Sandra Diaz-Twine

Sandra Diaz-Twine is the winner of and.

Regarded as one of the game's most devious and best players, she holds the distinction as Survivor's first and only two-time winner. She became renowned for her "as long as it ain't me" strategy where she constantly deflects the vote away from her, working with friends as well as enemies to keep herself in the game, her adaptability through out the game, being a strong social player, and strong in tribal council.

Profile
Retrieved from CBS.com Born in Stamford, Connecticut, Sandra Diaz-Twine currently lives in Ft. Lewis, Washington with her husband, Marcus, and their two children, Tatiana, 8, and Alanna, 6. She is employed as a senior office associate with the Army and Air force Exchange Service. Prior to her current employment, she served as a chemical repair specialist with the United States Army. She also previously worked in the mailroom of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service and in customer service at a clothing store. Her favorite hobbies are fishing and camping. She describes herself as adventurous, dedicated and a team player. She is most proud of having graduated from community college where she received an Associates Degree in Business Administration from Fayetteville Community College in North Carolina. Her favorite sport is volleyball. Her mother is her hero because she has always been committed to and made sacrifices for her children. She thinks her mother is the bravest, kindest, most loving person and an inspiration. She believes she's a contender for SURVIVOR: PEARL ISLANDS because of her ability to improvise and feels her small knowledge of hunting will be an asset to the tribe. She also thinks she's a good provider and possesses good field skills. Her birth date is July 30, 1974.

Survivor: Pearl Islands


Sandra started out on the Drake tribe. Early on, she proved herself an asset when her knowledge of the Spanish language helped her tribe get a huge advantage at the Panamanian village, where she helped secure a huge deal for her tribe in provisions and food.

Post-Survivor
For winning two times, Sandra was inducted into the Survivor Hall of Fame along with Russell Hantz, Richard Hatch, Rob Mariano and Parvati Shallow.

Trivia

 * Sandra is the first and only person to be Sole Survivor in more than one season.
 * Sandra is also one of four contestants to finish in the same position twice. The others are: James Clement, Candice Woodcock and Jonathan Penner.
 * Sandra and Parvati Shallow are the only previous Sole Survivors to vie for the Jury votes a second time.
 * Sandra is one of five contestants to reach two Survivor finals. The others are: Parvati, Russell Hantz, Boston Rob and Amanda Kimmel.
 * Sandra won the game in both a Final Two and a Final Three season.
 * In the two seasons Sandra competed her original alliance was eliminated, and she was able to infiltrate the opposing alliance to make it to the Final Tribal Council and win.
 * Colby Donaldson is the only player to vote against Sandra and have his vote count.
 * Jeff Probst refers to her as "the lippiest mother we've ever had on the show."
 * Sandra is one of two Villains in Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains to never receive a vote pre-Merge, the other being Danielle DiLorenzo. Danielle was the first Villain out post-Merge and Sandra was the eventual Sole Survivor.
 * Sandra stated in Loose Lips Sink Ships that she wanted to save Rupert Boneham by giving him her Hidden Immunity Idol, but said that she didn't want to "pull an Erik and get herself eliminated".
 * Sandra is one of seven Sole Survivors (along with Ethan Zohn, Rob Mariano, Jenna Morasca, Tom Westman, Richard Hatch and Tina Wesson) that have been returning players and not be a member of the Jury in any season.


 * Sandra is one of three returning players (along with Jenna Morasca and Michael Skupin) to never be voted out or have their torch snuffed.
 * She is the only one of these three to never be eliminated.
 * She is the fourth winner to not get any votes against her over the course of a season (in Survivor: Pearl Islands).
 * Both merged tribes Sandra was on had black as their colour.
 * All of the Heroes on the Jury voted for Sandra.
 * Sandra is the first Hispanic-American contestant to win Survivor.
 * Both times she competed, Sandra has received six Jury votes to win.
 * Was inducted into Xfinity's Survivor Hall of Fame  in 2010.
 * Lovingly refers to host Jeff Probst as Jeffy-poo in interviews.
 * Sandra's win on Pearl Islands broke the Sole Survivor male-female pattern of the first seasons.
 * Sandra was asked to come back for Survivor: All-Stars but declined because she was recovering from parasites from Pearl Islands. Sandra would later return for Heroes vs. Villains where she would become the first two-time Sole Survivor .
 * Sandra was also cut at the last minute from Survivor: Micronesia.
 * Sandra is the only female winner to play a near "perfect" game of Survivor. She did not receive a single vote against her, and at the Final Tribal Council she received the votes of all the Jury members except for Tijuana Bradley, who voted for Lillian Morris.
 * Sandra was the only person who was not voted out in Pearl Islands, because the runner-up, Lillian, had returned to the game after being voted out due to the Outcast Twist.
 * Sandra's experience in Heroes vs. Villains somewhat resembled her time on Pearl Islands:
 * Her tribes started out strong in the beginning, but later faulted by losing the remaining Immunity Challenges.
 * She never received any votes pre-Merge.
 * She never won a single individual challenge.
 * She won the title of Sole Survivor by receiving six Jury votes, one of which was Rupert's.
 * Sandra is the only returning player to have never left the game before Day 39.
 * Sandra was the only person from the Villians tribe to reach the merge and not win Individual Immunity.
 * She lasted the most days out of any two-time player, with 78 days.