Survivor 42 contestant attended Miss Oklahoma

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Tori Meehan during her On Stage Interview for Miss Oklahoma 2019.

Though Tori Meehan is perhaps best known now for being one of the 18 castaways in Survivor 42, many Tulsanians and Oklahomans may already know her as Miss Oklahoma Contestant she did four years in a row before taking part in “Survivor”. There, young Tori displayed an array of talents.

Here’s what you need to know:

Tori attended Miss Oklahoma from 2016 to 2019, where she spent the money on her college tuition

Tori’s most prominent appearance as Miss Oklahoma may have been in 2018 when she was 21 years old. She competed as Miss Tulsa swimsuit competition (which she won, according to the Miss Oklahoma website), and played Smokey Robinson’s “Who’s Lovin’ You” for the talent area. For her “On the stage question” Tori spoke about her “Total Health” program, which aimed to support and lead to people’s mental and physical health at the same time “MINDSET approach” She now uses for therapy.

In June 2019, Tori would compete at Miss Oklahoma for the last time. Back then, for the talent department, she played “Dueling Banjos” on the fluteand would make it to the last round. For her “Interview on stage‘ she was asked what qualities she looks for in an elected official, to which she responded with ‘authenticity’ – a theme that seems to tie in with her ‘Survivor’ season quite well.

“Any person who is in a position of power is considered a role model,” Tori said, “and as Miss Oklahoma, we can be a role model. So [for] all role models, I want them to be authentic. They don’t have to have everything, they don’t have to live a perfect life, they have to be authentic and live with integrity so that what they do behind the scenes is the same [as what] they do it in front of people.”

In her CBS bio, although she didn’t name Miss Oklahoma, she wrote about how attending pageants helped her pay for her tuition, which she is very proud of. “I completed my bachelor’s degree 100% debt-free and paid for 50% of my master’s degree by competing and receiving academic scholarships,” she wrote.

Also in a Instagram post 2018 Celebrating her time at the Miss Oklahoma pageant earlier this year, she announced that she had earned a $3,000 scholarship that would go toward her master’s degree in Christian Counseling at Oral Roberts University.

Tori has spoken out in favor of eliminating the swimsuit competition

Although Tori was a two-time winner of the Miss Oklahoma swimsuit pageant, she did one Long post on Instagram just before attending Miss Oklahoma 2019, in which she detailed why she was supporting miss america‘s decision last year too Complete the swimsuit contest across the border.

Tori, a therapist who specializes in stress-related eating disorders, wrote about how the swimsuit competition led to “unhealthy, unsustainable eating behaviors,” which is the opposite of the alleged intent to showcase a competitor’s healthy eating and fitness habits.

She revealed that training for the swimsuit competition led her to an extremely unhealthy lifestyle, mostly because she went to extreme lengths trying to achieve an “ideal body type.” “I exercised at least 2 hours 7 days a week,” she wrote. “I recorded every calorie I consumed. I stuck to a very strict meal plan.” At the end, she said, “I was miserable. I repeat: I was miserable.”

Tori who continues to say their website that she aims to make therapy “hands-on, relatable, and cool,” primarily focusing on helping women find “freedom” from their eating disorders by “Developing a sustainable relationship with food, exercise, and body image.” She has one, too Youtube channel dedicated to helping people with eating disorders, going so far as to do so share their own personal experiences with an eating disorder in a video.

“Survivor 42” airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS. The three-hour finale will air Wednesday, May 25, 2022.