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4 Wednesday, April 27, 2011 News The Daily Tar Heel Student successful on Wheel of Fortune By Keren Goldshlager called to go on stage.” She said she was surprised Staff Writer Although neither was chosen, by the studio’s small size and by in 2010 Debnam was invited to the fact that contestants weren’t Senior Deidra Debnam has attend an audition in Raleigh, allowed to bring cell phones or been watching Wheel of Fortune where she played simulations and cameras on set — so no one could since she was a kid, always with took a written test. take a picture with the cohost a dream of one day being on the “About two weeks later, I got a Vanna White. show. letter saying that I was chosen as But Debnam’s mother said she This spring, she finally had the a contestant,” she said. was happy with the outcome. opportunity to compete in an epi- After months of practicing — “She solved some puzzles that sode that aired Monday. And she and buying the Wheel of Fortune I had no clue about,” she said. didn’t just compete — she won Wii game — Debnam traveled to “Even if she had not won any- $11,700. Los Angeles to film the show on thing, we were just so extremely Her winnings included a Feb. 25. proud of her and I think she did a $9,650 trip to the Treasure Island She said the game was more fabulous job.” resort in Fiji. difficult in reality than it seems on Debnam said she plans to pur- They also are the result of a television. chase a membership to UNC’s two-year effort to become a con- “It’s much different from sitting General Alumni Association, and testant on the show. on your couch at home. When I to donate her prize money to her In 2009, the Wheelmobile — watch it at home, I just do really, church and to the Fayetteville a bus that recruits contestants really good at every puzzle.” Red Cross to help victims of last across the country — came to But in Los Angeles, puzzle Saturday’s tornado. Fayetteville, Debnam’s hometown. skills weren’t enough. Luck was But that’s not the only gift she She and her roommate, Edith key, Debnam said. will bestow. Tharpe, made the trip. “I didn’t have great success “I have an idea of who I’m “There were probably hundreds with the wheel. I landed on bank- going to take (to Fiji). I just if not thousands of people there,” rupt a bunch of times,” she said. haven’t told them yet.” Tharpe said. Debnam’s mother — Alisa “Everyone put their name in a Debnam — joined her daughter in Contact the University Editor PHOTO COURTESY OF DEIDRA DEBNAM raffle and people were randomly California for the filming. at [email protected]. Deidra Debnam (right) talks with Pat Sajak, the host of Wheel of Fortune, as a contestant on the show. CUAB PRESENTS HHITIT RRECOECO RRDD At The MMOVIESOVIES with JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT Wednesday, April 27 7 PM Memorial Hall $5 UNC Students, $15 General Public Tickets available at memorialhall.unc.edu 406997-04- THANK YOU STUDENT DONORS! The Carolina Annual Fund is pleased to present the Heelraisers Student Giving Honor Roll for the 2010-2011 academic year. The following students have demonstrated a commitment to the mission of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by making financial contributions of any amount to an academic, student-life or athletic program that they care about. This honor roll reflects gifts received between July 1, 2010 and April 13, 2011. Class of 2012 Evelyn Marie Kelley Mark Daniel Thompson Jessica Lauren Glatz Daniel Lawrence Pollitt Jacqueline K. 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