Mai Whelan, also known as Player 287, is an American retired immigration adjudicator for the Department of Homeland Security and a former petty officer for the United States Navy.
[1][3][4][2] She was the winner of the inaugural season of Squid Game: The Challenge (2023), with a grand prize of USD $4.56 million.
[5][3][6][3][7] Whelan was born in Vietnam and later moved to the United States after the fall of Saigon in 1975 at the age of eight as a refugee.
[1][4][8] She and her family lived at a resettlement center in Pennsylvania for 18 months, where they learned English and US culture.
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