Geoff Burmighan

Geoff Burmighan is a contestant from Survivor: Nauru.

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Name (Age): Geoff Burmighan (63)

Tribe Designation: Baitsi

Current Residence: Jacksonville, FL

Occupation: Etiquette Teacher

Claim to Fame: Being a reference in my state and in the country about teaching manners and etiquette rules to young ladies and gentlemans of the high society. Some may think it’s a dying business, but is what I have been doing my whole life and you would be surprised at how many brute kids there are out there in the world, kids who parents had enough of their bad manners and need someone to correct them soon.

Inspiration in Life: My inspiration in life other than myself is Princess Diana, such a woman, such a lady, she had such a simple elegance and charm to her that is impossible not falling in love. Of course I think she was a little bit way too nice and naive sometimes, but still a class and graceness that was out of this world.

Hobbies: Reading a good poem, watching foreign films, having a nice glass of wine, sewing, shopping for nice clothes.

Pet Peeves: People may think that I get irritated living next to brutes and people without manners, but after 62 years, I’ve learned how to deal with it. What get on my nerves are people that don’t have any kind of personality or ambition in life, basically boring people that don’t have nothing to add on a group conversation or in a job task. I like bright, full of personality humans, that hold themselves to a high standard.

3 Words to Describe You: Class, Order, Humorous

SURVIVOR contestant you are most like: I don’t think there has been anyone like Geoff Burmighan on a show like Survivor. You wouldn’t expect someone my age and with my profile to get on the show, but if I had to say some of my favorites that would be Sandra and Courtney. I will for sure be implementing the as long as it ain’t me strategy from Sandra, and I’m sure I will always have something nice to say about others in my confessionals.

Reason for being on SURVIVOR: Survivor is my guilty pleasure. It’s the only american reality show that makes me turn on my TV every Wednesday and I don’t miss one minute of it, almost like a religion. I always wanted to enter it, but I never thought I would have the guts. I took a good push from my mother so I would sign up and try it, and after my first try, here I am!

Why do you think you will “survive” SURVIVOR?: Because once I stay one minute on a trashy beach, being hungry and without sleep...if I don’t get to the end and win one million dollars and it will be all for nothing, so I’m staying. I may be a little squeamish, and I will complain a lot, but quitting is not a nice word on my dictionary. Why do you think you will be the Sole SURVIVOR?: As I mentioned, I will be playing my best Sandra Diaz-Twine game of as long as it ain’t me. I think many will underestimate me for my looks and attitude, but I have a brain on this beautiful head and I’m not afraid to use it. If I can survive the first rounds of first impression judgements, I’m getting to that million and there’s no stopping me.