Michelle Yi

Michelle Yi is a contestant from.

A low key strategist, Michelle is best known for her alliance with Earl and Yau Man with the intention of going to the end with them, but being voted out due to a tribe twist at the merge.

Profile
Raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Michelle Yi is in her final year at the University of Cincinnati where she is studying fashion design at their college of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP).

Yi enjoys fashion photography, traveling and is an avid and competitive rock climber. She enjoys 80s pop music, drinking Eddie James, pirates, things that are green and video games prefaced with the name Mario. Yi admits she likes to eat—everything from Korean BBQ to Cincinnati Skyline Chili, with a particular weakness for ice cream and sushi. To complement her love for food, Yi practices yoga, lifts weights and trains for climbing. She's not a big fan of cardio workouts, but does it anyway because she believes it builds character and prevents heart disease.

Yi describes herself as very independent and is a true believer in following one's passions and staying inspired. She thinks a positive attitude will keep you smiling through anything. She believes her bubbly and laid back personality allows her to enjoy most people, but she claims if you rub her the wrong way, she'll be sure you know it! Yi's hero is her mother, who lives in Taipei, Taiwan.

Yi hopes to continue to travel, particularly to go "bouldering" in New Zealand and to spend some time in her favorite hotspot, Manhattan. Yi currently resides in Cincinnati. Her birth date is December 2, 1983.

Post-Survivor

 * On January 9, 2010, Michelle attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.

Trivia

 * Michelle is the youngest person competing on Fiji.
 * Michelle was the only female member of the original Ravu to make the Merge and the Jury in Survivor: Fiji.
 * Michelle is considered to be one of the Survivor Sweethearts, along with Colleen Haskell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Ironically, none of them became returning players.
 * However, she is the only one to never turn down the offer to appear again.
 * She is also the only one not to be the highest placing member of their original tribe.
 * Michelle is the only contestant to be the "caller" in a challenge and fall off the caller platform.
 * Michelle is the only castaway named Michelle to make it to the merge.
 * Michelle is the second female contestant to be the lowest placing member of a merged tribe, following Gretchen of Rattana in Borneo.
 * ​She would later be followed by Jaime, Eliza, Alina, RC, Corinne, Sarah and Julie.