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Biography of Famous TV Personality & News Anchor Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Elisabeth Hasselbeck born as Elisabeth DelPadre Filarski on May 28th, 1977 in Cranston, Rhode Island, USA is a famous American television personality. She is best known as co-host on the United States daytime talk show "The View" and as a successful participant on the "Survivor: The Australian Outback".

Elisabeth Hasselbeck was born to Elisabeth DelPadre, a Catholic school teacher and a lawyer and Kenneth Filarski, an architect. She has a brother named Kenneth Jr.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck studied at St. Mary School in Cranston and finished her high school from St. Mary Academy in Bay View in Riverside, Rhode Island in 1995. Elisabeth Hasselbeck later graduated in 1999 from Boston College in Fine Arts specializing in industrial design and large paintings. Elisabeth played softball during her college days and led the college team for two consecutive seasons. While still at college, Elisabeth Hasselbeck began working for Puma shoes in 1998 in its designing department. She has also traveled to Italy and Belize, a Central American country as part of her assignments with Puma Shoes.

At the instance of her shoe designer friend, Elisabeth Hasselbeck became a reality member of the "Survivor: The Australian Outback" {42 days: January 28th 2001 to May 3 2001}, the second edition of the American reality show "Survivor". She was part of the Kucha tribe and survived for 39 days on the show that lasted 42 days. Her longest survival as part of 'The Final Four' has made her more popular among the television viewers scoring a rating of 9.3 out of 10 in the online approval poll. She was in more demand for the third edition of the "Survivor: All-Stars".

Her immense popularity on the "Survivor: The Australian Outback" reality show brought her more television appearances. She was the judge at the Miss Teen USA Pageant in 2001; and hosted Style Network's "The Look for Less" television series in 2002 where she helped viewers to choose stylish clothes for economic prices. Elisabeth Hasselbeck has also appeared on "The Tony Danza Show" in three of its episodes between 2004 and 2006.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck became the co-host of "The View" [99 episodes: 2003-2008] in place of the outgoing Lisa Ling who left the show at the end of the 2002. She was chosen as the co-host of "The View" in a "Survivor" model 'Tribal Council' type. Elisabeth is also a strong crusader of breast cancer awareness campaign.

Elisabeth married her longtime boyfriend from her college days, Tim Hasselbeck on July 6th, 2002. Tim Hasselbeck is a former NFL backup Quarterback who played for six seasons. He is currently a sports newscaster. The couple together has a daughter named Grace Elisabeth Hasselbeck born April 2005 and a son named Taylor Thomas Hasselbeck born November 2007.