Laura Morett
| Laura Morett | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Laura Suzanne Kampstra July 30, 1969 Salem, Oregon, U.S. |
| Occupation | Business owner, legal assistant, office manager, fitness instructor, television personality |
| Television | |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Dan Morett |
| Children | 3 |
Laura Suzanne Morett (née Kampstra; July 30, 1969), is an American office manager and fitness instructor best known for competing on the reality competition show Survivor. In 2016, she made a run for public office in her home state of Oregon.
Laura Kampstra was born in Salem, Oregon, and grew up on a farm near Shaw, just southeast of Salem. She and her family lived in a house built by her father, who first met her mother, a native Hawaiian, in the South Pacific while he was serving in the U.S. military. Not long after graduating high school, Kampstra married Dan Morett, a construction contractor. Soon after, Laura Morett gave birth to a daughter, Ciera, followed by two sons, Brandon and Adam.
Morett and her husband are co-owners of a construction company in Salem. In addition to supporting her husband’s construction work, she has also been employed as a legal assistant at a law firm, as well as an athletic club fitness instructor. She also once worked as the person in charge of the lobby message center at the Oregon State Capitol.
In 2009, Morett was cast on the 19th season of the American television series Survivor. She had originally auditioned for The Amazing Race, but got called to do Survivor instead. In 2013, she returned to Survivor for the series' 27th season, this time with her daughter Ciera (who, by that time, was herself a married woman).
On Survivor: Samoa, Morett started out on the Galu tribe, where she immediately gained a reputation from viewers as the "bossy" one. During the first week of competition, she criticized fellow tribemate Shannon "Shambo" Waters after a spearfishing attempt, for not catching any fish and for losing an underwater mouthpiece from the tribe's fishing gear. On Day 16, after Galu won a reward challenge, Waters, who had just been selected the tribe's new "leader," selected Morett to observe the Foa Foa tribe, as one of the perks of Galu winning the challenge. This upset Morett, as it meant that she would have to miss out on the tribe's boat trip reward, which had also included a lunch.
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