August
27, 2009: Three weeks before the premiere, CBS finally
releases the cast on their official web site. Here's Betsy's
bio from there:
"Betsy Bolan (48)
Hometown: Campton, N.H.
Occupation: Police Officer
Betsy Bolan dreamed of being a cop her entire life
and at age 47 finally turned that dream into a reality. Her friends and family
still cannot believe this mother of four is an officer of the law. Even though
she is nicknamed “Officer
Friendly,” Betsy isn’t naïve and knows that “nice people
can be snakes.” She feels her skills as a cop will help her stand up
to the possible jerks and alpha-males she could run into during SURVIVOR.
Betsy
is happily married with two boys and two girls ranging in age from 8 to 16,
but her world almost came apart when her husband was diagnosed with stage-four
prostate cancer. Now with his cancer in remission, “all is
good” on the home front, but Betsy says the money would mean a lot to
her family since her husband does not have health insurance.
After going through
a wild time in her youth, this former hippie has now been clean and sober for
21 years. Betsy’s overcome a number of obstacles
in her life and is ready to tackle the next one, especially, now that she has
become the person “she’s always dreamed of being.”
Currently,
Betsy resides in Campton, N.H. Her birth date is March 20th."
Betsy's pre-game interview:
August
24, 2009: First Survivor: Samoa ads begin
to air on CBS, and Betsy is visible in them (although not
given a speaking role, so far):
August
9,
2009: Betsy is revealed as a Survivor:
Samoa contestant
at Survivor
Sucks. Series of posts below:
- nhgirl (4:25 a.m.): " Contestant Spoiler Campton,
NH Police Department Policewoman
But, I ain't one to gossip
so you didn't hear it from me . . . ."
- Marrible (5:30 a.m.): "OK, this is what I found at the official
website of Campton, NH:
Police Chief Warn wanted to inform
the Board that he had given officer Betsy
Bolan permission
for a leave of absence since she has made the semi-finalists
for the TV-Show Survivor."
- Marrible (5:39 a.m.): "And this is her photo...straight from
the police department"
- guatemala
fanfic (7:31 a.m.): "Betsy Bolan has to be right.
The leave of absense was from March 2 so that in itself wouldn't
confirm her as a contestant. It was probably a leave for interviews.
But, I have heard of a contestant named Betsy from New Hampshire
(didn't know last name) several times since about mid-May and
the information is good. Strangely, I had been looking into
another NH Betsy who seemed to fit as well, but if nhgirl says
there's a Camden police woman, then it has to be Betsy Bolan."
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