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Sullen about the impending need to pay back her student loans as her graduation neared in 2002, Cannatella heard a radio ad for a show called Lost in the U.S., which offered a $50,000 prize. She wore a low-cut shirt and boots to the interview in order to gain favor, and cut her way through the line to the front, telling those in charge that she was told to do this. After this, she was notified that the show was canceled, but was asked if she wanted to audition for The Real World: Las Vegas, the twelfth season of the long-running reality show, which would later air in 2002-2003. She accepted, but perceived the questions she was asked during the audition process to be part of an attempt by the producers' part to cast her as the stereotypical racist cast member, and later, in light of the questions they asked about her religion, as the "holy roller".

Cannatella was selected as a cast member. During her stay, she and her roommates worked in the hotel and clubs. On their first night in the suite, Cannatella enjoyed a three-way makeout session with castmates Steven Hill and Brynn Smith in the hot tub, which a producer would later cite as a sign that this season would be a successful one. Cannatella and her fellow castmates felt pressure from the producers to act out for the cameras in order to make appealing television, saying that she was asked leading questions by the producers about her plans on certain nights. She also notes that alcohol was made readily available to the cast, which she pointed out in light of the fact that alcoholism runs in her family.

In May 2007, she appeared on the reunion show, Reunited: The Real World Las Vegas and was on VH-1’s hit show Surreal Life and CMT’s Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling plus several other shows.