Colleen Haskell was the breakout sweetheart of Borneo — the season that invented the genre — and arguably its most beloved figure. A young film student with an easy warmth and a wry sense of humor, she became the heart of the doomed Pagong tribe and, with her close friend Gervase and a much-discussed spark with Greg Buis, gave the original cast its most relatable, human storyline.
Pagong's downfall was the template for everything that followed: Richard Hatch's Tagi alliance picked them off one by one — the original "Pagonging" — and Colleen was swept out in sixth as the numbers ran dry. America fell for her anyway; she landed a Hollywood film role opposite Rob Schneider before stepping away from the spotlight entirely. The first fan favorite Survivor ever produced.
