Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is an American former reality show contestant of Survivor: The Australian Outback and current co-host on the United States daytime talk show The View.

After her final-four finish, the Puma shoe designer landed a Style Network hosting gig and, soon afterward, a coveted co-host spot on ABC’s daily gabfest, The View.

Elisabeth DelPadre Filarski was born in Cranston, Rhode Island.

After graduation, she worked for PUMA shoes as a member of its design team before her television career.

She then attended Boston College where she captained the women’s softball team for two seasons.

Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.

Married to her college sweetheart, NFL quarterback Tim Hasselbeck, Hasselbeck splits her time between Arizona and New York City.

On July 6, 2002, Filarski married her college sweetheart, Tim Hasselbeck.

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.

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.

Reports differ as to whether her travels were for researching Puma products or to teach in Belize.

With a concentration on large paintings and industrial design, Hasselbeck graduated with a Fine Arts degree in 1999.

She is the daughter of Catholic school teacher/lawyer Elisabeth DelPadre, and architect Kenneth Filarski.

Hasselbeck was raised Catholic and attended St. Mary School in Cranston, followed by St. Mary Academy Bay View in Riverside, Rhode Island where she graduated in 1995.

More than any other contestant in the Survivor’s history, this spunky, sporty standout from 2001’s The Australian Outback has parlayed her 15 minutes of reality TV fame into a lasting career.