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Car54

Friday, May 17, 2002 - 03:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
picGO KATHYpicGO KATHYpicGO KATHYpicGO KATHYpicGO KATHYpicGO KATHY

Weinermr

Friday, May 17, 2002 - 06:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gorgeous Car, just gorgeous!

GO KATHY!!!!

Pamy

Friday, May 17, 2002 - 07:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Why did Kathy vote off Sean??? Pappy and Neleh said they wont vote for each other, so keeping them and allowing them in final 4 was suicide for her. She must think she will get immunity the rest of the game

Kaili

Friday, May 17, 2002 - 10:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Or that her and Vee can create a tie in the vote and that the tie will come out in her favor (with her being left with Vee and one of the other two)- I don't know how a tie breaker works this season though.

Misslibra

Saturday, May 18, 2002 - 01:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Car LOL looks just like Kathy too! :)
Pamy I agree with you. Kathy is my favorite and I so hope she wins, but I think she has done herself in when she decided to vote against Vee and Sean and keeping Pas and Neleh in the game, knowing they are a team. I think that was a very dumb move this late in the game.

Squaredsc

Sunday, May 19, 2002 - 03:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
once again....

GO KATHY!!

i couldn't find her superspoiler thread

Prettywomen

Sunday, May 19, 2002 - 03:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
NELEH ALL THE WAY.....NELEH RULES.......

Knightpatti

Sunday, May 19, 2002 - 03:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
if kathy wins or loses tonight she is still a winner in my book

Squaredsc

Sunday, May 19, 2002 - 03:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
pretty, this is for you...

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i have yuhuru's back.

Yuhuru

Sunday, May 19, 2002 - 03:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Square ! That's too funny!

Yuhuru

Sunday, May 19, 2002 - 03:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Kathy !!!!!

She seems like pretty cool lady.

Tess

Sunday, May 19, 2002 - 04:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I know where you got that hat. Good grab!!

I haven't not been amongst the faithful Kathy rooters this season but I have a tremendous amount of respect for her getting this far. Whatever the outcome tonight I believe she can go home knowing that she gave it her best effort and did something that the overwhelming majority of the population could not accomplish. Well done, Kathy!

Prettywomen

Sunday, May 19, 2002 - 05:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree tess

Prettywomen

Sunday, May 19, 2002 - 05:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
hey car 54 how did you put those faces on here???
Squaredsc, how did you put that hat on here I guess it is mine if Kathy wins...

Angelnikki

Sunday, May 19, 2002 - 06:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
im sorry i thought this was a "KATHY" thread or am i wrong????

Squaredsc

Sunday, May 19, 2002 - 08:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
no angel it is a kathy thread, but pretty added her go neleh and in another thread yuhuru said pretty had to eat a hat, so i had to go to lances file for the hat, and the rest is history. sorry kathy, you fought the good fight. you go girl.

Prettywomen

Sunday, May 19, 2002 - 09:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
squaredsc, thanks for the hat it will taste good!!!!

Weinermr

Monday, May 20, 2002 - 07:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I still love Kathy and always will. She's great.

Car54

Monday, May 20, 2002 - 07:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Weiner, I was thinking last night, that Kathy joins another group... historically the person who is third has really been one of the most interesting players...so Kathy joins Sue, Lex (personally don't feel as strongly about Keith, but I know he has some very loyal fans)in a very select group...they played hard and we will always remember them. That may mean a lot to Kathy in the future.

Gina8642

Monday, May 20, 2002 - 05:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
For Kathy,

I'm sorry you didn't win. I don't believe in the 'deserving' stuff I read some places. However, you certaintly were interesting, and fun to root for. I was hoping you could pull it off from very early on.

You seemed a very real person to me. You had real flaws, and real shinning moments.

Good luck!

Grooch

Tuesday, May 21, 2002 - 01:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Vermonter's Success on Survivor Surprises No One
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New York - May 19, 2002

It was an anxious Sunday afternoon in New York for Kathy Vavrick O'Brien and her family. The Monkton woman was still in the running for the Survivor Million, and the final show was only hours away.

"I'm very nervous," Kathy's son Patrick O'Connell said. "Because it's a great experience for her, and I'm very happy for her and this could change our lives forever."

Kathy had made it farther than most people thought possible. But her strategy obviously paid off.

"I think it had a lot to do with my upbringing of being a social chameleon," Kathy said. "Also in real estate, you deal with all different types of personalities, but I think the number one issue is, I really wanted to win."

But as day turned to night, it became clear that wish would not be granted, as Kathy was voted off before the finals. She may have only finished third, but it was quite an escape act to go as far as she did, considering she would have been voted off the first week if her tribe hadn't won immunity. Kathy didn't get along with her tribe at the beginning, but eventually turned it around.

"She just became an easy target," Survivor Contestant John Carroll said. "Because we didn't have to deal with it, she was the sacrificial lamb, everyone nodded, 'yup, yup, okay, sure Kathy,' and then we just left it there."

But it was Carroll who was eventually voted off the island by Kathy and her new alliance. That resilience was impressive to all the remaining contestants.

"Kathy was marked from day ONE to go!" contestant Tammy Leitner, who also fell victim to Kathy, said. "She was aggressive, she was in your face, and actually, she was just like me. But she started warming up, and turned the game around. I mean, you take somebody who should have been voted out on day one, and they're still there on day 35, you have to applaud them."

But Kathy's success was no surprise to those closest to her, who have seen her survive stiff challenges in the past.

"Kathy biked across the United States," Kathy's friend Greg Couture pointed out. "Doing the fundraiser for the lung association, doing the fund raiser for her dad, who's deceased. She was in a sailboat race, either last Summer or the Summer before that was from Martha's Vineyard down to the Bahamas."

It's that type of dedication that makes a mother proud.

"And anything she does, she goes for the top," Kathy's mom, Helen Vavrick, said. "And I'm just not surprised that she got this far, and she's herself, which impressed me on the show."

And Kathy thinks her true self was a definite asset on the show.

"And so that put me ahead," Kathy said, "and just showing the tribe more of my vulnerable side and who I was, it pushed me ahead, because they started to trust me a lot."

But it was a strategy that fell just a little short, for Vermont's newest celebrity.

Mark Bosma -- Channel 3 News

Grooch

Friday, May 24, 2002 - 09:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Weiner, this one's for you.

What's Next For Vermont's Survivor?


Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien is getting noticed these days. The Vermont realtor's third place showing on Survivor has made her a nationwide celebrity.

"Oh yeah, that's fun, that'll probably last about a day, but it's been fun, so I'm taking that in stride," Kathy said. "I even have people screaming at me, 'KATHY', I'm on 5th Avenue and people are saying, 'Kath, how's it going?' Total strangers, but next week, forget it, who's going to remember Kathy?"

Kathy rose to prominence early in the show, as the cameras focused on her fights and disputes with her fellow castaways. But as the saying goes, there's no such thing as BAD publicity.

"Kathy ended up being in the show a lot, because Kathy had very core things to say," Survivor Creator and Executive Producer Mark Burnett said. "She had a very strong opinion and wasn't very wishy-washy. In the beginning, she just kind of took over, then she was smart enough to do like a Richard Hatch, and she back tracked and re-thought her strategy."

But now that the show is over, it's unclear what that success will mean to Kathy O'Brien. Others have been able to cash in on their exposure, and make untold fortunes.

"You know, they're gonna be in demand, people want 'em," former Survivor contestant Rudy Boesch said. "Like I was on Jag, I was on the History Channel, they took me down to Universal Studios, I rode the roller coaster all by myself ... three times."

Kathy hasn't been approached with any offers -- yet. But she says she intends to stay in her real estate job and do some good with her new found celebrity.

"I'd like to get involved with a non-profit, just to help women with some of the self-awareness issues," she said. "Because I think it's a struggle for women out there. It really is, we have a tendency to get stuck in a rut, and it's important for us to break out."

But Burnett thinks Kathy can accomplish much more.

"I have no idea what Kathy will do," Burnett said. "I don't think she's looking for this for a career, but she looks awesome, beautiful, and I think Kathy has a very good personality, and Kathy probably could do something on TV. I have no idea what she would do, but I really like her and I'll hang out with her."

It's a feeling shared by many of the Survival faithful.

Weinermr

Friday, May 24, 2002 - 07:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Kathy is so cool. I think she will do something constructive and beneficial with her Survivor experience - and not for her own glorification, but to benefit others.

Thanks Grooch.