Ami Cusack
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Ami Cusack (born January 25, 1973) is the former fiancée of Body for Life author Bill Phillips, as well as the former Charitable Director of Experimental and Applied Sciences (EAS). Recently Cusack was a contestant on Survivor: Vanuatu. Cusack is a model/barista who posed for Playboy magazine in 1996. [1]
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[edit] Personal Background
Cusack was born on January 25, 1973 and raised in Golden, Colorado. She is the oldest daughter of Richard, a top gun pilot and explosive engineer and Virginia, a former substitute English teacher. She attended Golden High School as well as the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (RMCAD) in Denver.
In 1996, Cusack lost her 18-year old brother to a drunk driver, her mother now conducts seminars in high schools about the consequences of drinking and driving. Cusack, along with fellow contestant Dr. Scout Cloud Lee, were the first two openly lesbian Survivor contestants.
[edit] Bill Phillips and EAS
Cusack worked as the Charitable Director for EAS until 1998, when then fiancé Bill Phillips sold the company. Ami can be seen in the promotional video entitled Body of Work which depicts the inspirational origins of the first ever Body for Life Challenge in 1997.
[edit] Survivor
At the final six tribal council, Cusack was the thirteenth contestant voted off of Survivor: Vanuatu. Ami was the fourth member of the jury. Despite the fact that Twila betrayed her, she still voted for Twila to win the $1 Million and the title of Sole Survivor. Cusack respected Twila's ability to give honest answers at the final tribal council. However, some members of the original Lopevi believed Ami based the majority of her decisions simply on gender.
