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Danni Boatwright Beauty pageant titleholder
Birth name:	Danielle Boatwright
Birthdate:	July 13, 1975 (1975-07-13) (age 32)
Birth location:	Tonganoxie, Kansas, United States
Eye color:	Brown
Hair color:	Brown
Title(s):	Miss Kansas Teen USA 1992 Miss Kansas USA 1996
Major Competition(s):	Miss Teen USA 1992 (2nd runner-up) Miss USA 1996 (1st runner-up)

Danielle Boatwright (born July 13, 1975 in Tonganoxie, Kansas), a beauty queen and model from Kansas, won $1,000,000 on Survivor: Guatemala, the eleventh season of the reality television show Survivor.

Boatwright has represented Kansas at the nationally televised Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants,^[1] and is one of the most successful delegates to compete in both competitions.

Boatwright's first major pageant title came in late 1991 when she won the Miss Kansas Teen USA title and became the first representative of the Vanbros pageant group. Boatwright represented Kansas at the 1992 Miss Teen USA pageant in Biloxi, Mississippi and placed second behind Miss North Carolina Teen USA Rachel Adcocks in the preliminary competition. During the final competition, Boatwright placed second in the interview and swimsuit rounds and fourth in swimsuit. Overall, she was ranked second going into the final stage of competition, but dropped a place and so became second runner up to the eventual winner Jamie Solinger of Iowa.

Four years later Boatwright won the Miss Kansas USA 1996 crown, and represented her state in the national Miss USA competition, broadcast live from South Padre Island, Texas. In that pageant, Boatwright won the preliminary competition and also the interview and swimsuit competitions on finals night. She finished first runner-up to Ali Landry of Louisiana,^[2] making her one of the most successful delegates to compete in both competitions.

During the Miss Teen USA pageant, Boatwright was introduced to an international modeling scout, and started a career as a model. She has traveled as an international model in different countries including Italy, England, Germany, France, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, and Tunisia. She appeared on "Star Search" at the age of 17 as a spokesmodel and contestant, the youngest ever to appear in this category. She has also appeared in numerous television and print advertisements, most recently in ads for BioSilk.

In 2005, Boatwright competed in Survivor: Guatemala, the eleventh season of reality television show Survivor. At first she was in a strong position but lost this edge after being forced to switch tribes. She played a tactical game and cleverly avoiding elimination following the tribal merge despite being vulnerable for much of the series. By winning a critical auction item and immunity she made the final two and chose Stephenie LaGrossa to compete against at the final tribal council.^[1] Boatwright won the final vote 6-1 and became the Sole Survivor, for which she received $1 million.^[3][4]

As of 2008, Boatwright was the last woman to win an edition of Survivor. The editions since have been won by Aras Baskauskas, Yul Kwon, Earl Cole and Todd Herzog. Boatwright is also the only woman to win since Survivor: All-Stars

Boatwright is an accomplished model, having worked internationally, and is also an athlete: in 2003, she ran the Country Music Marathon in Tennessee[1].

Boatwright was married to country music singer Wade Hayes. The couple is now divorced. She is currently dating Casey Wiegmann who plays center for the Kansas City Chiefs.[2] They are engaged and welcomed their first child, a boy, on October 8, 2007. [3]

She currently lives in Tonganoxie, Kansas and is an on air personality for KCSP, also known as 610 Sports in Kansas City. She is the co-host of Sports Rap every Sunday from 10:00 to noon. She also appeared on The Fantasy Show on ESPN2. Danni Boatwright was the first host CelebTV.com, an entertainment news website that has continuous updates on all celebrity news.

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