Celine Abraham

 is a contestant from Australian Survivor: Venezuela - Fates.

Profile

 * Name (Age): Dr. Celine Abraham (34)
 * Tribe Designation: TBD
 * Current Residence: Sydney, NSW
 * Occupation: Anthropologist
 * Season 01 Contestant You Are Most Like: JoAnne McCullogh in that we are both educated, intelligent women. Though I do intend to play a more subtle game than JoAnne, gameplay-wise I'm probably closer to someone like Carolyn White. Carolyn was someone that everyone wanted to work with and she fit effortlessly into many alliances, but she never faded to the background.

Celine was born into poverty in Ethiopia, given to an orphanage before her first birthday because her parents could not afford to feed an extra child. She was adopted before her third birthday by famed anthropologist and author Dr. Rosalie Abraham.

"My mother was a bit of an eccentric, she was well into her sixties and travelling all over Africa for information on her latest book when she, as an old, rich, white, American woman, decided to just travel alone to Communist Ethiopia. (laughter) She stayed at a little orphanage outside of Dessie to "help out". Apparently, I was fascinated by her, I followed her everywhere, she told the nuns that she wasn't leaving without me. Next thing you know I've moved from an orphanage in Dessie to a New York mansion."

Celine and her mother remained close throughout all of Celine's childhood. Though her mother insisted that Celine stay as true to her Ethiopian roots as she could, Celine loved America. That all changed when Celine's mother decided to move to Australia in 2004, the nineteen-year-old Celine originally decided to stay behind but followed in 2009 as her mother's health declined.

"I remember fighting with my mother about it when Bush won the '04 election, mum just turned to me and said "I don't want to be American anymore" Mum was very anti-Iraq war, but she still moved to Sydney, knowing Australia was backing the war. She just wanted the beaches. I wish I had moved with her, but I stayed alone in that big old house. It took my mother having a stroke for me to realise that I just wanted to be with her. I moved to Sydney, switched my degree to Anthropology to follow in my mother's footsteps and the rest is history."

Celine and her mother mended old wounds before her passing in 2014. Celine says she will be playing Survivor in her memory.

"I miss my mother every day, but I can just imagine the enjoyment she would get out of seeing me play Survivor, it would be right up her ally. The study of culture and history was a big thing for mum, but I always liked the micro-anthropology, I love the study of individual people. It's very easy for me to work out how people work, what makes them tick. I think that skill is going to be a great asset on Survivor. I absolutely intend to win, second place is not an option for me."

Trivia

 * Celine is the first Ethiopian-born contestant on DuskEars' fanon.
 * Celine, Rowina de Vries and Taki Takalou are the first African-Australian contestants to compete on DuskEars' fanon.
 * Celine is the first female American-Australian to compete on DuskEars' fanon and the second overall, following Hector Rosario.