UK alumna to compete in 28th season of ‘Survivor’

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A UK alumna will compete on “Survivor” against 17 other castaways for $1 million.

Jefra Bland, of Campbellsville, Ky., will be on the “beauty” tribe of the 28th season of the popular reality show, “Survivor: Cagayan — Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty.”

Bland, 23, was crowned Miss Kentucky Teen USA in 2009.

Joining her in the fight to the title are a horse trainer, an ex-NFL cheerleader, and a male model.

Bland described herself on the CBS website as “outspoken, charismatic and fierce,” adding that her that her reason for being on the show is for the $1-million prize.

“I’m a broke college girl who is tired of eating Ramen noodles and wants to pay off my student loans and to open up a drug rehab with my dad,” she said in her profile on the “Survivor” website.

She also wants to prove that pageant girls aren’t just cute faces, but also smart.

Of the 18 contestants, she thinks she has what it takes to win.

“In my 22 years of life, I have already survived cervical cancer, losing everything financially, the disease of addiction and more,” she said on the “Survivor” website. “It takes a fighter to survive this world and that’s what I am.”

“Survivor: Cagayan” will premiere at 8 p.m., on Wednesday, Feb. 26 on CBS.

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