| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Born | Danni Boatwright July 13, 1975 Tonganoxie, Kansas, United States |
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| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Title(s) | Miss Kansas Teen USA 1992 Miss Kansas USA 1996 Sole Survivor 2005 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss Teen USA 1992 (2nd runner-up) Miss USA 1996 (1st runner-up) |
Danni Boatwright (born July 13, 1975 in Tonganoxie, Kansas), a beauty queen and model from Kansas, won $1,000,000 on Survivor: Guatemala, the eleventh season of the reality television show Survivor. She represented Kansas at the nationally televised Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants,[1] and is one of the most successful delegates to compete in both competitions.
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Boatwright is an accomplished model, having worked internationally, and is also an athlete: in 2003, she ran the Country Music Marathon in Tennessee.[2] Boatwright's first major pageant title came in late 1991 when she won the Miss Kansas Teen USA title and became the first representative of the Vanbros pageant group. Boatwright represented Kansas at the 1992 Miss Teen USA pageant in Biloxi, Mississippi and placed second behind Miss North Carolina Teen USA Rachel Adcocks in the preliminary competition. During the final competition, Boatwright placed second in the interview and swimsuit rounds and fourth in swimsuit. Overall, she was ranked second going into the final stage of competition, but dropped a place and so became second runner up to the eventual winner Jamie Solinger of Iowa.
Four years later Boatwright won the Miss Kansas USA 1996 crown, and represented her state in the national Miss USA competition, broadcast live from South Padre Island, Texas. In that pageant, Boatwright won the preliminary competition and also the interview and swimsuit competitions on finals night. She finished first runner-up to Ali Landry of Louisiana,[3] making her one of the most successful delegates to compete in both competitions.
During the Miss Teen USA pageant, Boatwright was introduced to an international modeling scout, and started a career as a model. She has traveled as an international model in different countries including Italy, England, Germany, France, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, and Tunisia. She appeared on Star Search at the age of 17 as a spokesmodel and contestant, the youngest ever to appear in this category. She has also appeared in numerous television and print advertisements, most recently in ads for BioSilk.
In 2005, Boatwright competed in Survivor: Guatemala, the eleventh season of reality television show Survivor. At first she was in a strong position but lost this edge after being forced to switch tribes. She played a tactical game and cleverly avoided elimination following the tribal merge despite being vulnerable for much of the series. By winning a critical auction item[4] and immunity she made the final two and chose Stephenie LaGrossa to compete against at the final tribal council.[1] Boatwright won the final vote 6-1 and became the Sole Survivor, for which she received $1 million.[5][6]
She lives in Tonganoxie, Kansas and is an on air personality for KCSP, also known as 610 Sports, in Kansas City. She is the co-host of "Sports Rap" every Sunday from 10:00 to noon. She also appeared on The Fantasy Show on ESPN2. Boatwright was the first host of CelebTV.com, an entertainment news website. In 2006, she became a spokeswoman for Coleman products.[7] She can also be seen in online promotional videos for the Trackstick GPS tracking device.[8]
She was once married to country music singer Wade Hayes, and appeared in the music video for his 1998 single "Tore Up from the Floor Up." She is now married to Casey Wiegmann who plays center for the Kansas City Chiefs.[9] They had their first child, Bo, on October 8, 2007. They also had another son born in 2010.[10]
| Preceded by Tom Westman |
Title of Sole Survivor Guatemala |
Succeeded by Aras Baskauskas |
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