Elisabeth Filarski – the elder child of Ken, an architect, and Elizabeth (with a "z"), a lawyer – enjoys an athletic childhood in Cranston, R.I. She attends St. Mary's Academy Bay-View, where she's a member of a state-champion softball team. "The years growing up were so important to me," she tells the Providence Journal in 2004. "The support I've always had from my parents is amazing. They've always let me go beyond the norm." - www.people.com

http://snurl.com/i9ry5 On THE VIEW, which aired on 5.18.09, Jesse Ventura PWNED Elisabeth Hasselbeck on the issue of torture. Bless her poor little confused right wing idiot heart she brought up all the usual right wing hate monger targets, Pelosi, Obama, Clinton. . .what a damned idiot Free | The Insider Length: Posted: 5/20/2009 - www.tvguide.com

This former shoe designer entered the entertainment biz through the often volatile reality-TV route. She proved a capable contender when she competed on the second season of Survivor, and while she didn't win, Hasselbeck was able parlay what could have been 15 minutes of fame into a career. Because of her background in the fashion industry, she was a natural to host the Style Network series The Look for Less in 2002. That same year, she married NFL quarterback and college sweet - www.tvguide.com