'Jeopardy!' Champ Christine Whelchel Ditches Her Wig to 'Normalize What Cancer Recovery' | PEOPLE

Christine Whelchel is cancer-free, and now wig-free!

The piano teacher and church organist from Spring Hill, Tennessee, is the current Jeopardy! champ, and as she explained in her first appearance on the show last Wednesday, she's in remission from breast cancer after undergoing treatments last year.

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'Jeopardy!' Champ Christine Whelchel Ditches Her Wig to "Normalize What Cancer Recovery" | PEOPLE

[patrickbering]

Now this is a powerful contestant story that I can get behind. This is a powerful and intelligent woman.

[cornonthecob]

I wish I could meet a woman like her!🥰

[AMYV]

Her own hair looks great. She has the face for short hair ♥️