Maggie Ausburn

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Maggie Ausburn (born on August 14, 1978, in Sonoma County, California), a resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, is known for winning the American version of the hit reality TV show Big Brother 6, broadcast by CBS in 2005.

[edit] Medical career

Maggie worked her way through college, by working as an Emergency medical technician. After obtaining her Bachelor of Nursing from the University of Massachusetts Boston, she became an RN at Summerlin Hospital in Nevada.

[edit] Big Brother 6

In 2005, Maggie was one of fourteen Big Brother 6 contestants. In this, the sixth season of the show, known as the Summer of Secrets, each contestant had a secret partner, that they knew before the show, who would work together on the show. Maggie's secret partner was her friend, Eric Littmann. On week 3, her partner was evicted. The week after that she won HoH and nominated Kaysar and James. She was known for her neutral strategy as well.

Maggie formed an alliance of friends (which would be later known as the Friendship, also known as the Nerd Herd) to fight off Kaysar's dominant Sovereign 6 alliance that evicted Eric. Though the house was clearly divided, Maggie managed to convince Howie to nominate two of his own allies (James and Sarah) instead of two members from her Friendship alliance. Howie's nomination of James and Sarah changed the entire course of the game, and Maggie's alliance ultimately won out against the Sovereigns when Maggie's ally Ivette Corredero evicted Janelle Pierzina on the 76th day in the house. Maggie and Ivette were the final two players remaining in the game.

On the 80th day, the jury voted and gave Maggie the $500,000 prize in a 4-3 vote against Ivette. She received the votes of Jennifer, Rachel, Howie, and April while Ivette received the votes of James, Beau, and Janelle.