Sandra Diaz-Twine

Sandra Diaz-Twine is the Sole Survivor of and , being the first two-time winner in history. She later competed on , , and , and returned as a mentor in .
Initially viewed as a liability by her tribemates for her strong personality and unbecoming performances in physical challenges, Sandra compensated with her cunning wit and social awareness. Her ability to persuade others to eliminate bigger threats than her allowed her to reach the Final Tribal Council and win the game twice.
As a master of low-profile, socially savvy, and self-preserving gameplay, Sandra is widely considered one of the legends of the game.
==Profile==
Retrieved from CBS.com
<tabber>Pearl Islands=
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 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.https://web.archive.org/web/20230326033633/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/20710/
==Survivor==
===Pearl Islands===
Starting the game on the Drake tribe, Sandra aligned herself tightly with Christa Hastie and Rupert Boneham. Despite the initial integrity of the Drake Alliance, the alliance broke up at the merge, resulting in Sandra's ally Rupert being blindsided. The once fiercely loyal Sandra had to change courses in the name of self-preservation, and notoriously adopted the strategy of agreeing to vote out "anybody but me". Her flexible style of gameplay allowed her to evade being targeted all the way until Day 38, when she was chosen by Final Immunity Challenge winner Lillian Morris to sit at the Final Two. Sat beside the much reviled Lillian, Sandra's stronger relationships, loyalty, and work ethic at camp earned her 6 out of 7 jury votes and she became the seventh Sole Survivor.
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1 	rowspan=12 	Cannon Carry	Immunity 	No 	
2 	Bountiful Chest 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
2 	All Tied Up 	Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Sprung A Leak 	Reward 	No 	 	
3 	Pull Your Weight 	Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	Float-It Notes 	Reward 	No 	 	
4 	Boarding Party 	Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	Paddle For Paddles 	Reward 	No 	 	
5 	Survivor Smoothie 	Immunity 	No 	 	
6 	Ready, Aim, Fire 	Reward 	No 	 	
6 	Shoulder the Load 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
7 	Pirate Prison Break 	Immunity 	No 	 	
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8 	rowspan=13 	Keel Hauling	Immunity 	 	
9 	Signal Fire 	Reward 	 	 	
9 	Mixed Nuts 	Immunity 	 	 	
10 	Rats In The Rigging 	Reward 	 	 	
10 	Killer 	Immunity 	 	 	
11 	Loved Ones Overboard 	Reward 	 	 	
11 	What Do You Make Of This? 	Immunity 	 	 	
12 	Water Obstacle Course 	Reward 	 	 	
12 	Musket Love 	Immunity 	 	 	
13 	Let's Give It Another Go, Mate	Reward 	 	 	
13 	Corks And Keys 	Immunity 	 	 	
14 	Tribal Draft 	Immunity 	 	 	
14 	Set Adrift 	Immunity 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
|-|Voting History=
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===Heroes vs. Villains===
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out? 	Result
1 	rowspan=16 	Battle Dig 	Reward 	No 	
1 	Lock, Load and Light 	Immunity 	No 	 	
2 	A Crate Idea 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Sumo in Mud 	Reward/Immunity 	Yes 	 	
4 	Slip, Slide & Score 	Reward 	No 	 	
4 	Roll With It 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
5 	Schmergen Brawl 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
5 	Blind Cube Crisis 	Immunity 	No 	 	
6 	Rope-a-Dope 	Immunity 	No 	 	
6 	Rope-a-Dope 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
7 	Basket Brawl 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
7 	Caught in the Web 	Immunity 	No 	 	
8 	Fauxconut Bowling 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
8 	Mud Slide 	Immunity 	No 	 	
9 	Chimney Sweep 	Reward 	No 	 	
9 	Strung Out 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
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10 	rowspan=9 	Get a Grip 	Immunity 	 	
11 	Pacific Shuffle 	Reward 	 	 	
11 	House of Cards 	Immunity 	 	 	
12 	When It Rains, It Pours 	Immunity 	 	 	
12 	Pegatory Knockout 	Immunity 	 	 	
13 	Pass the Bucket 	Reward 	 	 	
13 	Keep It Up 	Immunity 	 	 	
14 	Offer It Up 	Immunity 	 	 	
14 	Blind Maze 	Immunity 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
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.
|-|Voting History=
Episode 	Sandra'sVotes	Voted AgainstSandra
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 In , Sandra used a Hidden Immunity Idol, but did not negate any votes against her. In , Sandra used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating 2 votes against her.</tabber>
===Game Changers===
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out?	Result
1 	rowspan=3 	The Marooning 	Reward 	No 	
1 	Blue Lagoon Bustle	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
1 	Serpent Turf 	Reward/Immunity 	No 	 	
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2 	rowspan=6 	Austin's Elemental Obstacle Course	Reward/Immunity	No 	
3 	Ram-Ball On 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
3 	Ow-Pairs 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
4 	Unchained Medley 	Reward 	No 	 	
4 	Box Car Blues 	Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	Cargo Salvage 	Immunity 	No 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
|-|Voting History=
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 In , Sierra used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Sandra's vote against her.</tabber>
===Island of the Idols===
Sandra returned to Survivor for its 39th season not as a contestant, but as a mentor along with fellow winner Rob Mariano to the actual contestants. They lived on the titular Island of the Idols where they tested selected survivors on camp life, game mindset and strategy, after which they will challenge them for a chance to win a game advantage. The mentors lived similarly to the survivors, living with meager rations, though significantly more than the survivors. Sandra and Rob also attended Tribal Council in secret through a tower. They left on Day 37, but not without introducing themselves to the remaining survivors. The mentors also willed the Island of the Idols camp to them, which hid the final Hidden Immunity Idol of the season.
===Winners at War===
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Episode	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out?	Result
1 	rowspan=7 	Marooning 	Reward/Immunity	No 	
1 	Blue Lagoon Bustle 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
2 	Draggin' the Dragon 	Reward/Immunity	No 	 	
3 	Along the Watch Tower	Reward/Immunity	Yes 	 	
4 	Beyond the Wheel 	Reward/Immunity	Yes 	 	
5 	Block in a Hard Place	Immunity 	No 	 	
6 	Rice Race 	Reward/Immunity	Yes 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
|-|Voting History=
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 In , Denise used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Sandra's vote against her.</tabber>
===Australian Survivor: Blood v Water===
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1 	rowspan="14" 	Water Slaughter	Reward 	No 	
1 	Gatecrasher 	Immunity 	No 	 	
2 	(No title) 	Reward 	No 	 	
2 	Yank Your Hank 	Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	(No title) 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
3 	A Bit Tipsy 	Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	In the Trenches 	Reward 	No 	 	
4 	Boats, Brains & Brawn 	Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	Sumo at Sea 	Reward 	No 	 	
5 	(No title) 	Immunity 	No 	 	
6 	By Any Means Necessary	Reward 	No 	 	
6 	Free Fallin' 	Immunity 	No 	 	
7 	Boats Tug of War 	Reward 	No 	 	
7 	Puppet Master 	Immunity 	No 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
|-|Voting History=
Episode	Sandra'sVotes	Voted AgainstSandra
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 In Episode 3, David used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Sandra's vote against him. In Episode 4, the Blood tribe was subjected to a mock Tribal Council where the player they voted out was switched to the other tribe. In Episode 6, Amy used a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Sandra's vote against her.</tabber>
==Post-Survivor==
* After Pearl Islands, Sandra appeared on and talked about . She correctly predicted that Amber Brkich and Rob Mariano would go far in the game, while winner Brian Heidik, who was also a guest, said that they would not.http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/survivor-champs-on-all-stars/ 
* In the summer of 2009, Sandra, along with the other first eighteen Survivor winners, appeared on a TVGuide special "Survivor Millionaires: Where Are They Now?".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDWj-IIHuq0
* On January 9, 2010, Sandra attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party along with all of her castmates.
* For winning the game twice, Sandra was one of the first five inductees of the Survivor Hall of Fame along with Parvati Shallow, Richard Hatch, Rob Mariano, and Russell Hantz in 2010.
* In an episode of aired on November 18, 2013, Sandra was in the audience to show support for winner Todd Herzog, who was battling alcoholism.
* On February 25, 2015, the day of the premiere, Sandra appeared in a Survivor roundtable retrospective alongside host Jeff Probst and former contestants John Cochran, Parvati Shallow, and Rob Cesternino.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKINR_9K6bY Sandra revealed that she was working at a law firm but had to move to North Carolina where her husband was based until his retirement.
* In May 2022, Sandra competed as a celebrity tribe captain in the first season of the NMB Celebrity Survivor Challenge. She was the 9th person voted out and became the 5th member of the jury.
* Sandra appeared in her daughter Nina Twine's Jury Villa segment via phone call after her elimination from .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFmzIWZgAF8&t=387s
* Sandra was announced as part of the cast on the of the Peacock reality competition series alongside and castmate Parvati Shallow. She was incorrectly predicted as a Traitor during banishment and was eliminated from the show in the final episode. She finished in 5th place.
==Trivia==
===Franchise===
* Sandra is first of six contestants to win two seasons. She would be followed by Turabi Çamkıran, Clémence Castel, Tony Vlachos, Sakis Katsoulis, and Pablo Martí.
* All of Sandra's seasons as a returning/imported player had red and blue starting tribes with her starting tribe being the red tribe all of those times.
* Including international versions, Sandra is the first female and second person overall to play 5 times and be on a season in one way or another 6 times, following Boston Rob.
* Sandra ended all her voting confessionals with "Adiós".
* All three times Sandra was eliminated:
** A tribe switch occurred and she was voted out on Day 16.
** The eventual Sole Survivor was a returning player who was a part of Sandra's new tribe.
* Sandra is the first winner who later competed on an international version of Survivor.
===Survivor (U.S.)===
* Sandra celebrated her 29th birthday on Day 38 of .
* Sandra was the first Latin American castaway to make it to Final Tribal Council and subsequently, the first Latin American winner. In the latter category, she would be followed by Chris Underwood, Yam Yam Arocho and Dee Valladares.
* Sandra is the first castaway to successfully vote out the same person twice in the same season.
* Sandra is the only castaway to never receive a vote against her in Pearl Islands.
* Sandra was the first Sole Survivor to not win any individual challenge even indirectly, as Tina Wesson's family won the Loved Ones Challenge in for her.
* Sandra was invited back for but declined because she was still recovering from parasites that she got while filming Pearl Islands.http://www.cbsnews.com/news/survivor-winners-weigh-in/
* Sandra is the first woman to play a Hidden Immunity Idol during a season and go on to win that season.
* Both times Sandra reached the Final Tribal Council, she received six votes to win.
** Sandra holds the record for the most jury votes received for any female contestant, with 12.
** Sandra has the second-most jury votes received overall in her Survivor career, following Tony Vlachos.
** Both times, one of the jury votes was from Rupert Boneham.
* Sandra was considered for with her daughter as her partner. However, they were cut,https://www.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/sv3sgp/terry_deitz_ama/hxdskzi/ though they would later appear on a -themed season in Australian Survivor.
* Sandra is the only castaway to be the highest-placing previous winner in two different seasons:
** Sandra was the highest-placing previous winner in , outlasting Tom Westman, J.T. Thomas, and Parvati Shallow.
** Sandra was the highest-placing previous winner in , outlasting both Tony Vlachos and J.T. Thomas.
* Sandra is the oldest woman on the original Mana and original Dakal tribes.
* Sandra is the first castaway to purchase an item with a Fire Token.
* Sandra, J.T. Thomas, Kim Spradlin-Wolfe, and Russell Hantz are the only castaways to attend both a Double Tribal Council and a Joint Tribal Council.
* Sandra is the second person to be voted out with only one vote cast against her during an entire season, following Terry Deitz in .
* Sandra is the second person to be eliminated by a single vote, excluding 1-0 votes at a three-person Day 38 Tribal Council, after Lauren Rimmer in .
* Sandra lasted the shortest amount of time on the , remaining there for only a few hours.
** Sandra is currently the only person to leave the Edge of Extinction without participating in a re-entry duel first.
* Despite playing four times, Sandra never served on the jury. She won Pearl Islands and and was voted out pre-jury in Game Changers and , and left before the jury phase began in Winners at War.
* Both times Sandra lost:
** The eventual Sole Survivor was a returning player from the original Aparri tribe in .
** A tribe switch occurred and she was voted out on Day 16.
*** In that tribe switch, the eventual Sole Survivor was part of Sandra's new tribe.
* Sandra holds the record for surviving the most consecutive days on Survivor without receiving a vote. She received her first vote on her 75th day of playing the game. 
** Coincidentally, her daughter, Nina, holds the same record in the Australian version.
===Australian Survivor===
* Sandra is the second Survivor contestant imported to Australian Survivor, following Russell Hantz.
* Sandra is the oldest woman to compete on .
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