Steffi Brink

Steffi Brink
Contestant Profile
Born	October 23, 1991 (1991-10-23)
Hometown	Glen Austin, Gauteng
Occupation	Fitness Model
Survivor Career
Version	South Africa
Tribe(s)	Sa'ula ► Ta'alo Manumalo
Finish	5/21
Alliance(s)	Amigos Alliance Spitshakers Seven
Challenge Wins	8
Votes Against	8
Days Lasted	37/39
Tribe(s)	Masu Salan
Finish:	9/20
Alliance(s)	Breakfast Club
Challenge Wins	6
Votes Against	5
Days Lasted	25/39

Steffi van Wyk-Brink is a contestant from Survivor South Africa: Island of Secrets and Survivor South Africa: Return of the Outcasts.

In Island of Secrets, Steffi spent a large portion of the game in a comfortable position as a member of the dominant Amigos Alliance. Flaunting a feisty temper, she was unafraid to stand her ground, and notably escalated the campaign against Jacques Burger after his impassioned speech to the Manumalo tribe on Night 30. After forming a women's sub-alliance with Laetitia Le Roux and Nicole Capper, Steffi appeared to have a safe path to the end. However, when her plan to blindside Rob Bentele was thwarted by his immunity win, Nicole flipped on Steffi and initiated her blindside, leading to her incensed departure at the final five.

After her memorable elimination in her first season, Steffi returned for a second chance in Return of the Outcasts, where she was a member of the Breakfast Club and its all-female core alliance known as the "Full Package". Having improved her social game, Steffi entered the merge holding strong relationships from both her original and switched tribes. In the driver's seat and with a Hidden Immunity Idol in stow, Steffi was set to advance deep in the game alongside her number-one ally Marian de Vos, but her plot to blindside Meryl Szolkeiwicz at the final nine was intercepted by the No B.S. Alliance, who took advantage of the Breakfast Club's dismantling to blindside Steffi for her threat status instead.

Profile

Retrieved from m-net.dstv.com

• Island of Secrets
• Return of the Outcasts

Surname: Brink (née van Wyk)
Age: 27
Occupation: Fitness model
From: Glen Austin, Midrand

Survivor SA's own Lara Croft, Steffi is a fitness model, all-rounded athlete and entrepreneur who represented her country of birth Namibia at the 2015 Miss Universe pageant and participated in the Miss World Sport 2015. Steffi, who grew up on a farm, knows that you can only reach your full potential when you work hard and persevere through any kind of adversity. When you ask Steffi to describe herself, it's clear as daylight that she's not your typical beauty queen. "I am a jock and I am used to winning. I am tough and I will fight until the bitter end. Second place is just first place for the losers." Steffi is married to heartthrob actor Clint Brink from Binnelanders [and admits] that she usually gels better with guys than girls. She also lives by a strong moral compass and believes that the truth will always come to light.

Name: Steffi Brink
Previous season: Survivor South Africa: Island of Secrets S7
Age: 30
Hometown: Johannesburg

Steffi Brink is a former beauty queen but not your typical pageant princess. A self-proclaimed jock, she has a long history of excelling in the sporting arena making her a formidable castaway.

After her appearance on Survivor SA: Island of Secrets, Brink was called up to a training camp with the Blitzbokkies – the SA Women's 7's Rugby team – but seriously injured her knee and had a long road to recovery.

She's learnt her lesson from her season and will be working harder on the social side of her game this time. She also struggled with the scrutiny of Tribal Council so has worked hard on speaking up when she believes she needs to.

Survivor South Africa

Island of Secrets

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Voting History

Episode	Steffi's Votes	Voted Against Steffi
1	Lee-Anne	-
2	Paul	-
3	Sa'ula Tribe Immune
4	Sa'ula Tribe Immune
5	Sa'ula Tribe Immune
6	Sa'ula Tribe Immune
7	On Island of Secrets1
8	Ta'alo Tribe Immune
9	On Island of Secrets2
10	Geoffrey	-
11	Seipei	-
12	Danté	-
13	Cobus	Cobus, Jacques
14	Mmaba	-
15	Jacques	Durão, Jacques, Mike
16	Mike	Durão
17	Durão3	Durão, Nicole
Voted Out, Day 37
Voted for Sole Survivor	Nicole

^1 In "The Game Chooses for You", Steffi was not placed on a tribe at the tribe switch and was sent to the Island of Secrets, granting her immunity from Tribal Council.
^2 In "Are You Crying?", Steffi won immunity and had the right to send someone to the Island of Secrets. She chose herself and did not attend Tribal Council.
^3 In "Icarus", Nicole used a Hidden Immunity Idol on Durão, negating Steffi's vote against him.

Return of the Outcasts

Voting History

Episode	Steffi's Votes	Voted Against Steffi
2	Shane	-
3	PK	-
4	Masu Tribe Immune
5	Masu Tribe Immune
6	Masu Tribe Immune
8	Masu Tribe Immune
9	Pinty	-
10	Felix; Thoriso1	-
12	Palesa	Masu Tribe Immune
13	Toni	-
14	Danté	-
15	Meryl	Dino, Felix, Meryl, Phil, Tejan
Voted Out, Day 25
Voted for Sole Survivor	Shane

^1 In "The Don", the vote ended with a 2-2-2 tie between Felix, Killarney, and Thoriso, forcing a revote. Steffi changed her vote to Thoriso on the revote.

Post-Survivor

• In September 2022, Steffi announced her pregnancy. She gave birth to her first daughter Arielle Harmony Brink on April 6, 2023.

Trivia

Statistics of Steffi Brink
Longevity
Seasons competed:	2
Days lasted:	62
Challenge Wins
Tribal wins:	13
Individual wins:	1
Total wins:	14
Tribal Council
Total votes received:	12
Exile Island
Times sent to Exile Island:	4

• Steffi holds the record for most times exiled in a single season, with 4 in Island of Secrets.
• Steffi is the second contestant, after Cirie Fields in Survivor: Game Changers, to be eliminated at a Tribal Council where she was the only person eligible to have votes counted against her.
• Steffi is the youngest member of the original Masu tribe and the youngest woman to compete on Return of the Outcasts.
• With 62 days accumulated over her two seasons, Steffi has played the most days of any contestant in Survivor South Africa.
• Both times Steffi was in the jury, she voted for the eventual runner-up of the season to win the game.