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Kelly Wiglesworth (born June 24, 1977 in Greensboro, North Carolina) was the runner-up on the original American version of the CBS reality series Survivor.

Wiglesworth, a whitewater rafting guide, dominated the physical challenges in Survivor: Borneo, winning four straight immunity challenges to propel herself to the Final Two. An original member of the dominant Tagi voting alliance which included Richard Hatch, Susan Hawk, and Rudy Boesch, Wiglesworth's later abandoned the alliance.

Kelly went up against Gervase Peterson in a canoeing challenge requiring a designated paddler to retrieve all members of their own tribe. Initially she and Hatch believed her capacities on water would be beneficial, especially since they weren't sure how well Gervase would do under these conditions. The Pagong tribe got out to an early lead and never looked back, which upset Wiglesworth intensely for the rest of the round.

Wiglesworth may best be remembered for being on the receiving end of a harsh speech given by Susan Hawk at the season's final tribal council. Hawk, furious that Wiglesworth had abandoned the alliance and betrayed their friendship, called Wiglesworth a rat (as opposed to Hatch's snake tag) and told her that if Wiglesworth was lying on the side of a road, dying of thirst, she would not give her water and would let the vultures have at her. Wiglesworth lost to the more strategic Hatch in the final vote.

Although Kelly and Susan didn't hug each other after the final votes were read back in Borneo, the two hugged each other at the reunion and settled their differences.

Kelly went on after Survivor to host Celebrity Adventures on E!.[1]

In 1995, Wiglesworth was charged with credit card fraud after she and her boyfriend at the time spent money on a stolen credit card.[2] She agreed to a plea bargain where she pled guilty to a misdemeanor and agreed to pay restitution and do 75 hours of community service with the provision that her record would be expunged after a year based on good behavior.[3]

• Kelly Wiglesworth at the Internet Movie Database
• CBS Survivor profile