Ward competed on the purple team alongside her sister, Hannah Curlee, in which they became the final two together.
[6] Her family subsequently moved to Houston, Texas, where she attended Langham Creek High School though her junior year.
She spent her senior year at, and graduated from, Baker High School in Mobile County, Alabama in 1994.
She earned master's degrees in voice and in opera performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts in 2002.
[4] Ward's motivation for being on The Biggest Loser was the fact that her weight, which had climbed to over 261 pounds, combined with a diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome, meant she would likely never have children if she didn't lose a significant amount of weight.