John Paul Calderon (born September 5, 1975) is an American professional volleyball player, model and reality show personality.

[7] Calderon was born in Santa Monica, California, the second son after his older brother Peter, to Edwin and Xinia.

[2] Calderon attended St. Bernard’s Catholic High School, then Santa Monica City College for two years,[8] and then California State University, Long Beach, where he played for the school's nationally ranked men's volleyball team.

[10] Calderon was offered a pro volleyball opportunity in 1998 in Barcelona, Spain but decided instead to finish his degree.

[8] He was offered the assistant coach position for the Long Beach State University women's volleyball team.

In retrospect he faults himself for viewing the series more as a sports competition than for the social aspects that build alliances.

[18][19] Stating that he had for a long time wished to model, Calderon came to an open casting call held in the first episode of Season 2.

[13] Calderon came out as gay on his appearance in the February 2007 issue, their swimsuit edition,[21] which included the cover, a photo spread, feature story and interview.

"[24] Dickinson, in particular, has been very supportive, and told him that her role models for being tough, driven and ambitious, were all gay men.

In 2011, Calderon was cast as part of Logo TV's A-List; Los Angeles, as part of their A-List franchise,[27][28][29] but no cast or scheduling information has been forthcoming In 2012, Calderon modeled for the NOH8 Campaign created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska, to oppose California Proposition 8 which attempted to change California's constitution to forbid same-sex marriage.