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Squid Games: The Challenge recently released the second installment of episodes from its debut season, and fans are sucked into a vortex of entertainment, thrills, and drama offered by the Netflix show. Squid Games: The Challenge takes the brutal machinery of the hit Korean drama series Squid Games and takes it a notch higher by unleashing it in a real-world environment involving the tribulations of real participants as they struggle to reach from one hurdle to another in front of reality television cameras.
From among the huge cast, Player 278 Ashley Tolbert has grabbed quite a few eyeballs with her behavior and conduct on the show. She has fans divided among themselves as they label her as ruthless on the one hand and as determined on the other. Like the other 456 contestants, Ashley has her sight fixed on the whopping $4.56 million cash prize and is ready to do whatever it takes to land the first position.
This article explores Ashley's early life, career, and journey on the show.
Squid Games: The Challenge star Ashley Tolbert is a Civil Rights Investigator
Outside the realm of reality TV, Ashley Tolbert works as a HIPPA and Civil Rights Investigator for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) office based in Atlanta. Prior to kickstarting her career, Ashley attended North Atlanta High School from 2006 - 2010. She graduated from Smith College in 2014 with a political science and government degree.
Ashley went on to serve as an ESL Teacher based in Shanghai, China. She also has a Masters degree in Public Health (MPH). She has several years of experience working as a Research Assistant, spending time at Emory University and the Morehouse School of Medicine.
Other than her professional pursuits, Ashley delves into bodybuilding and fitness. In May 2022, she participated in the NPC bodybuilding competition known as Cydney Gillon Peach Classic. She is a single mother to a boy. Ashley's perseverance and resilience are constant throughout her reel and real-life ventures.
Ashley Tolbert's feud with Player 287 on Squid Games: The Challenge
Ashley's conduct on episodes of Squid Games: The Challenge drew flak after audiences accused her of not being a team player. However, in a world as cutthroat as the Netflix show, one can scarcely hope to further one's interests by coming to the rescue of others.
This is followed by Ashley's blatant indifference towards agreements reached between the contestants before the Glass Bridge game on the show. Fans were angry with her after she led a popular contestant, Player 301 Trey Plutnicki, to his elimination.
Furthermore, Ashley's ongoing feud with fellow contestant Player 287 Mai continued to develop over successive episodes of the show. Episode 8 of Squid Games: The Challenge required the last twelve remaining contestants to clear a challenge involving rolling a dice. The rules dictate that each contestant must nominate another player for elimination before rolling. If a contestant happens to yield a six on the dice, the other contestant nominated by them will be eliminated from the show.
The players agreed among themselves to nominate their own names before rolling the dice. However, Mai flaunted the agreement when she nominated Ashley. Fortunately, Mai couldn't roll a six. Similarly, Ashely nominated Mai for elimination when she got her turn. She, too, could not end up rolling a six, and thus Mai was saved to fight another day.
