Cohen Lao

==Background==
Cohen Robert Lao is a contestant on The Strife. He loves to push himself to his limits and believes that there is never enough as that mindset, according to him, is limiting. While he isn't the most muscular person, he tries to stay in shape after growing up obese and unhealthy in general. He is, also, the brother of David Lao. After Season 5, he and David started The Lao Company due to their success on the show. The company deals in multimedia ventures.To note: their heritage is Chinese.
==Season 1==
Throughout the season, Cohen has acted as a motivator towards the others with his constant optimistic outlook. At points throughout the season, he has gotten into the topic of his Depression growing up and how he turned it into motivation because he didn't want to give up, slowly overcoming numerous hardships thanks to the amount of support he got, vowing to give that same level of support to others. After he and David exposed Sophie for being a massive fame attention seeker, he continued on trying to make people happy, which almost lead to his ouster in the same matter of Chace: so lovable that he could be super influential. After he survived, he decided to play more aggressively, realizing that kindness could only get him so far. He has played a huge part in getting Aerin and Taisho out of the game. In the end, he made the finale but, ultimately, lost.
==Season 4==
He would join the season, alongside Karleigh, as Team Coleigh. During their run, Cohen would get annoyed with Karleigh, who was trying to turn people against each-other, as well as her arguments with other contestants (most notably Raquel), leading to Cohen and Karleigh to have a few arguments themselves. Despite this, they tried to work as a team but the tension between them caused them to lose challenge after challenge. While they, finally, decided to get along, with Karleigh agreeing to not play as the villain, it was too late for them to get back into the game, socially, and they were eliminated.
Category:Strife Contestant: Bisexual
Category:Strife Contestant: Finalist