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Perlé "GiGi" Van Schalkwyk is the Ultimate Survivor of Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina.

An underdog from the beginning of the season, GiGi's general likeability allowed her to coast through to the merge, where her Chibudu tribe found itself down in numbers. Not to be deterred, GiGi hung on until she made a fortuitous women's alliance with Ashley Hayden and former tribemate Sade Giliberti. Together, the women covertly controlled the merged tribe until the final four, where GiGi turned on Sade before being picked by Ashley to enter the Final Two. In contrast to Ashley's extensive record of betrayals, GiGi was viewed as the more congenial finalist and won the jury vote 6-3.

Profile[]

Retrieved from mnet.co.za

Claim to Fame: GiGi is most well known as the owner of The Lollipop Lounge - an exotic dance club in Randburg, Johannesburg. She might have danced her way into the limelight with voluptuous moves, but as a trained actress she's also stunned audiences with her phenomenally successful stage productions, Nipplecaps and G-strings and Whore and recently appeared on the big screen in Poena is Koning.
Age: 40s
Home Life: Married.
Charity: Hospice Houghton, Johannesburg - part of the Hospice group that offers palliative care service that focuses on the quality of life, promoting physical and psychosocial well-being for people with active, progressive and advanced diseases for whom the prognosis is limited.
Factoid: GiGi has a Bachelor of Drama at the University of Stellenbosch and is trained in ballet; jazzart; mime; and piano. She was part of PACT and whilst performing in Spellbound at Sun City, her passion for dancing really set off.
Why she could win: Girls don't necessarily like exotic dancers, but showgirls like Gigi know how to survive in the urban jungle and how to manipulate the guys.[2]

Survivor South Africa[]

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Episode Tribe
Affiliation
Challenge Challenge Type Sit-Out? Result
1 Chibudu Water Obstacle Course Reward/Immunity No Lost
2 Mosquito Reward No Lost
Code Breaker Immunity No Won
3 Water Pillow Fight Reward Yes Won
Water Torture Immunity No Lost
4 Beach Golf Reward No Won
Dhows Immunity No Won
5 (No title) Reward/Immunity No Won
6 Hostile Takeover Reward No Won
Pit Ball Immunity No Won
Tribes Merged, Day 15
7 Kululama Flashback Immunity Lost
8 Tricky Transfer Reward Won
Blue Plate Special Immunity Lost
9 The Knife Quiz Reward Invited1
Elimination Obstacle Course Immunity Lost
10 Fire Bucket Reward Lost
This Much Immunity Lost
11 The Corkscrew Reward Lost
Blind Man's Buff Immunity Lost
12 Nut Cracker Reward Invited2
Cannonball Hold Immunity Lost
13 Cube Crisis Immunity Lost
Sea Legs Immunity Lost
Ultimate Survivor, Day 27
Notes:
^1 The first person eliminated from the challenge, Gys, picked one person to join Sade on the reward. Gys picked GiGi.
^2 Kaseran gave up his reward to the tribe.

Episode GiGi's
Votes
Voted Against
GiGi
1 Garth -
2 Chibudu Tribe Immune
3 Craig -
4 Chibudu Tribe Immune
5 Chibudu Tribe Immune
6 Chibudu Tribe Immune
7 Louw -
8 Louw -
9 ProVerb -
10 Kaseran -
11 Izak Ashley, Kaseran1
12 Kaseran -
13 Sade -
Ineligible -
Jury Votes
for GiGi
Gys, Hanna, Kaseran,
Louw, Okkert, Sade
Ultimate Survivor, Day 27

^1 In Episode 11, the vote ended with a 2-2-2 tie between GiGi, Izak, and Sade, eliminating Izak due to previous votes against him.

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Preceded by
Malaysia
ZAS2 lorette t
Lorette Mostert
Ultimate Survivor Titleholder
Santa Carolina
ZAS3 gigi t
GiGi van Schalkwyk
Succeeded by
Maldives
ZAS4 hykie t
Hykie Berg
Survivor South Africa: Santa Carolina Castaways
 Ashley
Timbila
ZAS3 ashley t
 Christina
Chibudu
ZAS3 christina t
 Cindy
Timbila
ZAS3 cindy t
 Craig
Chibudu
ZAS3 craig t
 Darren
Timbila
ZAS3 darren t
 Garth
Chibudu
ZAS3 garth t
 GiGi
Chibudu
ZAS3 gigi t
 Gys
Chibudu
ZAS3 gys t
 Hanna
Chibudu
ZAS3 hanna t
 Izak
Timbila
ZAS3 izak t
 Jub Jub
Chibudu
ZAS3 jubjub t
 Kaseran
Timbila
ZAS3 kaseran t
 Lady Lea
Timbila
ZAS3 ladylea t
 Louw
Timbila
ZAS3 louw t
 Okkert
Chibudu
ZAS3 okkert t
 ProVerb
Timbila
ZAS3 proverb t
 Sade
Chibudu
ZAS3 sade t
 Sandi
Timbila
ZAS3 sandi t
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