Debbie is a self-proclaimed Vitruvian Woman, chemist, part-time model and Soap Opera actress, civil air patrol captain, chemist, electronics expert, aerobics instructor & fitness trainer, amateur juggler, and part-time Applebees waitress who was a castaway on Survivor: Kaôh Rōng and was originally a member of the Chan Loh (Brains) tribe.
Due to her off-beat personality, Debbie immediately found herself on the outs of her tribe, who immediately underestimated her. She started playing the second they got on the boat, observing everything very closely. She formed an alliance with fellow outsider Joe. Debbie saw through Peter and Liz, who were plotting to take out Neal, assuming Debbie and Joe would be their sheeping goats. But Debbie came up with the plan for her and Joe to team up with Neal and Aubry and split the vote between Liz and Peter, ultimately sending Liz home during Debbie’s only pre-merge Tribal visit. She remained on Chan Loh during a tribe swap on Day 12 and after winning immunities up until the merge, stayed safe. During the very intense reward challenge where Caleb was medically evacuated, Debbie herself suffered from a heat stroke.
At the merge, Debbie found herself in the minority, especially after Neal was medically evacuated. After the second immunity challenge, the men decided to split their votes between the Brains women, with Debbie receiving a vote from Nick. But the women themselves and Joe banded together and blindsided Nick. In response to Scot and Jason throwing a temper tantrum and stealing the machete, Debbie responded by stealing Scot and Jason’s shorts and burying them under a log in the middle of game. Towards the end of the game, Scot is seen wearing Nick’s dirty shorts he left behind. When Aubry wanted to take out Julia, Debbie defended her and her actions, which made Aubry frustrated with Debbie, believing her to be naïve and a liability to her game. When Julia won immunity, Aubry’s plan went out the window, so Aubry came up with a new plan to blindside Debbie. With Cydney and Michelle on board, but Joe against the plan, Julia was approached and seemed in favor of the plan. With Scot, Jason, and Tai possessing the Idols, Debbie was blindsided by her own allies and became the 2nd member of the jury. Debbie ended up voting for Michele to win.
Prior to the show, Debbie was arrested and charged with 3 felonies for falsifying test results from Hurricane Katrina water samples. In her Survivor bio, she said she’d win Survivor by comparing herself to Hannibal Lector because they have good manners and are pleasant…. The editors had a running joke by putting a different job of Debbie’s on the screen during her confessionals. After Survivor, she appeared on an episode of The Bold and the Beautiful. Debbie will get a second shot to play Survivor next Spring on season 34, Survivor: Game Changers – The Mamanuca Islands. Despite appearing in a glorious tiger swimsuit during her promo pictures to help raise conversation awareness for tigers in honor of her daughter (nicknamed Tiger), however, the suit was too sheer so the producers prevented her from wearing it on the actual show.