Besides “Survivor,” Amanda Kimmel has competed in the “Miss USA” and “Miss Earth” beauty pageants. She kicked it off by winning the title for Miss Montana. On the show, she did not win any titles but placed runner-up twice.
In Micronesia, she came in second after a record 78 days as a castaway, and in China, she came in third with only one jury vote. “Heroes vs. Villains” found her finishing ninth. Amanda is an Xfinity Survivor Hall of Famer since 2012. Post-Survivor, she got into acting and appeared in films “All Together Now” and “Into the Blue 2.”
David Wright
David landed two Survivor seasons. He hoped competing on the show would help him overcome insecurities and anxieties. He describes himself as “OCD, nervous, and paranoid.” Millennials vs. Gen X was his first shot. When he was voted out, he told EW he felt relieved. He wanted to win, but the personal growth was plenty.
“If I were to throw a million dollars on top of that, it would undermine it. In that way, I was glad I didn’t win the million.” David lives in Sherman Oaks and is a television writer.
Natalie White
Hailing from Arkansas, Natalie left her pharmaceutical sales job in the dust to take the Sole Survivor crown on "Survivor: Samoa." She took the $1 million prize too. Natalie demonstrated one particularly memorable survival moment when she clubbed a rat to death and offered it up as dinner to stunned castaway mates. She defeated runner-up Russel Hantz with a 7-2-0 vote. It wasn’t without controversy.
EW called it “the worst jury vote ever” and host Probst said that Hantz was the strongest player but lost due to “a jury of bitter people.” Natalie does speaking engagements and purchased a home in Oklahoma.
Sophie Clark
Sophie was an economics major before she went to med school and became a medical doctor. She certainly possessed the smarts it takes to win, and she did. Sophie procured the Sole Survivor title on "Survivor: South Pacific." She told EW that you have to have “intrinsic winner attributes” to win Survivor, but you also “need to be dealt the right hand.” She said she was pretty lucky. With her million-dollar prize, she paid down her student loan debt.
Sophie was invited back for Winners at War, but luck outwitted her strong strategic skills and went to Tony Vlachos instead. Finishing tenth, she was leading the pack until Tony blindsided her.
Sandra Diaz-Twine
This castaway broke the record when she won two Survivor seasons. Sandra was the Sole Survivor in both Pearl Island and Heroes vs. Villains. The champ also competed on "Survivor: Game Changers" and "Survivor: Winners at War." She’s legendary for her savvy charisma combined with a low-key personality. Day one on Survivor: Pearl Island in Panama, the Puerto Rican American gained tribe leadership points by using her Spanish-speaking skills to procure food for the group.
In "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains", she gained an advantage by being liked better than notorious villains Parvati and Russel. Today she’s a secretary at a law firm.