Mellisa McNulty

Mellisa McNulty was supposed to be a contestant on.

Although McNulty appeared in all pre-game production and arrived on location, she suffered panic attacks prior to the game starting. Without a reserve contestant to replace her, the game started with nineteen survivors.

Profile
Due to McNulty not participating, her CBS profile was never published. But in an interview, Mellisa revealed she was raised in a farm in California until she was 14 years old. Since high school she resided in Los Angeles. For ten years, she worked as a fashion model, and after ten years of working, she founded her own modeling agency, MCM Management.

Survivor: Fiji
As one of 20 contestants for Survivor Fiji, Mellisa was brought on location with the rest of the participants. During the traditional survival-training period that occurs prior to the beginning of each Survivor competition, she appeared to be fine, physically and emotionally. She even posed for pre-game promotional photos (including the cast photo) and had pre-game interviews as well. However, as the start of the game approached, and she was informed about how the show works and the isolation involved, she became overwhelmed and suffered panic attacks. After she consulted with the Survivor psychologist and doctor, it was decided that she was not mentally conditioned to undergo the rigors of the game, and was removed. Due to time constraints, the producers were unable to find a replacement on time, thus the game started with the nineteen other cast members.

She was briefly referred to (although not mentioned by name) in the opening sequence of the Survivor: Fiji premiere.

Voting History
Due to her pre-game exit, Mellisa did not have an existing voting history.

Post-Survivor
Despite her abrupt removal from the game, she still received a mild notoriety for her affiliation with the show (or lack thereof), including an FHM spread and an interview with TV Guide. A brief portion of her pre-game interview was shown on TV Guide Channel's Survivor: Fiji Preview.

Trivia

 * The Survivor: Fiji now-defunct lie detector online game still included Mellisa's lie and truth as a bonus.
 * Like all of the players of the season (with the exception of Gary Stritesky, who auditioned), Mellisa was recruited.
 * Despite her not competing, she was still sequestered along with all the pre-jury evictees (from Jessica deBen until Anthony Robinson).
 * Mellisa was cropped out from the pre-show images that feature all 19 players.
 * It is speculated that had she competed, the tribes would have been divided by ethnicity, much like in Survivor: Cook Islands.