UW-Milwaukee alum Paul Wellington and his sister, Nealita Nelson, competed on this season’s “LEGO Masters” competition show. (Tom Griscom photo courtesy of Fox)
UWM alum Paul Wellington and his sister, Nealita Nelson, made it to the finale of the fourth season of “LEGO Masters,” ending up third overall. The final episode aired Thursday on Fox.
Wellington, who was featured in a November UWM Report story, earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture from UWM’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning. He’s now a social media specialist for the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library.
“I’m really proud of how far I’ve come and we’ve come as a team,” Wellington said after the results were announced. “And I could not have asked for a better partner than my sister.”
Wellington and Nelson work on their project in the finale. They were tasked with creating a massive build with storytelling and creativity. (Photo courtesy of Fox)
Wellington and Nelson made a strong run through the season. They won the sixth episode challenge, building a telescope. “We’re the first all-Black team in the U.S. version of the show to win a challenge,” Wellington said.
And they came in second in the seventh episode, building a fashion-worthy handbag that could fit a pet.
Wellington’s family and the siblings’ mother joined them on the competition show’s finale, where their piece, “Christmas Eve on a Cliff,” inspired by family memories, was shown.
Written by Kathy Quirk
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