Heather Bell

**Days Lasted:** | 39

**Heather Bell** is the Sole Survivor of *Survivor: Philippines*.

Heather came into the game wanting to use a fusion of strategies, such as being under-the-radar and flipping to different alliances when it was beneficial to her game. She formed close bonds with Maya and Santi and founded the Triangle Alliance. After Maya was voted out, Heather realized she was on the bottom and used that to her advantage, targeting Natalia and bonding with the rest of her tribe to go with her plans. Heather was in posession of a Hidden Immunity Idol she found at the Cagua camp, but wanted to make sure she wouldn't have to play it and get there on her own merit. After the merge, Heather's plans were to flip to the majority and try to take control by targeting people. When Heather wasn't getting her way, she would flip to people who would go along with her. At the final five, she worked with Tommy who she saw find an idol to vote Tammy out for being a huge competitor. Then, she took control of the game by wanting to go up against Tommy, who wasn't very well-liked, and Brendan who didn't make that many moves throughout the game and pitched a final three deal with them to vote Mina out. At the Final Tribal Council, Heather was praised for her strategy, in flipping to get her way and being an under-the-radar leader of the game. She was also given credit for her positive attitude, and challenge prowess. In the end, Heather won the title of Sole Survivor in a landslide 8-1-0 vote.

## Profile

*Retrieved from survivorthesims.fandom.com*.

* **Name (Age):** Heather Bell (40)
* **Hometown:** Warwick, RI
* **Current Residence:** Boston, MA
* **Occupation:** Personal Trainer

Heather was born in Warwick, Rhode Island, and moved to Boston, Massachusetts after attending Emerson College. Heather worked in fashion merchandising for many years, and married her ex-husband, Paul, who she had two kids with: a son named Jacob, and a daughter named Callie. After being married to Paul for almost 11 years, Heather realized she was living a life that wasn't authentic to herself, and that she was a lesbian. She began to experiment with her hair and tattoos, and decided on divorcing Jacob to live her truth. Her kids are extremely supportive of her and her ex-husband and her are truly best friends, according to Heather, and they exercise together and hang out all the time. Jacob and Heather have joint custody of their kids.

Heather currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts with her kids part-time. Her birthdate is December 23, 1980.

## Survivor: Philippines

### **Voting History**

**^a** In "I Came To Win," a tie occurred between Katie and Kim on the first vote, forcing a revote. Heather once again voted for Katie on the revote.
**^b** In "Everyone's a Snake," Tammy played a Hidden Immunity Idol, negating Heather's vote against her.
## Trivia

* Heather is the third Sole Survivor to win the last three Individual Immunity challenges in a row, after Stephanie Morales and Tatyana Kuzmina.
	+ For Heather and Stephanie, they only won those three immunity challenges.
* Like most of the winners, Heather won exactly three Individual Immunity challenges total on her winning season. She was preceded by Stephanie Morales, Omari Gentry, Danielle Douglas and Tyler Ulrich.
* Heather won the most Individual Immunity challenges on *Philippines*, with 3.
* Heather lost 21 lbs (9.53 kg) during her time on *Philippines*.
* Heather has been watching the show since *Samoa*, and previously applied for *Fiji*.
* Heather is the second LGBTQ+ contestant to become the Sole Survivor, after Michael Vega.
* Heather is tied for receiving the most jury votes with Omari Gentry on *Cook Islands*. They each received 8 votes.

## References

1. ↑ https://survivorthesims.fandom.com/
2. ↑ Heather's Post-Game Interview.
3. ↑ Talking With Heather Bell: Newest Survivor Winner!