Jenna Morasca

Jenna Morasca is the winner of Survivor: The Amazon. She also competed in Survivor: All-Stars, but she quit to be with her ailing mother, placing her in 16th.

The Amazon
Jenna Morasca models swimwear on a freelance basis while also competing in beauty pageants. She has won the Venus Swimwear competition two years in a row (2001 and 2002) and was second runner-up in the Miss Pennsylvania U.S.A. beauty pageant in 2001. Additionally, she is currently a junior at the University of Pittsburgh, majoring in zoology.

Morasca's hobbies include horseback riding, sleeping and hanging out with her animals (she has a dog, a ferret, three birds, two guinea pigs and a fish). She describes herself as honest, outgoing and funny. If she could hold political office, she'd be President of the United States so she could make all the important decisions. Her favorite sport is football. Her favorite teams are the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos. Her hero is her mother, who has been fighting breast cancer for over ten years. If she wins the money, she wants to buy a car and put a huge sound system in it, chrome wheels and detailing. She also wants to pay off her family's bills and take a trip to Italy with her mom and dad.

Morasca is currently single and living in Bridgeville, Penn. Her birth date is February 15, 1981.

Survivor: All-Stars
Jenna was invited back to play once more on Survivor: All-Stars, and was placed at the Mogo Mogo tribe. Jenna originally had plans to start an all female alliance with fellow tribemates Kathy Vavrick O'Brien and Shii Ann Huang but things were quickly broken up when the first Survivor winner, Richard Hatch overheard them scheming on the first day and reported it back to the two other tribe members of Mogo Mogo. Mogo Mogo needed not to worry though, as the tribe won the first two Immunity Challenges.

However from Days 6-8, Jenna revealed that she wasn't as focused on the game, stating that she "felt a vibe" that her mother's condition was worsening. When the tribes convened at the supposed Immunity Challenge in Day 9, Jenna decided to quit the game, regretting leaving her dying mother, who was in a battle with cancer. She withdrew from the game, rushing to her mother's bedside. Eight days after Jenna returned home, her mother passed away.

Relationship with Ethan Zohn

 * Morasca has been dating fellow Survivor champion Ethan Zohn since sometime subsequent to her victory on Survivor: The Amazon in 2003. They both live in Manhattan, though not together.

Other Media

 * Morasca's strip with fellow contestant Heidi Strobel led to a spread in Playboy magazine, which reportedly earned her yet another million dollars.undefinedShe also appeared near-nude in an anti-fur ad for PETA with Survivor: Africa winner Ethan Zohn that featured the slogan "We'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur!"undefined In addition, Morasca modeled swimwear and was the CEO of a model scouting company called Model Challenge USA, which she founded in 2004.
 * In 2004, Morasca was on the Board of Directors for Animal Friends in Pittsburgh.
 * In 2005, Morasca replaced Richard Hatch as co-host (with Dalton Ross) of CBS's Survivor Live, an internet talk show devoted to the current season of Survivor. She has since hosted the show throughout five entire seasons - Survivor: Palau, Survivor: Guatemala, Survivor: Panama, Survivor: Cook Islands and Survivor: Fiji.
 * In 2003, Morasca had a part in the Off Broadway play 'Pieces'.
 * Morasca also had a minor role in the TV movie The Scorned in 2005.
 * Jenna was also a contestant on a the February 28, 2005 episode of Fear Factor, which starred former reality television contestants. She was eliminated in the second round by Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth.
 * Morasca appeared on the premiere episode of Celebrity Paranormal Project on VH1, along with Gary Busey and several others.
 * Morasca and Ethan Zohn also appeared also as guest chefs on the Food Network show Dinner: Impossible.
 * Morasca also made an appearance, along with Ethan Zohnon the fourth season of the Celebrity Apprentice, where their former castmate Richard Hatch was a contestant.
 * Survivors Jenna Morasca and Ethan Zohn competd on the 19th season of CBS's The Amazing Race and finished 10th. They were the second survivor couple to compete on the show, following Rob Mariano and Amber Mariano

Trivia

 * Jenna was the youngest winner at the time of her win in The Amazon, and still the youngest female winner. Fabio Birza won Nicaragua at the same age.
 * Jenna is also the only winner to have quit in a later season.
 * Jenna is the first person to finish in 16th place in a season but not be the lowest ranking player in that season.
 * Jenna is the first person to win individual immunity and give it up to another player.
 * Jenna is one of two winners (along with Sandra Diaz-Twine) to play twice and not have their torch snuffed in either season.
 * Jenna is one of six winners (Along with Ethan Zohn, Sandra Diaz-Twine, Tom Westman, Tina Wesson, and Richard Hatch) to play twice and not be a member of the jury in either season.
 * Jenna was the first person to leave a season without casting at least one vote, as she quit All-Stars before Mogo Mogo lost any Immunity Challenges.
 * Jenna was the youngest contestant in Amazon and All-Stars.
 * Was nominated in America's tribal Council as Hottest Female but lost to Amber Mariano.
 * Total number of votes against: 3.