• Dawn's CBS pre-S26 interview (CBS.com)
• CBS Survivor: Caramoan "Meet the Cast" (YouTube)
• S23 "Meet Dawn" video at CBS.com
• Dawn's pre-S23 interview with EW's Dalton Ross

Other links:

• Dawn's official CBS bio page for Survivor: Caramoan - Fans vs. Favorites
• Dawn's official CBS bio page for Survivor: South Pacific
• Dawn's pre-S26 interview with XfinityTV's Gordon Holmes: "I'm Going to Have to Take Control"
• Dawn's pre-S23 interview with XfinityTV's Gordon Holmes
• Follow Dawn on: facebook, twitter.
• Dawn's personal website/blog, TheDeseretHousewife

Images from the preview, pre-game interviews, and other circa-Ep1 Caramoan footage:

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Who is Dawn Meehan?

From her official CBS Caramoan - Fans vs. Favorites bio page:

"Previous Season: Survivor: South Pacific – 11th castaway voted off/3rd Jury Member
Current Residence: South Jordan, Utah
Occupation: English Professor
Personal Claim to Fame: Survivor: South Pacific and adopting our six amazing children.
Inspiration in Life: My husband 
Hobbies: Being with my family, baking bread and blogging.  
Pet Peeves: Cranky or selfish people and brown grass. 
3 Words to Describe You: Determined, enthusiastic and optimistic. 
If You Could Have 3 Things on The Island What Would They Be and Why? 
1)Picture of my kids – To remind me of my end goal. 2)Eckhart Tolle book – It inspires me to DO and BE my best. 3)Backgammon – To use at camp so I can observe other players’ strategy.
Survivor Contestant You Are Most Like:  Strong females who played a physical and strategic game – Kim Spradlin and Stephenie LaGrossa.  
Reason for Being on Survivor:  The challenge! To see what I am made of. 
Why You Think You’ll 'Survive' Survivor: I’m mentally and physically tough. I have good intuition. I'm not a quitter. And, I'm a good bridge between people of different backgrounds.
Why You Think You Will Be the Sole Survivor: People underestimate me but I have the mental, social and physical strengths to outlast and win!"

Summary of evidence for Dawn Meehan being on Survivor 26.

- In the era of facebook and twitter, returning contestants are reasonably difficult to conceal, as is evident from this Sucks thread. Most were fairly easy to pick out within a week or so of departure. birdseyetoo at Sucks (5/22/12), for example, had a near-complete list, as did matty p (5/23/12), including evidence of absence.

- Redmond (5/26/12) confirmed Francesca was indeed an S26 contestant. (And later, Brenda, Dawn, Cochran, and Andrea).

- beatlebum79 (6/9/12) confirmed the above list (still not sure on Erik R) but added that "Malcolm," a returnee from S25, was also on.

- Redmond (6/18/12) remained adamant that Brandon was indeed a contestant, despite his return to online activity.

Who is Dawn Meehan?

Excerpts from her official CBS Survivor: South Pacific bio page:

"Personal claim to fame: Adopting our six children.
Inspiration in life: My husband. He's really one of the most incredible human beings. He's kind, generous, peaceful, hard-working and selfless. I'm so grateful to spend my days with him.
Hobbies: Swimming with my kids, writing/blogging and baking bread.
Pet peeves: Brown grass and complainers.
3 words to describe you: Driven, positive and enthusiastic.
Survivor contestant you are most like: Sandra, Parvati and Stephenie. I'm physically strong like Parvati and Stephenie. I'm in this to really play and win -- like these women.
Reason for being on Survivor: Survivor is the best game on Earth! There's so much application to 'real life.' After watching as a fan for 10 years, I just know in my soul that it's my turn to play and win. Plus, it's the adventure of a lifetime and one million dollars!
Why you think you'll 'survive' Survivor: I'm driven, tenacious, adaptable, funny, optimistic, intelligent and resilient. I can motivate/persuade people, and I think that's powerful/important at every stage of this game.
Why you think you will be the sole Survivor: I've got the drive and determination to dominate this game. And, as cliché as it sounds, I'm really 'in it to win it.'"