J'Tia Taylor

J'Tia Taylor is a contestant from.

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Name: J’Tia Taylor (31)

Tribe Designation: Luzon Current Residence: Chicago, Ill.

Occupation: Nuclear Engineer Personal Claim to Fame: Passing my dissertation defense, because I was the expert on the subject matter and held my own against my professors, and being the first black female to successfully defend and receive a PhD from the department.

Inspiration in Life: My mother who is 61 years old and still kicking, running marathons, traveling, and learning new things.

Hobbies: Watching movies, reading and playing strategic games.

Pet Peeves: Ignorant, close-minded people, being late/off schedule, and chunks in food/drinks (e.g. rocky road ice cream).

3 Words to Describe You: Intelligent, adaptable and competitive.

If You Could Have 3 Things on The Island What Would They Be and Why? My favorite “I Love Nerds” T-shirt, mint-flavored Mentos, and a really thick intricate novel that I could read repeatedly and find new meanings to.

SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: Richard Hatch. He played the game authentically and originally since he had no precedence, and was true to who he was.

Reason for Being on SURVIVOR:  Winning a million dollars and beating everyone else, while on the adventure of a lifetime.

Why You Think You’ll “Survive” SURVIVOR: I’m very analytical so I’m good at breaking down/solving a problem and I’m also really good at getting people motivated and helping them achieve a goal.

Why You Think You Will Be the Sole SURVIVOR: I have an irrepressible drive and tenacity.

'''Do You Consider Yourself a Brain, a Beauty or a Brawn? '''I'm definitely easy on the eyes but I'm a true Brain at heart. I would say I'm 1/4 Beauty, 3/4 Brain. My answer, in which I give myself a narcissistic compliment and then use fractions, pretty much confirms this. Who Do You Think Has the Best Chance in the Game of Survivor: Brains, Beauty or Brawn? Brains always win... "Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will." -Ghandi

Survivor: Cagayan
J'Tia was put on the brains tribe of Survivor: Cagayan. From the first minute they got to camp she explained that she is a nuclear engineer and understands how the shelter should be built. She began to tell everybody what to do and how to do it, which started to get everybody annoyed. She slept most of the time and didn't pull her weight around camp. Luzon lost the first challenge by a large margin. J'Tia aligned herself with Tasha Fox. Kass McQuillen told J'Tia individually that J'Tia does nothing around camp and they're all going to vote her off. Garrett Adelstein figured that they would try to get out David Samson because was too strategic. After arguing with David at tribal council, David was blindsided. After Luzon lost the second challenge, Garrett made a stupid move in having an open forum discussion about tribal council. Tasha explained that she'd rather talk to people individually which lead to a small argument. The tribe made it clear that J'Tia was going home once again. Tasha decide to stir things up and try to get Kass to vote with the girls to form a majority. Garret and Spencer Bledsoe came over to them to see what they were conversing about. J'Tia figured the vote was for her so she dumped most of the bag of rice in the fire. When the tribe got bsck from the beach she denied doing it even though she was the only one not by the water. At tribal council, J'Tia admitted to dumping the rice, even though it was obvious she was a large detriment, the females of the tribe decided to vote for Garrett, sending him home.

Trivia

 * Despite being older than more than half the female cast of, J'Tia is the youngest female member of Luzon.
 * J'Tia is the lowest placing female member of the Luzon tribe.
 * She was also the first woman to be eliminated from Cagayan.
 * J'Tia is the first castaway to spell her name with an apostrophe.
 * Despite sharing a last name, J'Tia has no relations to contestant Osten Taylor.
 * J'Tia is the second castaway to dump the tribe's rice out, following Brandon Hantz.
 * She did, however, survive the Tribal Council that she attended in that episode, whereas Brandon didn't.
 * Coincidently, both placed 15th.
 * J'Tia only voted against the men of her tribe.
 * She has given one vote to each men in her tribe.
 * J'Tia is the fourth contestant to gain votes from all of her tribemates without being immediately voted out. She was preceded by Shii Ann Huang, Ashley Massaro and Gillian Larson.
 * J'Tia was the first since Shii Ann Huang to survive more than two tribal councils.
 * J'Tia received at least two votes at every tribal council she attended.