Alicia Calaway

Alicia Calaway is a contestant from and.

She is best remembered for her confrontational attitude towards Kimmi Kappenberg and her now infamous "finger wag".

Australia
Alicia Calaway is a personal trainer currently living in Manhattan. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and raised in Trumbull, Connecticut, where she lived for over 26 years, Calaway also lived in Norway for 2 months. She graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City with two Associates in Applied Science Degrees, one with honors from the dean's list. Past professions include a computer graphic artist and aerobics instructor.

Calaway describes herself as charismatic, competent and passionate, and enjoys cooking, entertaining, and horseback riding. The accomplishment she is most proud of is when she won the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) Ms. Connecticut Amateur Natural Bodybuilding Competition in 1994. She is certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and is a medical exercise specialist of the American Academy of Health, Fitness and Rehabilitation. She is also CPR certified with the American Red Cross.

Her date of birth is May 1, 1968.

All-Stars
Since finishing ninth on Survivor: The Australian Outback, Alicia Calaway most recently worked in broadcasting as a health and fitness reporter for a network affiliate station in New York City. Prior to that, she worked for the Oxygen Network as a host and fitness correspondent for the program, "Pure Oxygen." In addition, Alicia co-hosted and reported for the ESPN anthology series, "The World's Strongest Man" and "The World's Strongest Woman." She also reported for the syndicated program "Marjoe Gortner's Holiday Celebrity Sports Invitational" and did freelance correspondent work for CBS' "Early Show" and the syndicated magazine show "Extra." She was also a spokesperson for Reebok.

In addition to broadcasting, Alicia has made personal appearances on behalf of companies within the entertainment and fitness industries, as well as non-profit organizations. She is also a mentor for teenagers.

Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and raised in Trumbull, Connecticut, where she lived for over 26 years, Alicia also lived in Norway for 2 months. She graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City with two associate in applied science degrees, one with honors from the dean's list. Past professions include work as a computer graphic artist, aerobics instructor and personal trainer.

Alicia enjoys cooking, entertaining, and horseback riding. The accomplishment she is most proud of is when she won the AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) Ms Connecticut Amateur Natural Bodybuilding Competition in 1994. She is certified through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and is a medical exercise specialist of the American Academy of Health, Fitness and Rehabilitation. She is also CPR certified with the American Red Cross.

Survivor: The Australian Outback
"kucha"

- I will always wave my finger in your face!

Alicia proved an asset to her tribe because she was physically fit, thus she was not targeted early on in the game. After her tribe, Kucha, lost the first Immunity Challenge, she was approached by both Debb Eaton and Jeff Varner, who were trying to get each other voted off. Alicia was more receptive to Jeff, and participated in the unanimous vote off of Debb.

On Day 4, Alicia and her tribe were annoyed that Michael Skupin put rice on the fire without asking, thinking he did it just because he was hungry. Alicia believed there to be an overall theme to Michael that he thought things revolved around him, including when he started to catch fish for the tribe and his use of their only knife to hunt for pigs.

Calaway had a memorable argument with Kimmi Kappenberg, because of the latter's vegetarianism, as Kimmi wanted to regulate the consumption of the chickens they had won after a Reward Challenge, leading to the show's most iconic conflicts, the finger-wagging incident.

She eventually made to the merge, but was eliminated on Day 24 for being a physical threat by the dominant Ogakor alliance.

Voting History
In The Merge, the vote ended with a 5-5 tie between Jeff and Colby, forcing a revote. Alicia did not change her vote at the revote.

Post-Survivor
In 2002, Calaway hosted World's Strongest Man and World's Strongest Woman on ESPN, and once hosted a special on Antarctica in April for Outdoor Life Network. She does public speaking and is a health/fitness reporter for Fox 10:00 PM newscast.

Trivia

 * Alicia's luxury item on Survivor: The Australian Outback was a Hair comb.
 * Alicia was the only female member of the original Chapera to be on the Jury of Survivor: All-Stars (Sue Hawk had quit pre-Merge and Amber Brkich was a finalist).
 * Alicia was invited for Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, but turned the invitation down.
 * Alicia is the first female contestant to become the first Jury member of a season.
 * Alicia is the first returning player to improve their finish. She got 9th place on her original season while she got 7th on Allstars