Survivor: Marquesas (Season 4)- 14th voted out
Survivor: All-Stars (Season 8)- 11th voted out
Kathy Vavrick-O’Brien Biography:
Born on January 6, 1954 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Kathy Vavrick-O’Brien has done quite a lot of relocating within the country. She has held residences in Boston, Charlotte, North Carolina, Atlanta, Washington D.C. and San Diego. She was a student at Cohasset High School in Massachusetts and at the Rhode Island College of Design. Presently, her home is in Burlington, Vermont, where she also works as a real estate agent. Previously, she was in charge of operating a crafts store and an events-planning enterprise. Since appearing on Survivor: Marquesas, Vavrick-O’Brien established her own organization that aims to empower women through outdoor activities and pursuits.
Vavrick-O’Brien made her first appearance in reality television when she became a contestant on Survivor: Marquesas. She was able to make it all the way to the Final 3, and became the 14th to be voted off the island on Day 38.
She made another attempt to win the title of Sole Survivor during the show’s special season, Survivor: All-Stars. Initially a part of the Chapera tribe, Vavrick-O’Brien became a member of the Chapera tribe during the tribe switch. Ultimately, she finished in eighth place (as a part of the merged tribe, Chaboga Mogo) and was the second person to join the jury.
(Photo courtesy of CBS)