Category 13 wrote:I'm thinking it was a NIXON button turned upside down.MarkBarrett wrote:The button Mari had on her collar looked like it said, "NOXIN" and I wondered if there is any significance to it? I see it could be Nixon spelled backwards. Just a student's name at Stetson running for something?
I found a relevant post on reddit:trainman wrote:Could also be that the button was upside-down.MarkBarrett wrote:The button Mari had on her collar looked like it said, "NOXIN" and I wondered if there is any significance to it? I see it could be Nixon spelled backwards.
A friend of hers with an antiques booth had that button upside down and labeled as "Ultra-Rare NOXIN pin, $10." After languishing there because no one took the bait, they just gave it to her and it became a lucky charm of sorts. So that's why it's there and why it's upside down.
Source: I am another college contestant and that is literally one of the first things I asked her about when I met her the morning of the first day of filming.