Val Quispe

**Valeria Beatriz Quispe** was a castaway from *Canadian Survivor: India*.

## Profile

**NAME:** Val Quispe (48)

**CURRENT RESIDENCE:** Montreal, Quebec

**OCCUPATION:** Jeweller

**HOBBIES:** Reading, attending museums and watching sports

**PET PEEVES:** Leaving the lights on and bad grammar

**4 WORDS TO DESCRIBE YOU:** Considerate, bright, unkind and a bit dull

**FAMILY/FRIENDS:**

* **CHILDREN:** One son. Quintín Marcio Quispe, 17 (with late-husband, Flavio Juan Huerta, passed at 29 in 1987)
* **PARENTS:** Roxana Teresita Quispe (née Vicente), 73 and Cande Olegario Quispe, 81
* **SIBLINGS:** One sister and one brother. Gala Macaria Fuentes, 38 and Eliseo Teo Quispe, 37

## Survivor

### *India*

On *Canadian Survivor: India*, Val was a member of the Hati tribe. On Day 3, joins Hati Three with Jeremie Augustin and Omar Morsli and despite Val feeling Janet Tan is the weakest, she agreed to vote out Gloria Swiftwolfe with her new alliance. Day 6, Val welcomes Frank Cocci to the alliance and they rename to **Hāti Four** and work together to vote out Sabine Mertens, at Jeremie's request. Day 9, Jeremie ditched Hāti Four, but the originals recruited Janet to send Rahul Verma home.

Day 15, Omar Morsli ditches the Hati Three with Val and Frank Cocci. Day 24, joined Omar and Jeremie Augustin in the Hati Final 2. Day 27, Val sticks with Hati Final 2 and the fellow Boomers, forcing a tie vote and in the revote, the Gen X buckle and vote out Jana Novotná. Day 30, has a minor disagreement with Frank.

Day 33, after witnessing the disagreement between Frank and Omar, Val leaves Hati Final 3 and sides with Frank. However, Omar and Jeremie are closer to Jess and they get the majority to vote out Frank, 4-2. Day 36, Val works hard at camp and becomes tired, despite wanting to vote out Jeremie, Omar convinces Val that Noel is a jury threat, sending Noel to the jury, 4-1. Day 37, Jeremie and Omar decide to split the vote and send Jess and Val to the tie-breaker, where Val defeats Jess and advances to the Final 3. Day 38, Val has a major meltdown at camp after Jeremie won the Final Immunity Challenge, who she extremely despises and Jeremie seals her fate and takes Omar to Final Tribal Council.

#### Voting History

**^1**  In Episode 09, the vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Frank and Jana, forcing a revote. Val did not change his vote on the revote.
**^2**  In Episode 13, the vote ended with a 2-2 deadlock between Jess and Val, forcing a tie-breaker. Jess would lose and is eliminated.
## Trivia

* Val was the first Peruvian-Canadian castaway and first South American-Canadian female on *Canadian Survivor*.
* Val was the oldest woman of the Shompen tribe.
* Val was the only female on the original Hati tribe to make the merge in *India*.
* Val was the first Latin-Canadian female and South American-Canadian castaway to make the merge.
* Val and Jess Perreault are the first contestants to partake in a final four fire-making challenge due to a deadlocked vote.
* Val is the first castaway to ever win a fire tie-breaker, eliminating Jess Perreault in *India*. She would be followed by Sola Baaen in *Bahamas*.
	+ Val is currently the oldest castaway to win a fire tie-breaker, at 48-years-old.
* Val is the only person to win a fire-making tiebreaker at the final four and be voted out before Final Tribal Council.
* Val is the first South American-Canadian female to be voted out of *Canadian Survivor*.
* Val is the first Latin-Canadian and South American-Canadian castaway to be voted out after merge, place 3rd and become a member of the jury.
	+ Val is currently the oldest female to place 3rd.
* Val is the only female from original Hati to be on the jury.
* Val is the highest-placing female member of the original Hati tribe.
* Val is the only member of the *India* final four to not return for *Solomon Islands*.