Liz Kim

Elizabeth "Liz" Kim is a contestant from.

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Elizabeth Kim wasn’t born in this country, but that is not stopping her from living the American dream. “Everything I’ve gotten to this date has been out of pure determination.” Emigrating from South Korea with her parents at age two, Elizabeth grew up in Franklin Lakes, NJ and is the elder of two children. The first in her family to go to college, this Ivy Leaguer's positive outlook combined with her determination has served her well in life helping her to earn degrees from Barnard-Columbia, Princeton, and University of Pennsylvania, Law School, where she served on Law Review.

After several years of practicing litigation at a top New York City law firm, Elizabeth now works as an urban planner in coordinating and managing industrial real estate development projects for New York City government, although just how much she’ll reveal to her fellow tribemates is still up in the air. “I’m not sure I’m going to tell people where I went to school or that I'm an attorney.” A self-described “social butterfly,” Elizabeth sees herself as an “outgoing people person" who is opinionated and passionate about life. She admits that this behavior often leads to her being blunt with others and putting her foot in her mouth, and that her biggest challenge will be “being assertive without being abrasive.”

A runner and avid tennis player, Elizabeth tries to stay active as much as possible. She recently completed training for a marathon, and is looking forward to tackling the game's many physical and mental challenges.

Currently, Elizabeth resides in New York City. Her birth date is November 24.

Survivor: Samoa
Liz Kim was placed on the Foa Foa Tribe. When asked to vote for a leader based on First Impressions, Liz picked Mick Trimming while she gotten a vote from Jaison Robinson. Mick was elected the tribe's leader. When asked who was the smartest, Mick select Liz. Liz believed that she was picked to be the smartest because of her ethnicity and was worried about the negative stereotypes associated with being Asian. Liz was able to assemble the puzzle and win the tribe flint. However, things wasn't smooth sailing as Russell Hantz sabotaged the tribe in order to gain control of the tribe. Foa Foa lost the immunity challenge. Russell H. gotten his way by voting out Marisa Calihan, who questioned the fact that he was making alliances with nearly everyone and Russell interpreting it as threatening him.

Liz wanted to vote out Mike Borassi because of his age making a liability in challenges. In the first round of the immunity, Liz scored the first point of the game. However, Galu ultimately won the challenge. In a twist, Galu's Leader, Russell Swan, had to select someone to observe Foa Foa until the vote at tribal council. Russell S. picked Yasmin Giles to the observer. Mike was examined by the medical team and was deemed unfit to continue the game. Despite, Mike's removal from the game, Foa Foa still had to go Tribal Council. Yasmin made a long winded speech on how to improve the tribe, which only annoyed Foa Foa. She also gotten into an very public argument with Ben Browning. Liz was approached by Ashley Trainer about voting out Ben because of his attitude and disqualification from the challenge over Betsy Bolan, who was the oldest person remaining. Liz believe Ben's athleticism was worth the attitude problems. Russell H. also wanted Betsy out for not submitting to him and she was voted out unanimously.

Foa Foa's situation didn't get any better and they lost immunity yet again. This time, Russell S sent Shambo Waters to be the observer. Shambo praised Liz for her toughness in challenges. Shambo bonded with the tribe was a positive energy at Foa Foa. Although Liz preferred Ashley to go because of weakness in challenges, Ben was voted out because of his poor attitude. Foa Foa temporarily broke their losing streak by winning the next immunity challenge.

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