Elyse Umemoto

 is a contestant in Survivor: South Pacific.

Survivor: South Pacific
Elyse felt confident about being able to do well in this season, thinking and hoping that her Native American ancestors will guide her to help her survive in this environment. Elyse joined the majority Savaii alliance with Keith Tollefson, Jim Rice, Whitney Duncan, and Survivor veteran Ozzy Lusth, although according to Jim, she would only be supplementary alliance members to be disposed of at the final 5. Elyse witnessed the day 6 duel where Christine Shields Markoski defeated Semhar Tadesse. Semhar made it clear to Ozzy and Elyse that she was upset that Savaii voted her off, but Elyse didn't do anything in reaction to that. On day 8 when Savaii was sent to their 2nd tribal council, Elyse managed to see Mark Caruso a.k.a. Papa Bear sprint off into the woods, suspecting he was looking for the immunity idol, which would help Savaii decide to vote off Papa Bear. On day 9, Elyse and Ozzy had a conversation about how Ozzy became so adaptable to the wild (referring to how he's been able to last a long time in both his previous seasons), and Jim, who saw them, felt that Elyse was dangerous and that she had to go next, and when Jim managed to get John Cochran and Dawn Meehan on board, the plan seemed all the more realistic, but it would be put on hold since Dawn won the day 11 immunity challenge for Savaii, likely saving Elyse from being voted off.

Trivia

 * Elyse was Miss Washington in the 2008 Miss America pageant and was one of the finalists.


 * Elyse is part American Indian (Yakima), German, Japanese and Latina.