Denise Martin

Denise Martin is a contestant from.

Profile
Denise Martin was born and raised in Revere, Massachusetts. She attended Revere High School, Class of 1985. She spent one year at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and then attended Wentworth Institute of Technology, where she received a certificate in Technical School/Telecommunication Electronics.

Martin rides her scooter to her job as a lunch lady for fourth through seventh graders. This involves preparing and serving lunch, along with cleaning the kitchen, five days a week. She previously worked as a short-order cook and a central office technician for a phone company. She also operated and maintained a video game route at eight different colleges, repairing and maintaining video games and juke boxes.

Martin is a Second Degree Black Belt in American Kenpo Karate. She is a student at Revere Karate Academy in Revere. She recently opened her own karate school, Douglas Karate Club. She is a member of the International Kenpo Karate Association. Her hobbies include collecting Budweiser memorabilia, axe and knife throwing, stick fighting, and playing sports with her three daughters. She is an avid Red Sox and Patriots fan; she even named her dachshund Tedy Bruschi K9. She describes herself as competitive, outgoing, strong-willed and determined.

Martin currently resides in Douglas, Massachusetts with her husband of 16 years, Robert. They have three daughters, Erin, 13; Emily, 10; and Samantha, 9. Her birth date is May 5, 1967.

Survivor: China
Denise Martin was amazed by the welcoming ceremony as she was a lunch lady who had an opportunity to be in an Chinese temple. After the ceremony, the castaways was told to find the bag with their name on it. Denise's bag was red and she was placed on the Fei Long tribe. Fei Long started off wonderfully, wining the first three challenges of the season. However, Fei Long's winning streak ended when the Zhan Hu tribe's women won the Day 7 Reward Challenge. Zhan Hu also won tribal immunity, sending Fei Long to Tribal Council. Denise followed Aaron Reisberger's lead and voted out Leslie Nease after the latter revealed Fei Long's tribal dynamic while she was kidnapped. Fei Long resumed their winning streak by winning an nighttime Reward Challenge, winning a visit from an local Chinese fisherman and his family. Denise believed Fei Long this was the reward Fei Long yet and amazed the family and their fishing techniques. At the Immunity Challenge, Denise was teamed with Courtney Yates. However, neither woman scored. Thankfully, James Clement and Amanda Kimmel won Fei Long immunity.

On Day 13, Fei Long gotten a note from two Chinese men to select Zhan Hu's two strongest members to make them Fei Long. The spectulated that Zhan Hu gotten the same note and was about to lose James. Sure enough, Fei Long received a note revealing that Zhan Hu picked James and Aaron to join their tribe. Denise was upset because she was good friends with James. When the newcomers, Frosti Zernow and Sherea Lloyd arrived, Fel Long was also given a basket of food. At the Immunity Challenge, Fei Long won the challenge. However, this was in part because of Jaime Dugan and Peih-Gee Law throwing the challenge to protect Frosti & Sherea.

At the next Reward Challenge, Denise sat out of the Reward Challenge along with Amanda and Courtney. Fei Long won the Reward Challenge for a trip to a local tea house and the tribe chose to kidnap James. The group was amazed by the house and was delighted to have bathing areas and tolietries along with food and tea. Denise was later told by Todd Herzog that the Hidden Immunity Idol was on the archway in the camp and he needed her to win the next Immunity Challenge so James and use it to eliminate Jaime. Denise was amazed that the idol was right in front of them and she agreed to try her hardest at the Immunity Challenge. However, Denise struggled eating her balut and was unable to shallow it, giving James the round for Zhan Hu. Zhan Hu would win the challenge. Denise was upset after losing the challenge because she felt it was her fault for the lost. At Tribal Council, Sherea was voted out over Jean-Robert in a 5-2 vote.

On Day 20, The tribes would merge into one and live at Fei Long's campsite. The castaways was treated to entertainment by Chinese performers and a feast. The next day, Jeff Probst came to the newly merged Hae Da Fung tribe's camp to quiz them on details at the merge feast for the Immunity Challenge. Frosti would win Immunity Challenge and Jaime was voted out in a 7-3 vote. At the next Reward Challenge, Denise was left unpicked and ineligible for the trip to the thousand year old village. Denise was upset because being left unpicked brought back memories of being an outcast all of her life. Peih-Gee tried to form an alliance with the five castaways at camp. Denise considered it but didn't want to anger the majority. Courtney won individual immunity and Denise presumed Peih-Gee was the target. However, Denise was confused when Jean-Robert was voted out in a 5-3-1 vote over James.

Post-Survivor

 * During the live Reunion show, Denise Martin stated that she lost her job as a lunch lady after her return from filming. Upon hearing this, the producer, Mark Burnett gave her a $50,000 prize. The school district Denise works for has refuted her version of what happened after she returned from Survivor. According to Douglas Public School District Superintendent Nancy T. Lane, Denise asked for and received a promotion to the higher-paying full-time custodian position before filming began for Survivor. When Denise returned to work, she returned to her new position. She requested to transfer back to her old position, but it was no longer available. On the December 19, 2007 broadcast of The Early Show, Martin apologized, stating that it was "not [her] intention to be misleading" and asked that the $50,000 be donated to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
 * On January 9, 2010, Denise attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.

Trivia

 * Denise is the oldest member of Fei Long.
 * She is also the oldest female to compete on China.
 * Denise was the only person in the merged tribe not to vote for Jean-Robert at any point.