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Name Madison Rodburg

Age: 36

Current Residence: Benton Harbor, MI

Occupation: ​​Social Worker

Personal Claim to Fame: One time in high school, one of my classmates came up to me started making all these jokes about me being short. Just as he was starting to tell another one, I grabbed his shirt and pulled him down to me and told him point blank that if he made any more short jokes that I was going to take my foot and shove it so far up his ass that it would become his new spine. Well he still insisted on being funny and made another joke, at which point I punched him squarely in his face, causing him to get a bloody nose and knocking him off his feet. Well I couldn't resist and asked him how the weather was down there and everyone who was watching applauded. I got detention for that but trust me, it was well worth it.

Inspiration in Life: My best friend Brayden. He and I have been close ever since pre school because we compliment each other so well. He's 6' 7 while I'm only 5' 2 yet we don't care. He's shown me that it doesn't matter what I look like and that my size has many advantages to it. He's also one of the funniest, kindest, amazing people I will ever know.

Hobbies: Walking on the beach, Aerobics, Going to the Gym, Hanging out with friends, and Watching classic movies

Pet Peeves: Judgmental people. I hate when people make assumptions about others based on how they look or what they do. Not everything is what it seems. For all you know, the person you see wearing the rags and pushing the shopping cart is a famous movie star practicing for a role in a new movie, but instead you assume they're a homeless person who's out looking for food. People have assumed many things about me throughout my life and I have had to work hard to try and overcome these assumptions

3 Words to Describe You: Free-spirited, Accepting, Determined

Survivor Contestant You Are Most Like: I'd say I'm a lot like Jenn Rodriguez. She was a strong competitor strategically and socially and no matter what happened, she rolled with the punches and was a strong force to be reckoned with.

Reason for Being on SURVIVOR: ​I'm on Survivor because I've had many people tell me "Oh Madison, you'll never be able to be on Survivor. You'd be voted off first! You wouldn't stand a chance". Well these words just fueled my desire to prove them wrong and that's exactly what I'm going to do.

Why Do You Think You'll Be the Sole Survivor: Just looking at me, people are going to think "oh, she' just a short lady who's going to be an easy first boot cause she'll be weak in challenges". Well what they don't know is that I'm a very physical person and I can hold my own in challenges. That's my plan, to play off of people's perceptions of me so that they don't see me as a threat and take each other out. I'll also make moves that I know will benefit me while still maintaining social bonds with my fellow contestants so that they won't be bitter when I send them to the jury and so they'll vote for me in the end.