Video links:
- "Meet Edna" video at CBS.com
- Edna's pre-game interview with EW.com's Dalton Ross
- A bunch of Edna-related content on TheSleepingGiant's YouTube channel
- Edna's pre-game interview with Xfinity TV's Gordon Holmes
- Edna Ma's official Survivor: South Pacific CBS.com bio
- Edna Ma on facebook, twitter, LinkedIn
- Edna's company, BareEase and Cream's web site; facebook page.
Collection of images from the pre-game and circa Ep1-era footage provided with the cast release videos:
Vidcap gallery: Click on thumbnails to expand; use arrow keys to navigate between large pics.
From her MSN.com contestant profile:
"Edna says: I don't have a lot of physical strength. I'm going to be myself. I am personable. I earn people's trust right away. That's what my everyday job is.
Jeff says: She's a dominatrix."
From her EW.com new contestant picture caption (by Dalton Ross):
"Edna actually originally applied to be on Shark Tank, where she could hawk her BareEase ouchless hair-removal prep cream (she also has a similar product for men called — wait for it — Numb Nuts), but was funneled over to Survivor. However, she has no plans to tell anyone about her day job as an anesthesiologist. 'Historically, Survivor has never granted anybody with a medical degree a million dollars. There's a perception that doctors are rolling around in cash. Certainly not my situation. So I will be omitting that from my game plan.'"
Excerpts from her official CBS Survivor: South Pacific bio page:
"Personal claim to fame: I was the first in my family to finish college. I subsequently went onto complete medical school and am board certified in anesthesiology.
Inspiration in life: Oprah. She overcame poverty, abuse and numerous other challenges/adversities to become one of the most influential women in the world.
Hobbies: Traveling, learning new things and going to new restaurants.
Pet peeves: Idleness, liars and deception.
3 words to describe you: Self-starter, adventurous and ambitious.
Survivor contestant you are most like: Mick Trimming for his diplomacy."
Summary of evidence for Edna Ma being on Survivor: South Pacific.
- guatemala fanfic (8/19/11): Posted the small bio pics from the CBS Survivor pages, which included Edna's first name, the first clue she was a contestant.
- guatemala fanfic (8/19): Matched Edna's photo with one from her extensive online presence, identifying Dr. Edna Ma as a contestant on Survivor 23.
