An Edmond mother of two had her moment in the spotlight during the season 49 premiere of CBS’s “Survivor.”

Kristina Mills, 35, is a career counselor at the University of Oklahoma. She joined 17 other castaways on Wednesday, Sept. 24, as the long-running competition series began its 25th year on the air.

Introducing Kristina Mills

Mills described herself as a city girl who doesn’t always mesh with the wilderness. Early in the episode, cameras caught her reacting to animals around camp — especially when she revealed an unexpected phobia.

"Oh my god what is that? Oh my god it’s one of the...birds," Mills said in the episode. "Ok this is not a good time to tell you guys this. That I have a phobia of birds. There is a list of things that I probably would be complaining about right now that

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