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The Amazing Race Finale - History could be made on "The Amazing Race." For the first time in the show's nine years, a female pairing could win the $1 million prize. The odds are in the women's favor: Two of the three final teams are females. The season finale airs 8 p.m. EST Sunday on CBS. The final three teams consist of Jill Haney and Thomas Wolford, who are dating; Brook Roberts and Claire Champlin, best friends and shopping-network hosts; and Nat Strand and Kat Chang, longtime friends and doctors. Many fans are favoring Strand and Chang to win. They have emerged as front-runners for being resilient, athletic, intelligent and, most of all, respectful -- not exactly the descriptions applied to most "Race" contestants. Most of the time, people on the show love to bicker with each other and yell at foreign taxi drivers. Roberts and Champlin have endeared themselves for being spunky -- though they've had some image problems to overcome. In the s...