Mariah Zernik (The Ultimatum) Ethnicity

Mariah Zernik is an American TV personality. She is notable for her appearance in the Netflix series The Ultimatum. She is a social media marketer by profession.

Quick Info

Real NameMariah Zernik
Age24 [as of 2024]
BirthplaceUnited States
EducationFIDM
Height5 feet 2 inches [approx.]
WeightN/A

Ethnicity

Mariah Zernik is mainly Guamanian (Chamorro), German, Romanian, and Hawaiian. People on the internet speculated that she could be of Asian heritage and she indeed has a tiny bit of Japanese roots.

Her father Pete Zernik is a VIP host. Also, he owns an off-road race track in Sacramento named Zernik Racing. His profile on P1 Aquax suggests that he participated in amateur jetski racing competitions.

Her parents are divorced and she has a stepmother.

She has siblings.

Personal Life

Zernik pursued an Associate of Arts degree in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services from The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM). She also studied Beauty Merchandising and Product Development at the same college.

She is in a relationship with Caleb Storm. He is a mortgage broker by profession.

They have been together for over two years. The couple would be getting married in the summer of 2026.

Career

Mariah Zernik started her career as a jobholder in 2018 by joining Rip Curl as a supervisor. Worked there only for nine months, she left the company and joined Anthropologie as a supervisor.

In 2020, she began working at Beautycounter as a keyholder. She worked in this role for over two years on a part-time basis. She was promoted to a social media marketing coordinator role and began as a full-time employee.

Upon working in this role for about 10 months, she was promoted to social commerce associate role in February 2023. She quit the company in April 2024 and became self-employed.

Using her expertise in social media management, she does this work as a freelancer for personal brands, businesses, and shows.

Mariah made her TV debut with The Ultimatum in 2024. She presented her boyfriend Caleb the Ultimatum and he proposed to her on the Ultimatum Day.

She also plans on starting a podcast very soon. It is named Healing is Hard.

Unknown Facts

  • She has multiple tattoos on both arms.
  • Following her TV success, she joined Cameo to send messages and personalized videos for $3 and $50 respectively.
  • She grew up in Sacramento but resides in Los Angeles now.
  • She has a self-titled YouTube channel with under 200 subscribers. She made her debut in 2014 but eventually stopped making new videos in 2018.

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Photo credit: @remnantsofriah – Instagram.