Therese Parker-Smith

 is a contestant from Survivor: Jeju Island.

Profile
Name (Age): Therese Parker-Smith (46)

Tribe Designation: Hwangjie

Current Residence: Crown Point, Indiana

Claim to Fame: Making the choice to become a housewife and raise two incredible children. Because of my childhood, I didn’t want to miss a second of my children’s lives. I watched them grow into smart, beautiful, compassionate people. They’re off studying education and medicine respectively. I could not be prouder.

Inspiration in Life: My father. Despite his relationship with my mother crumbling, he never forgot about us kids. He taught me a lot of the values I carry to this day and I decided to honour him by keeping my maiden name when I married and instead adding on a second surname.

Hobbies: Watching TV, going to lunches with my friends and cooking. I love to experiment in the kitchen and it often pays off.

Pet Peeves: The radical, so-called “feminists”, who shame me and insist I am oppressing women for my choice to become a domestic housewife. I am a strong feminist myself and I believe that it is about the woman’s choice. This was mine. Furthermore, I can’t stand people who believe one side of the story without listening to the other, and those who don’t give people chances when they can fix their issues with them. I believe that everyone deserves a chance in life and someone has to be willing to give it to them.

If You Could Have 3 Things on the Island, What Would They Be and Why:

1) A picture of my family, to remind me of what’s waiting for me back home.

2) A change of clothes, because hygiene is important to me.

3) A back scratcher. I don’t want to look silly rubbing my back on the floor when I’ve got an itch.

SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: Leslie Nease. While I’m not as religious as she is, I think we share the same values, just being a friendly face and wanting to help out our tribe and make friends whenever we can. Life is too short to be mean!

Reason for Being on SURVIVOR: For over 20 years I have been “Victor’s wife” and “Chantelle and Levi’s mother.” It’s time for me to be “Therese.” It’s to prove to people that I’ve got what it takes to stand on my own two feet.

Why You Will Survive SURVIVOR: I’m very sociable, compassionate and willing to do the things around camp that nobody else wants to do. I’ll find a way to be valuable around camp.

Why You Will Be the Sole SURVIVOR: If I have one strength, it’s that I can form deep and meaningful personal relationships with people. I’ll be someone’s shoulder to cry on, their connection to other alliances, or anything that they need me to be. I’ll form those unbreakable bonds and use them to travel to the end of this game.