Gillian Larson is a 61-year old retired nurse.

Those facts alone would make this Survivor: Gabon contestant a prime candidate to be voted out first, but Jeff Probst actually says it's her passion for South Africa - where Gillian was raised - that might give her the boot instead:

''Charm is her strength because she's likable in doses, and that's her liability," Probst told Entertainment Weekly. "Does she know when enough is enough? You can only hear someone say, 'I'm from South Africa,' so many times before you want to say, 'Why don't you go back to South Africa!'''

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