Board Thread:Character submissions/@comment-39884475-20190811013619/@comment-40092410-20190830125237

Name: Joyce Strickland (62)

Occupation: Resort Concierge

Residence: Bell Buckle, Tennessee

Inspiration in Life: Probably Peggy Kuhn from The Amazing Race 2. This 60-something year old grandma literally skydived off of a cliff! I'm sad that she didn't make it longer, because I loved her. Now I am about her age and I can't say I've done anything like that.

Claim to Fame: Surviving as a lesbian, basically. I love my wife, and we have been married for 35 years total. However, I can't say that being a lesbian is easy. It feels like everybody is out to get you, especially in a state where gay marriage isn't legalised. I constantly see people in the street holding up signs "ban the gays!" Or something along the lines of that, and it makes me heartbroken that I'm even questioning my life. I'm not going to get political, because I'm just a nice, innocent old lady.

Pet Peeves: Other than homophobes, because that's too obvious, depression. So many young people are feeling defeated because of racism, xenophobia and bullying. It makes me heartbroken that people who aren't even a third of my age commit suicide over these horrible acts of verbal abuse. I'm starting to feel it too, to be honest.

Survivor Player You are Most Like: I'm not that familiarised with Survivor, but I'd 100% pick Tina Wesson from Survivor: Australian Outback. She freaking won! This girl is an absolute badass, she outlasted 15 other Survivors to win. I love her because she represents the older women, and she was like 20 years younger than me then! I picked her because she's just such a savage for lasting 42 days in the outback!

Why you will win SURVIVOR: I'm just a nice old lady. I'd knit sweaters for them. I'd bake them cookies. I'd just act like the innocent grandma everyone loves. I'm willing to throw every stereotype about grandmas at them, and this is my master plan. Nobody would vote off their grandma! I can even be a physical threat if I wanted to. (Laughs Sarcastically)

Additional Info: Joyce is a lesbian as mentioned, her wife's name is Karen. She's around 5'1" in height. She weighs less than 120 lbs. Her cat's name is Nala.