the Champions
On Wharton's third season The Challenge: Invasion of the Champions he is known for his on and off relationship in the house with Real World: Go Big or Go Home cast member Kailah Casillas where in Episode 6 the former would dump Casillas after drunkenly urinating herself on his bed. During the season Wharton won an elimination against Real World Seattle: Bad Blood cast member Theo King-Bradley and Road Rules: Campus Crawl cast member Shane Landrum. Wharton would go in his second career final placing third against Are You the One? cast member Nelson Thomas and now two-time champion Chris "CT" Tamburello.

XXX: Dirty 30
On Wharton's fourth season The Challenge XXX: Dirty 30 he made his mark by purging four-time champion Darrell Taylor and targeting champions Chris "CT" Tamburello, Derrick Kosinski and Johnny Bananas. In the season Wharton won his third elimination against Are You the One? 5 cast member, Derrick Henry in Episode 3 and later in Episode 7 was sent to the Redemption House after losing against Are You the One? 3 cast member Hunter Barfield. A few episodes later Wharton would lose the Redemption House challenge against Barfield who had already beaten him.

Vendettas
On Wharton's fifth season The Challenge: Vendettas he is known once again for his Hitlist against Johnny Bananas and his short lasting relationship in the house with Alicia Wright who he knew prior to the season. Allegedly in the house Wharton got into a heated altercation against Wright's exe, Eddie Williams which would later build up to William's unknown disqualification. In Episode 3, Wharton loses his third official elimination and the very first elimination of the season against Are You the One? 3 cast member Nelson Thomas.

Final Reckoning
During the season Final Reckoning, Wharton and his partner Devin Walker-Molaghan would enter the game late and defeated the two teams consisting of Big Brother's Da'Vonne Rogers & Jozea Flores and Are You the One? 3 cast member Amanda Garcia and The Real World: San Diego cast member Zach Nichols. Shortly after their elimination wins, Wharton got into a physical altercation with The Real World: Skeletons cast member Tony Raines after the latter threw his pasta out the window. Wharton would later be disqualified after the physical altercation due to the violation of contestant safety and as a result Walker-Molaghan was also sent home on Episode 16.

Total Madness
After being missing out the next two season post-Final Reckoning, Wharton returns for the thirty fifth season, Total Madness. Wharton was in the tribunal in four times, the most of any male contestant during the season. He played an extremely under the radar game to later volunteer in elimination against Big Brother 20 contestant, Christopher "Swaggy C" Williams.

Double Agents
The following season Wharton returns to play The Challenge: Double Agents where in this season he had a rivalry with Big Brother 20 contestant, Faysal "Fessy" Shafaat due to the latter consistently lying and betraying him by throwing himself into elimination against ally Nelson Thomas. Later during the season Wharton would win an elimination against Road Rules: Campus Crawl cast mate and four-time champion Darrell Taylor. During the final Wharton and Are You the One? 5 cast member Kam Williams would be partnered and would be the runner-ups to Chris "CT" Tamburello and Amber Borzotra.

Spies Lies & Allies
On Wharton's latest season of The Challenge The Challenge: Spies, Lies & Allies he was apart of the returning cast members and veterans alliance that targeted the rookies of the season. Later down the season Wharton found himself in the minority position of the game and targeted fellow The Real World: Ex-Plosion cast member, Ashley Mitchell, which was unsuccessful. Him and Paradise Hotel Sweden 8 cast member Bettina Buchanan would go to win their elimination against the reigning champion Amber Borzotra and Love Island 2 cast member Jeremiah White. Wharton then goes to lose an elimination against Survivor Spain 13 runner-up Logan Sampedro.