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Elisabeth Hasselbeck Profile |
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Birth Date: May 28, 1977
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Birth Place: Cranston, Rhode Island, USA
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Birth Name: Elisabeth Del Padre Filarski
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Height: 5'4"
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Biography |
Elisabeth Hasselbeck is a
former reality show contestant and current American talk
show personality, one of the co-hosts on the daytime talk
show The View.
Hasselbeck was born Elisabeth Grace Filarski in Cranston,
Rhode Island, the daughter of Elizabeth DelPadre, a teacher
at Catholic school and lawyer, and Kenneth Filarski, an
architect. As a child, she lived in Providence and Cranston,
Rhode Island.
As a child, Hasselbeck went to St. Mary School in Cranston.
She graduated from St. Mary Academy - Bay View in Riverside,
Rhode Island in 1995. At Boston College, Chestnut Hill,
Massachusetts, she was a 1997 and 1998 Orientation Leader.
She played softball at BC, and was captain of the team for
two seasons. She graduated from BC with a degree in Fine
Arts, focus on large paintings and industrial design, in
1999.
Hasselbeck started working for Puma in 1998, while attending
Boston College. After graduation, she worked for PUMA shoes
as a member of its design team before her television career.
As reported by Lauren Smiley in the Boston Globe article
Double Coverage (July 20, 2004), Elisabeth's interest in
Survivor was initiated by a fellow shoe designer, who
himself was mulling over the idea of testing his skills in
the wild. Intrigued by the prospect, and ever the
competitor, Elisabeth decided to apply for the show herself.
In 2001, she was cast in Survivor: The Australian Outback,
and was originally a member of the Kucha tribe. She was the
last remaining member of that tribe in the game before being
voted off on Day 39 and finishing fourth overall. As her
luxury item, she brought a self-made immunity headdress. At
the end of the game, she was the most popular Survivor of
the season among the fans, rating a 9.3 out of 10 in the
online approval poll. Producers wanted her to return for the
Survivor: All-Stars edition, but she was unable to attend
because she was starting her tenure at The View at the time.
Following her stint on Survivor, Hasselbeck began a
television career. In 2001, she was a judge at the Miss Teen
USA Pageant, and became host of the Style Network's The Look
for Less from 2002 to 2003 where she helped find stylish
clothes for bargain prices. Although Elisabeth previously
saw herself as a "behind the scenes" kind of person and not
interested in career television, or playing pundit, Maureen
Callahan notes in her July 24, 2007 New York Post article
The Survivor, according to executive producer Bill Geddie,
Elisabeth's agent was very eager to showcase her competitive
client. Thus began The View audition process.
In 2003, Hasselbeck was one of a number of women who
guest-hosted to replace outgoing The View co-host Lisa Ling,
who left the show at the end of 2002. Hasselbeck made it to
the last few contenders, and was finally chosen by the other
panelists (in a Survivor-style "Tribal Council") as the new
co-host. Hasselbeck typically represents the conservative
position on The View, defending creationism, the war on
terror, and opposing euthanasia and abortion.
On the April 11, 2007 episode of The View, Hasselbeck
announced that she would be guest co-hosting Fox's Fox and
Friends the week of April 16. On April 25, 2007, co-host
Barbara Walters announced that Hasselbeck would return the
following season along with Joy Behar.
She will begin her planned maternity leave on October 23,
2007. The plan is for her to return on the first episode
after the show's Christmas hiatus, which will be January 7,
2008.
Hasselbeck has been married to newly signed Arizona
Cardinals quarterback Tim Hasselbeck since July 6, 2002. She
is the sister-in-law of Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt
Hasselbeck. Born April 6, 2005 and sharing a birthday with
her dad, the couple have a daughter, Grace Elisabeth
Hasselbeck. They are expecting a sibling for Grace in
November 2007. |
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Other
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In 1998, she was working as a shoe designer for Puma.
Graduated from Boston College, where she played softball.
Spent time in Belize teaching in the rainforest and spent
three weeks in Italy developing products for her job.
Became engaged to Boston College football quarterback Tim
Hasselbeck on April 6, 2001, his 23th birthday.
Parents: Kenneth and Elizabeth, Brother: Kenneth.
Her fiancee, Tim Hasselbeck, signed as a free agent with the
Buffalo Bills. [April 2001]
Is originally from Cranston, Rhode Island.
Brought a self-made "Immunity Headress" as her luxury item
on "Survivor" (2000) (aka "Survivor: The Australian Outback"
(2001)). She made it while being sequestered during the long
interview process to get on the show.
Became a judge at The Miss Teen USA Pageant (2001) (TV).
Was on the 1992 Silver Lake Olneyville Girls Senior League
softball team. They ended up becoming State champs.
Graduated from St. Mary's Academy Bay-View in 1995.
Married her college sweetheart, Tim Hasselbeck, an NFL
Quarterback.
Won the spot as the new co-host of "The View" (1997),
beating out Rachel Campos and Erin Hershey in the finals.
[24 November 2003]
Spoke at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York
City
Announced, on "The View" (1997), that she is pregnant and
due March 2005.
Gave birth to a baby girl, named Grace Elisabeth. The baby
weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces. Grace was born on her father's
27th birthday. [April 6, 2005]
She was invited to Survivor All-Stars but she declined.
Daughter-in-law of former NFL tight-end Don Hasselbeck.
Sister-in-law of Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt
Hasselbeck.
Elisabeth and her husband, Tim Hasselbeck, are expecting
their second child in November, 2007 [April 30, 2007]. |
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since October 25, 2007