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August 20 , 2007: Jeff Probst's comments (made
sometime during the game), as told to Ileane Rudolph of TV
Guide, in their barely pre-cast reveal article:
"Jeff's take: Courtney's not the kind of
girl who wakes up and says, ‘Should we go catch fish?'
She'll say, ‘I need a cup of coffee and a cigarette!' She
admits she can be a bitch with a negative attitude. At first,
she is off-putting. But there's something oddly appealing because
she's being real. She's tiny, but she can take care of herself
with her mouth alone."
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August 20, 2007: Officially revealed as a Survivor:
China contestant by CBS, as the cast is unceremoniously
dumped onto the CBS web site. From her official
CBS bio:
 "Courtney
Yates grew up in Boston, the only sister with three brothers,
two older, one younger, all much bigger. She attended
Suffolk University, studying at both the main Boston/Beacon
Hill campus and the University's West African campus,
located in Dakar, Senegal. She paid her way through college
working nights as a passenger service agent for a major
airline at Boston's Logan International Airport, spent
time as a receptionist at a high-end hair salon, and
has even worked as a "historical interpreter" (a
tour guide in costume) at historic homes in Salem, Massachusetts.
She graduated in May, 2003, with a Bachelor of Arts degree
in English. Yates is currently a waitress in a popular
restaurant in New York City's Union Square, where she
enjoys the fast pace and the freedom her job affords
her.
Yates' main hobbies include reading and learning new things.
She loves history and enjoys keeping ongoing lists of things
to look up whenever she comes across something new or interesting.
Yates has a large and varied collection of friends with whom
she loves going out, eating, drinking and, of course, gossiping,
a long-practiced skill she hopes will serve her well on Survivor:
China. Originally from Boston, her sport of choice is baseball,
and despite now living just a few stops from Yankee Stadium,
she remains a loyal member of Red Sox Nation.
Yates is best described as honest (sometimes interpreted as cruel),
sarcastic (often interpreted as bitchy) and physically small.
She is aware that people find her slight frame curious, and at
times controversial, but she warns people against judging her
on looks alone. She proclaims that her body weight (or lack thereof)
is purely genetic, as both her parents are tall and thin as well.
She claims to be tough as nails, both mentally and physically,
and is ready for the challenge of Survivor.
Yates currently resides in New York City with her rescued, semi-reformed
alley cat, Catullus (named for the poet). Her birth date is March
26, 1981."
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Courtney's
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August 5, 2007: We've come across Courtney's
MySpace profile, which provides a few hints about how she might
play the game:
- Screen name: "Machiavellis_darling."
- Headline: "Boys don't like me. I'm difficult."
MySpace lists her age as 26, and her location as New York City.
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August 1, 2007: In a follow-up post, DanieuBleau at Survivor
Skills confirms that the Courtney Yates who is the
model at IDModels.com,
is indeed the same as the Survivor: China contestant,
as had been widely speculated:
"Due to new information, I will be adding Courtney the model
to the cast list, so we have three more names left."
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July 21, 2007: Someone named Courtney Yates
revealed as a Survivor: China contestant in a post
by DanieuBleau at Survivor
Skills:
"Without further ado...which one do you think they cast,
they both have the same name."
(Our guess is above, for what it's worth).
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