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- ↑ Million Dollar Listing Photos | Around Town with Candis Cayne
- 1 2 Inline Skater Battles Homophobic Sports Culture – Outsports
- ↑ This Week We Love... | Backwash | The Pitch
- ↑ Figure Skating National Championships Archive
- ↑ Precision Roller Skating World Championships – 1999 through 2008
- ↑ 1999 Roller Figure Skating World Championship Results
- ↑ MadonnaTribe – Home of Madonna News – Ryan Allen Carrillo on Out Front Colorado
- ↑ Ryan Allen Carrillo – Reality Rally
- "Ryan Allen Carrillo". IMDb .
- ↑ Lisa Vanderpump, Ken Todd Named In Fraud Lawsuit Over Business Deal Gone Wrong