Stephanie Valencia

Stephanie Valencia is a contestant from.

Profile
Name (Age): Stephanie Valencia (26) Tribe Designation: Zapatera Current Residence: Long Beach, Calif. Occupation: Waitress Personal Claim to Fame: Reopening my Mother's dental office. Inspiration in Life: My Mother. She is the sweetest person. She works hard for her family and still cooks dinner every night. Hobbies: Watching movies/plays, traveling and reading. Pet Peeves: People who are late, and ignorance. 3 Words to Describe You: Feisty, unconstrained and ambitious. SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: If Parvati Shallow and Russell Hantz had a love child, it would be me. Reason for being on SURVIVOR: First, the money. I need it. Second, to see if I can do it. Third, who in the right mind would decline an offer to play the greatest game EVER. Why you think you'll "survive" SURVIVOR: I'm strong, fast and smart. I can hold my own and I'm not a quitter. Reason why you think you will be the sole SURVIVOR: I feel it in me. By nature, I'm a brat and always get what I want. I've always been myself and that's something I'm very proud of.

Survivor: Redemption Island
Stephanie was fortunate enough to not have had to have gone to the first two Tribal Councils, since Zapatera won the first two immunity challenges. Stephanie was the first and for a long time the only person eager to align with Russell Hantz, being aware that Russell has made it to the end twice and is known for bringing a female ally to the end with him. Russell Hantz started a small alliance with her and eventually included Krista Klumpp. After their tribe lost the third immunity challenge, she tried to convince Julie Wolfe to join her alliance, but was unsuccessful. She was very outspoken and angry at Tribal Council against the other alliance, and came off as being rude. She received three votes, in case Russell had a hidden immunity idol, but he was sent to Redemption Island in a revote of 5-1-0. Back at camp, Stephanie continued to complain about Russell being voted out, and she and Krista never wanted nor managed to get on the good graces of their tribe.

At the third Redemption Island duel, Stephanie and Krista told Rob Mariano that if they made the merge, they were joining his tribe as an alliance, and Rob was pleased with the offer. However, Zapatera lost the following immunity challenge and Krista was sent to Redemption Island. Stephanie seemed set to be the next target.

With both Russell and Krista out of the game, Stephanie seemed alone in the tribe. Zapatera lost the following immunity challenge, and the tribe questioned her loyalty and value to the them. Stephanie and fellow contestant David Murphy argued that she was more physically capable in the challenges than Sarita White, who was part of the majority alliance. However, everyone aside from David decided Stephanie was untrustworthy and she was sent to Redemption Island in a 5-2 vote. She lost to Matt Elrod at the Redemption Island duel, and, like Russell, she broke into tears upon her defeat. She finished in 14th place.

Voting History
In Keep Hope Alive, the vote ended with a 3-3-3 tie between Stephanie, Ralph and Russell, forcing a revote. At the revote, Stephanie did not receive enough votes to send her to Redemption Island.

Trivia

 * Stephanie was one of 32 contestants eligible to be selected to compete on  but was not chosen to be on the final cast.