Kelly Shinn

Kelly Shinn (also known as Purple Kelly) is a contestant from .
Despite being in the majority alliance for 28 days, Kelly received little content and few confessionals. However, her controversial double-quit with NaOnka Mixon permanently changed the rules on the jury rights of people who leave the game voluntarily. 
Ironically, Kelly's invisibility throughout the game inspired the term "purple edit", in which a contestant is deliberately given minimal screentime by the editors. 
==Profile==
Retrieved from CBS.com
Name: Kelly Shinn (20)
Tribe: 
Current Residence: Mesa, Ariz.
Occupation: Nursing Student at the University of Hawaii.
Personal Claim to Fame: Successfully completing my first two years of pre-med/nursing classes at the University of Hawaii. On a smaller scale, I also look at winning homecoming queen as one of my greatest accomplishments.
Inspiration in Life: My dad. He has a beautiful heart and is the hardest worker I know.
Hobbies: Surfing, wake boarding, go-kart racing.
Pet Peeves: Dirty fingernails.
3 Words to Describe You: Vivacious, confident, outspoken.
Survivor Contestant You Are Most Like: Elisabeth Hasselbeck because she played with smarts and integrity.
Reason for being on Survivor: It is the opportunity of a lifetime. People dream to do things as great as this.
Why you think you will be the Sole Survivor: I know how to play the "social popularity" game.http://web.archive.org/web/20230528230437/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/44281/
==Survivor==
Kelly entered the season as a member of the La Flor tribe, which was comprised of castaways under thirty years old. To avoid confusion with fellow tribemate Kelly Bruno, Kelly Shinn was dubbed "Purple Kelly" (or "Kelly Purple"). When the tribe divided into two different alliances on Day 6, Kelly sided with Brenda Lowe's faction, voting for Shannon Elkins at La Flor's first Tribal Council. At the Tribe Switch on Day 12, Purple Kelly remained on La Flor. During this time, she appeared to do little else but vote alongside her allies; Brenda and Sash Lenahan. 
Purple Kelly was among the contestants who made the merge on Day 19, becoming a member of the new Libertad tribe. Though she continued to aid her original alliance by voting out Alina Wilson and Marty Piombo at the first two merged Tribal Councils, Purple Kelly was deliberately excluded from Holly Hoffman's plan to eliminate Brenda on Day 27, being the only person to not vote against her.
On Day 28, a heavy rainstorm occurred, making camp-life miserable. Exhausted by the condition of the weather, Purple Kelly began to have doubts that she could continue on in the game. Thus, after losing that day's Reward Challenge, Purple Kelly announced that she wanted to quit the game, along with NaOnka Mixon. Jeff Probst denied their request until Tribal Council that night, giving the two women time to think over their decision.
Upon returning to camp, several players expressed to Purple Kelly how they didn't want to see anyone quit, most notably Holly, who told her that if she started she should finish. At Tribal Council, Jeff Probst again asked Kelly if she wanted to quit, to which she responded that she did, officially pulling herself from the game. She became the fifth member of the jury.
At the Final Tribal Council, she congratulated the finalists for succeeding where she could not. For her question, Purple Kelly asked Sash to explain how he outwitted the jury in sixty seconds. Sash said he made as many alliances as possible to move forward and tried to own up to his actions. Although she was surprised by the answer, Kelly said that she liked his honesty. She ultimately cast her jury vote for Fabio Birza, helping him win the title of Sole Survivor in a 5-4-0 vote.
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out? 	Result
1 	rowspan=11 	Race to Shore 	Reward 	No 	
1 	Getting Tanked 	Immunity 	No 	 	
2 	Hay Mate 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Get Barreled 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	Seers and Doers 	Reward/Immunity 	Yes 	 	
5 	Don't Let Your Balls Drop 	Reward 	No 	 	
5 	Spit It Out 	Immunity 	No 	 	
6 	Kitty Litter 	Immunity 	 	 	
6 	Kitty Litter 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
7 	Jump Shot 	Reward 	No 	 	
7 	Cannon Ski-Ball 	Immunity 	No 	 	
colspan="6" 	 	 	 	 	
8 	rowspan=6 	Push Me, Pull You 	Immunity 	 	
9 	TLP O-Course 	Reward 	No 	 	
9 	Flashback 	Immunity 	 	 	
10 	Barrel Bridge 	Reward 	 	 	
10 	Splash Back 	Immunity 	 	 	
12 	Gulliver's Travels 	Reward 	No 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
Notes: The tribes competed in separate individual Immunity Challenges where the winners from both tribes competed against each other for tribal reward.	Notes: The tribes competed in separate individual Immunity Challenges where the winners from both tribes competed against each other for tribal reward.	Notes: The tribes competed in separate individual Immunity Challenges where the winners from both tribes competed against each other for tribal reward.	Notes: The tribes competed in separate individual Immunity Challenges where the winners from both tribes competed against each other for tribal reward.	Notes: The tribes competed in separate individual Immunity Challenges where the winners from both tribes competed against each other for tribal reward.	Notes: The tribes competed in separate individual Immunity Challenges where the winners from both tribes competed against each other for tribal reward.
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Episode 	Kelly S.'sVotes	
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Voted forSole Survivor	colspan="2" 	
 In , the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Kelly B. and Marty, forcing a revote. Kelly S. did not change her vote on the revote.</tabber>
==Post-Survivor==
* In August 2014, Kelly won the award for Hottest Female in the Reality Awards category.
* Kelly has since become a registered nurse and is working at a trauma center in San Diego.https://ew.com/tv/survivor-nicaragua-kelly-shinn-purple-quarantine-questionnaire/
==Trivia==
* Kelly is the youngest contestant to compete on .
* Kelly is the first contestant who was born in the 1990s.
* Kelly is the first woman under the age of 21 to compete on Survivor.
* Kelly's nickname comes from the purple highlights in her hair. This was done to properly distinguish her from Kelly Bruno.
* Kelly's first confessional was aired in the seventh episode of Nicaragua, the latest that any player has ever received their first confessional.
* Kelly is the only contestant in Nicaragua who did not receive a vote against them.
* Kelly is the highest-ranking woman of the original La Flor tribe.
* Kelly and NaOnka Mixon are the first contestants to quit at the same Tribal Council.
** At the Nicaragua Reunion Show, Jeff Probst revealed that after Kelly and NaOnka's simultaneous voluntary exits, the producers decided that, if a contestant quit the show, the producers would deliberate whether or not put the quitter on the jury. Jeff further revealed that the producers will reserve the right to withhold the quitter's consolation prize.
* Kelly lost 12 lbs. during her time in Nicaragua.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-NDDatFKgo
==References==
Category:Contestants
Category:Female Contestants
Category:Youngest Contestants
Category:Nicaragua Contestants
Category:Nicaragua Jury Members
Category:La Flor Tribe
Category:Libertad Tribe
Category:8th Place
Category:Quitters
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor (U.S.) Contestants
Category:Survivor: Nicaragua
Category:1990 births
Category:Living people