Vanessa Marawa

Vanessa Marawa is the Ultimate Survivor of .
As a quiet member of the Aguila tribe, Vanessa focused on making the social bonds that helped her get to the merge. There, her tribe was outnumbered by the Ranas, who picked off the Aguilas one-by-one. After being voted out as the last Aguila standing, Vanessa fought her way back into the game on Dead Man's Island and managed to turn the Ranas against each other. Vanessa then won the first semi-final challenge for a seat in the Final Two. At Final Tribal Council, the votes were divided along tribal lines, but Vanessa's loyalty-based game helped her to clinch Zayn Nabbi's swing vote to defeat Jacinda Louw and emerge as South Africa's first Ultimate Survivor.
==Profile==
Retrieved from mnet.co.za
Age: 27
Star sign: Capricorn 
Residence: La Lucia, Durban
Occupation: Estate Agent
An estate agent and model from La Lucia who doesn't take herself too seriously, Vanessa is "an introverted extrovert" and a "fighter".
What you should know about her: Until recently, Vanessa pursued a modeling career in Cape Town, but has decided to move back to Durban.
Describes herself as: 'An introverted extrovert. I don't need to be surrounded by people all the time. I'm sharp and intelligent; a fighter.'
Worst qualities: 'I can be very lazy.'
What would you want to take to the island? '[A leading cosmetic house's] '8hr cream''
Why will you win Survivor? "I will win Survivor because I said so. Honestly there is no formula on winning survivor. I think that's been proven but I think the different you are from what has been shown to be the winning formula for Survivor, I think I posses a lot of those qualities…"
What's the hardest part about accepting the challenge to be on Survivor? "The most difficult thing for me was leaving behind my creature comforts. I am a bit of a girly girl and I don't do outdoors. I've never been camping, never been hiking ‧ none of that. So I think a warm bed, a pedicure ‧ that kind of stuff.."
What will be your strengths in the game? "My one strength that might sound like a weakness is that I don't take myself too seriously. Which I think that if you do take yourself too seriously tends to cloud your judgement of your capabilities. So, I think taking things with a pinch of salt is actually a strength that is very undermined."
What will your winning strategy be? "I do have strategy for staying on the island, and that is to observe, observe, observe, and hou my bek - as they say in Afrikaans."https://web.archive.org/web/20061001152048/http://www.mnet.co.za/Survivor/profile/Default.asp?Id=13&Nav=1
==Survivor South Africa==
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode 	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type 	Sit-Out? 	Result
1 	rowspan="13" 	Race to Black Pearl Island 	Reward 	No 	
1 	Lock Step 	Immunity 	No 	 	
2 	Reverse Sumo 	Reward 	No 	 	
2 	Cannon Carry 	Immunity 	Yes 	 	
3 	The Stake 	Reward 	Yes 	 	
3 	The Swing 	Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	Getting Tanked 	Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	A Numbers Game 	Reward 	No 	 	
5 	The Graveyard 	Immunity 	No 	 	
6 	The Evil Circle 	Reward 	No 	 	
6 	Dive Masters 	Immunity 	No 	 	
7 	The Stick 	Reward 	No 	 	
7 	The Mast 	Immunity 	No 	 	
colspan=6 	 	 	 	 	
8 	rowspan=5 	Mud Pack 	Immunity 	 	
9 	Cube Crisis 	Reward 	 	 	
9 	Blue Plate Special 	Immunity 	 	 	
10 	Well Stacked 	Reward 	 	 	
10 	Gone Fishin' 	Immunity 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
12 	 	Last Man Standing 	Re-entry 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
12 	rowspan=3 	Bungee Running 	Immunity 	 	
12 	What Do You Make of This? /The Hook 	Reward 	 	 	
13 	The Plank 	Semi-Finals 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
Notes: The final four competed in an elimination challenge, with the first placer going straight to the Final Tribal Council.	Notes: The final four competed in an elimination challenge, with the first placer going straight to the Final Tribal Council.	Notes: The final four competed in an elimination challenge, with the first placer going straight to the Final Tribal Council.	Notes: The final four competed in an elimination challenge, with the first placer going straight to the Final Tribal Council.	Notes: The final four competed in an elimination challenge, with the first placer going straight to the Final Tribal Council.	Notes: The final four competed in an elimination challenge, with the first placer going straight to the Final Tribal Council.
|-|Voting History=
Episode 	Vanessa'sVotes 	Voted AgainstVanessa
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Jury Votesfor Vanessa	colspan="2" 	
 	 	
 In Episode 3, Aguila was subjected to a mock Tribal Council where the player who received the most votes would receive one vote at their next Tribal Council.</tabber>
==Post-Survivor==
==Trivia==
* Vanessa is the first person to win Survivor South Africa.
==References==
Category:Contestants
Category:Female Contestants
Category:Panama Contestants (South Africa)
Category:Finalists
Category:Aguila Tribe
Category:Burba Tribe
Category:Winners
Category:Survivor South Africa
Category:Survivor South Africa Contestants
Category:Survivor South Africa: Panama
Category:1979 births
Category:Living people