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| January 26, 2006 |
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January 26, 2006: CBSNews video of
a pre-game press roundtable discussion about Ruth Marie, led
by Jeff Probst, with Mara Reinstein (US Weekly), Paul Adler
(TV Guide channel), Shawna Malcom (TV Guide), Dalton Ross (EW),
Jarett Wieselman (In Touch). Transcript:
 Jeff
Probst: Let's talk about uh,
Ruth Marie.
Shawna Malcom: Very perky. Ex-flight attendant.
Ruth
Marie (pre-game interview): I'm Ruth Marie Milliman,
I'm from Greenville, South Carolina, and I'm 48 years old.
Shawna Malcom: She came
in with these braids, you know, and I just, I, she comes
across much more youthful than she is. She's the oldest
woman in the game, I think 48. I wouldn't have guessed that
especially with those Linda Hamilton, Terminator arms.
Paul Adler: She is really
cut. Um, you know, she did the um, race in the, the marathon
in the Sahara, the 12 days. 12-day trek with the backpack,
you know, starting at noon, you know, which is so, utterly
impressive. I think she has a lot of determination. She's
very quiet, speaks with a little of a lilt. So I don't know
how she's gonna be seen by the other women, but....
Mara Reinstein: She's
got a Tina Wesson thing going on for me.
Jarett Wieselman: I think the same thing,
She told me that she was running in her hotel room to stay
in shape. I was like, how do you run in your hotel room?
But she wants to run on the island, and I think she'll be
surprised at maybe the lack of energy that she has. Because
she has so much right now, in terms of what she likes to
do everyday. She's like, 'I like to get up and run, and
then run again.' She's very athletic, which would be great
to have her on your team, but she may not be that person
once, you know, the hunger sets in, and then the water problems,
so.
Jeff Probst: Well in,
she's Tina Wesson in, in a physical sense. Tina Wesson was
a, she may be this way also, but what we know about Tina
Wesson is: incredibly bright, very strategic and played it
so low-key. And everything worked out for her. But Tina was
not an accident. Tina played that game really well.
Dalton Ross: We
talked to her a lot. She's obviously in great physical shape.
I think socially she'll do well, I worry about strategically.
She didn't seem to have a plan of action, or, I'm justnot
sure she's gonna be cunning enough to do what she needs to
do. Now that doesn't mean that she can't ride some coattails
along the way, and then use her physical strength and enduarance
to get her to where she needs to be. But, that's my concern
with Ruth Marie.
Jarett Wieselman : I also think,
moreso than any of the other people that we talked to the
other day, she's gonna have a hard time being away
from her family. I mean, she's only been away for
three days now, and she almost started to cry when I
just brought up her, you know, 'What
does your family think of you being here?'
Ruth
Marie (pre-game interview): I get homesick.
I've only been separated from my children for 12 days.
So I have some anxieties about that.
Jarett Wieselman: So I think
the separation for her might be a bigger problem than
she thinks.
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January 22, 2006: Transcript of Ruth Marie-specific
footage from the TV Guide Channel " Survivor: Panama
- Exile Island Preview" (featuring pre-game contestant
interviews and Jeff Probst comments from circa Ep1):
"Danni Boatwright: Jeff's favorite
group? The older women, who are not your average soccer moms.
Just look at Ruth Marie.
Jeff Probst: Ruth Marie is the oldest woman
out here, and arguably in as good of shape as any woman out
here.
Ruth Marie (pre-game interview): I'm
a long-distance runner. Um, endurance-type things.
I get better as things get worse, and I think I'll
be perceived on the very front end as the opposite
of that. But the worse things get, the better I personally
get."
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January 9, 2006: Officially
revealed as a contestant on Survivor: Panama - Exile Island on
the Early Show.
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Ruth Marie's bio, from the CBS Survivor:
Panama site:
Ruth Marie Milliman was born
and raised in Anderson, South Carolina, where she
enjoyed athletics and was actively involved in Little
Theater and competitive ballroom dancing, along with
singing in pageants and weddings. She graduated from
T.L. Hanna High School.
In 1975, Milliman was crowned
Miss Teenage Greenville and participated in Miss
Teenage America. She then attended the University
of South Carolina, where she eventually received
a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice.
While in college, she was a member of the Chi Omega
sorority and was a cheerleader (she was head cheerleader
for the squad in 1979). She also worked as a page
for the South Carolina House of Representatives.
During her college years,
Milliman was crowned the 1978 South Carolina Watermelon
Queen and the 1979 Miss Cayce West Columbia. She
attended the Miss South Carolina Pageant, in which
she was voted Miss Photogenic by the press.
After graduating college, Milliman was
hired by Eastern Airlines as a flight attendant.
In 1981, she was appointed First Female Narcotics
agent with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Agency
and attended the South Carolina Police Academy.
For the past 19
years, Milliman has been involved with and employed
in shopping center development. She is currently
the Director of Retail Leasing for Centennial American
Properties in Greenville, South Carolina.
Milliman has been running competitively
since 1992 and holds many road race records in South
Carolina. In 2001, she was awarded the YWCA Women
in Sports Award. In 2003, she participated in the
Marathon Des Sables, a race often called "the toughest
footrace on the planet." The competition entails
a seven day, 152-mile stage race. She finished second
out of 59 women and placed 100th overall out of 677
runners. She was featured in an Emmy-nominated ESPN
special about the race, titled "Foot Race Across
the Sand."
Milliman is an active member of the
PTA for Greenville High School and is a member of
the Greenville High Booster Club. She was head coach
for the Greenville Track Club Junior Olympic Youth
Program for four years. She is also a member of Westminster
Presbyterian Church.
Milliman is the proud mother of two teenage
children, Anna, 15, and Max, 17. She currently resides
in Greenville, South Carolina. Her birth date is
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