Penang Women

**Highest Placing Member**: Cara (3/18)

The Penang Women was an alliance from Survivor: Malaysia.

After a couple of unanimous votes, a more solid alliance of women was formed on the all female tribe. They split apart at the tribe switch and ended up falling down in numbers by the merge.

## History

### Origins

The yellow Penang tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Malaysia*, containing only new female castaways. Cara found the tribes Hidden Immunity Idol almost immediately after arriving at their new camp, but kept it secret so she could leverage the idol at a later date. The girls didn't form smaller alliances due to their inexperience at the game and lost the first immunity challenge. The girls banded together to unanimously eliminate Jordy at their first tribal council because she was both overly eccentric and incredibly shy.

Upon their return, Mary created a fire that was too close to the shelter. when the girls woke up the next morning, one side of the shelter was charred. When Penang lost their second challenge in a row, the girls banded together and eliminated Mary for harming the camp. After two unanimous votes, the girls split into two groups. Emma and Kimberly were threatened by Cara, but needed more numbers to get rid of her. Aura relayed this information to Cara, so she used her idol at tribal council. The rest of the girls voted with Aura and Cara to get rid of Emma.

### Tribe Switch

At the Final Fourteen, the gender divide twist ended and the remaining castaways were split into Langkawi and Penang. Penang Women Edith, Kimberly, Lily-Ann and Tanya were switched to Langkawi, where they had the majority over Callum, Rock and Spud. However, the women ostracised Kimberly because she had worked with Emma at their previous tribal council. The girls formed a close relationship with Rock and Spud, who were perceived as a strong couple. This upset Tanya, who felt closer to Kimberly and tried to rally the men against Edith and Lily-Ann.

When Langkawi lost the first immunity challenge on Day 15, they were shocked to find out it would be a Double Elimination. The Penang Women worked with Rock and Spud at both tribal councils to eliminate Kimberly and Callum. Meanwhile, Aura and Cara remained on Penang. The pair formed a close relationship with Blue Jay and Tommy. At the tribes first loss on Day 18, this group of four had the numbers and voted for Joey. The women at their second loss were going to vote with the men for Tommy. However, the girls switched their votes to Kieron because they feared an idol play. This was ultimately unnecessary, as neither man had an idol and Tommy was voted out.

### The Merge

The Penang Women then reunited when the two tribes merged at the Final Ten. The alliance was originally going to target one of the Langkawi Men. However, the girls couldn't decide which man they wanted to target because every woman was aligned with a different man during the switch. Aura thought her best move would be to throw Cara under the bus for already playing an idol. The Penang Women were threatened by this at tribal council and voted for Aura. However, this split gave the men the majority and Lily-Ann was blindsided. The women remained powerless at the following vote, where the men eliminated Edith.

By the Final Eight, the Penang Women were at a two person disadvantage. Cara had worked with Kieron and Liamm on the switched Penang tribe and realised that they were at the bottom of the men's alliance. She managed to convince the pair to flip on her alliance and work with the women, which led to Spud's blindside at tribal council. The tribe was then told that they would be voting out another castaway as part of the second Double Elimination of the season. The girls tried to create as much havoc as possible by trying to get outsiders Blue Jay and Rock to vote with them for Liamm. This proved to be a fatal error because the men reconnected and worked together to blindside Aura.

Cara and Tanya were the only Penang Women left by the Final Six. However, Cara decided it was in her best interest to turn on Tanya in order to advance further in the game. The alliance was permanently dissolved when Cara voted with the men to unanimously eliminate Tanya at tribal council. In the end, Cara outlasted Kieron and Liamm but fell short of the Final Tribal Council.