Vanessa Marawa

Vanessa Marawa is the Ultimate Survivor of Survivor South Africa: Panama.

As a quiet member of the Aguila tribe, Vanessa focused on making the social bonds that helped her get to the merge. There, her tribe was outnumbered by the Ranas, who picked off the Aguilas one-by-one. After being voted out as the last Aguila standing, Vanessa fought her way back into the game on Dead Man's Island and managed to turn the Ranas against each other. Vanessa then won the first semi-final challenge for a seat in the Final Two. At Final Tribal Council, the votes were divided along tribal lines, but Vanessa's loyalty-based game helped her to clinch Zayn Nabbi's swing vote to defeat Jacinda Louw and emerge as South Africa's first Ultimate Survivor.

Profile[]

Retrieved from mnet.co.za

“

I'm sharp and intelligent; a fighter

”

Age: 27
Star sign: Capricorn
Residence: La Lucia, Durban
Occupation: Estate Agent
An estate agent and model from La Lucia who doesn't take herself too seriously, Vanessa is "an introverted extrovert" and a "fighter".
What you should know about her: Until recently, Vanessa pursued a modeling career in Cape Town, but has decided to move back to Durban.
Describes herself as: 'An introverted extrovert. I don't need to be surrounded by people all the time. I'm sharp and intelligent; a fighter.'
Worst qualities: 'I can be very lazy.'
What would you want to take to the island? '[A leading cosmetic house's] '8hr cream''
Why will you win Survivor? "I will win Survivor because I said so. Honestly there is no formula on winning survivor. I think that's been proven but I think the different you are from what has been shown to be the winning formula for Survivor, I think I posses a lot of those qualities…"
What's the hardest part about accepting the challenge to be on Survivor? "The most difficult thing for me was leaving behind my creature comforts. I am a bit of a girly girl and I don't do outdoors. I've never been camping, never been hiking ‧ none of that. So I think a warm bed, a pedicure ‧ that kind of stuff.."
What will be your strengths in the game? "My one strength that might sound like a weakness is that I don't take myself too seriously. Which I think that if you do take yourself too seriously tends to cloud your judgement of your capabilities. So, I think taking things with a pinch of salt is actually a strength that is very undermined."
What will your winning strategy be? "I do have strategy for staying on the island, and that is to observe, observe, observe, and hou my bek - as they say in Afrikaans."^[2]

Survivor South Africa[]

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Episode	Tribe Affiliation	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1	Aguila	Race to Black Pearl Island	Reward	No	Won
1		Lock Step	Immunity	No	Won
2		Reverse Sumo	Reward	No	Won
2		Cannon Carry	Immunity	Yes	Lost
3		The Stake	Reward	Yes	Won
3		The Swing	Immunity	No	Lost
4		Getting Tanked	Immunity	No	Won
5		A Numbers Game	Reward	No	Won
5		The Graveyard	Immunity	No	Won
6		The Evil Circle	Reward	No	Won
6		Dive Masters	Immunity	No	Lost
7		The Stick	Reward	No	Lost
7		The Mast	Immunity	No	Lost
Tribes Merged, Day 17
8	Burba	Mud Pack	Immunity		Lost
9		Cube Crisis	Reward		Lost
9		Blue Plate Special	Immunity		Lost
10		Well Stacked	Reward		Won
10		Gone Fishin'	Immunity		Lost
Voted Out, Day 22
12	Burba	Last Man Standing	Re-entry		Won
Returned, Day 25
12	Burba	Bungee Running	Immunity		Lost
12		What Do You Make of This? / The Hook	Reward		Lost
13		The Plank	Semi-Finals¹		Won
Ultimate Survivor, Day 29
Notes: ^1 The final four competed in an elimination challenge, with the first placer going straight to the Final Tribal Council.

Episode	Vanessa's Votes	Voted Against Vanessa
1	Aguila Tribe Immune
2	Sam	Brigitte, Sam
3	Mock Vote¹
4	Aguila Tribe Immune
5	Aguila Tribe Immune
6	Danielle	-
7	Nico	-
8	Lezel	-
9	Lezel	-
10	Lezel	Gareth, Jacinda, Lezel, Zayn
Voted Out, Day 22
11	On Dead Man's Island
12	On Dead Man's Island
Returned, Day 25
12	Gareth	-
Jury Votes for Vanessa	Brigette, Mzi, Zayn
Ultimate Survivor, Day 29

^1 In Episode 3, Aguila was subjected to a mock Tribal Council where the player who received the most votes would receive one vote at their next Tribal Council.