Colleen Haskell

Colleen Marie Haskell was a contestant on.

Profile
Born and raised in Bethesda, Maryland, Colleen attended a catholic, all-girls school at Connolly school of the Holy Child in Potomac Maryland during middle school through her junior year. She transferred to Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda for her senior year, where she graduated in 1994. Colleen's first love in school was behind the scenes of a theater, working with such aspects as lights, sound and set design, say her parents John, director of support systems for Geico Insurance, and Patricia, a career counselor in Bethesda. After high school, Colleen decided to earn her bachelor's degree in theater at the University of Georgia in Athens. During her time at UGA, she was able to study abroad in London, England on a six-month internship with the London Film Festival, and upon graduation, she spent two months in Ghana, West Africa followed by two months traveling in France. Upon her return, Colleen relocated to Miami, where she enrolled in a 2-year portfolio program at Miami Ad School. She studied copyrighting and computer graphic design, with aspirations to make a portfolio that she hoped would eventually lead to a job in creative advertising. Her previous jobs include working as an intern for Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., waitressing, and working as a clerk at Books & Books on Miami Beach. Colleen describes herself as talkative, independent and a bit spacey. Her favorite topics at a dinner party are stories and jokes ("I still believe in story time"). In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and cooking, and prefers to listen to talk radio. An avid lover of French films, she admits that Kevin Costner's "Robin Hood" can still make her cry.

Colleen currently resides in Miami Beach, Florida. Her birth date is Dec. 6, 1976.

Survivor: Borneo
Haskell was a contestant on the original season of Survivor. She was a castaway on the Pagong tribe, a tribe composed primarily of young adults, especially when compared to the Tagi tribe. Early on, Colleen was linked with contestant Greg Buis, and fellow Pagong member Jenna Lewis speculated that the friendship had become a romance. Both Buis and Haskell adamantly denied there was a romance, with Colleen ultimately joking that "it was all about the sex."

After the two tribes merged, members of Pagong were surprised by Tagi's strategy of voting them out one by one at Tribal Council. Colleen was the last of the former Pagong members to be voted out.

After being voted out, Colleen told the remaining castaways "Be nice, play fair". She said this just before her torch was snuffed. Once she was gone, Richard Hatch commented that she was "a wonderful person".

Colleen voted for Kelly Wiglesworth at the final Tribal Council of Survivor: Borneo, but Kelly ultimately lost to Richard Hatch.

Post-Survivor

 * After returning from the island and surviving the media whirlwind that followed, she finished the rest of her first year at Miami Ad School. Then she decided to move to San Francisco to intern for her second year at the school, and possibly entertain the constant offerings to work in the entertainment industry. A year after her stint on Survivor, she landed a role in the film The Animal, playing Rob Schneider's leading lady. Haskell also appeared in an episode of That '70s Show and later went on to work as an assistant producer on The Michael Essany Show in 2003.
 * Similar to Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Haskell was invited to join Survivor: All-Stars and eventually, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, but declined both offers, stating that she did not want to go through the experience again.

Trivia

 * Colleen was the last standing Pagong member.
 * Colleen is the first contestant (and the first female) to be allowed to bring one tribemate with them on a reward.
 * Colleen was nominated in Survivor: America's Tribal Council for "Hottest Female" but lost to Amber Brkich.
 * Colleen was asked to come back for but declined stating she "had moved on with her life" and "just genuinely didn't want to go through that again". Her replacement in All-Stars would end up being fellow Pagong tribemate Jenna Lewis.
 * Colleen is the first woman to wear the Buff as a skirt.
 * Colleen is the first female to win an individual challenge.
 * Colleen's luxury item was a bar of soap.
 * At her last Tribal Council, Sean wrote Cool-een on his vote, stating that she was a "really cool" girl.
 * Colleen is the first contestant from Florida.