Rita Verreos

Rita Rosina Verreos is a contestant from.

She cast a throwaway vote against Earl Cole, becoming the only castaway to vote for him all season and preventing him from playing the series' first perfect game.

Profile
Born in Venezuela, Rita Verreos moved to San Francisco when she was eight years old. She attended the University of California, Berkeley, before transferring to the University of California, Los Angeles. She graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Italian and French Literature.

Verreos has traveled extensively through Central and South America, the Caribbean and Europe. After college, she moved to Mexico City where she lived for 11 years with her then husband and two children. She was a contestant in the Miss Venezuela pageant and walked the fashion runways of Venezuela, Mexico and Los Angeles. In 1990, she appeared in the film "Marked for Death."

In 2003, Verreos moved to Texas with her two children. She currently juggles being a single mom with working part-time on her business as an image consultant who specializes in coaching girls for the Miss Texas, Miss California and Miss USA Pageants. She is also a television spokesperson for a local supermarket chain in San Antonio and Austin, Texas.

Verreos enjoys playing with her children, cooking, listening to "world" music, reading and writing in foreign languages. She also enjoys playing basketball, football and walking. She describes herself as persistent, tough on the outside…tender on the inside, considerate and respectful.

Verreos currently resides in San Antonio, Texas, with her children, her parents, and their golden retriever, Blackie. Her birth date is July 19, 1968

Post-Survivor

 * In 2009, Lisa appeared as a contestant on The Price Is Right. She won a trainer, drum set and electric guitar.
 * On January 9, 2010, Rita attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.
 * In August 2014, Rita, along with castaway Leann Slaby, won an award for 'Best Realtionship with Fans' at the Reality Awards.

Trivia

 * Rita's brother Nick appeared on Project Runway Season 2.
 * Rita is the only person who voted against Earl Cole, which prevented him from achieving the first "perfect game."
 * As such, Rita is the only person to cast a vote against someone who won the game unanimously.
 * Rita later appeared as a contestant on The Price is Right, she is one of two Survivor alumni to appear in the version hosted by Drew Carey, the other being Lisa Keiffer
 * Tijuana Bradley and Mitchell Olson also appeared as contestant's as well, but when Bob Barker was still host.
 * Rita became the eighteenth contestant of survivor to be eliminated without winning a challenge.
 * Rita is the only Hispanic contestant on the Ravu tribe.
 * Rita is the oldest Hispanic contestant on Fiji.