Shelley Mendoza

**Shelley Dawn Mendoza** is the Sole Survivor of *Zovivor: Egypt*.

A strong social player, Shelley was able to integrate herself well on the Khufu tribe, forming particularly strong bonds with Rajee Ari, Franco Black, and Mustafa Faraj. However, after the tribe swap, Mustafa revealed his intention to go to the end with Franco, causing Shelley and Rajee to turn against him and vote him out. This angered Franco, who blindsided Rajee in turn. Shelley was able to dip completely under the radar, avoiding her own subsequent elimination by playing cool and letting the duo of Liz Snow and Cassie Crafter get voted out instead. From there, bigger players went to war, each side using Shelley as a number to pick each other off. After Sheng Lim's elimination at the final 5, Shelley set her sights on enacting revenge against Franco for his blindside of her number one ally. Although he was able to win individual immunity at the final 4, Shelley beat him in the final immunity challenge, casting the sole vote against him and bringing Andrew Olabode with her to the final tribal council. There, she was able to argue the merits of her floater-style gameplay, being seen as an ally by every player when she was secretly a dominant player. The jury respected her strategy, and she was awarded the title of Sole Survivor in a 7-2 vote.

## Profile

**Pronouns**: She/Her
**Age**: 38
**Location**: Charleston, SC
**Occupation**: TV Weather Presenter
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## Survivor

### One World

Kim caught the attention of Alicia Rosa during the trek to the girl's camp because she posed as a strong player, which forged her into Alicia's alliance, along with Chelsea Meissner, Kat Edorsson, and Sabrina Thompson. Kim's levelheadedness was proven when she shunned Manono member Colton Cumbie with poise and composure, despite Cumbie's constant visits to their side of camp as it started to annoy her tribe and viewed his affinity for them as a camouflaged act of sabotage. After the evacuation of tribemate Kourtney Moon, despite Chelsea and Kim discussing the possibility of booting Kat for her challenge ineptitude, the alliance stood strong and eliminated Salani's oldest member, Nina Acosta. Kim and the rest of the Salani tribe then prospered, winning three consecutive challenges, and received free immunity when the Manono tribe decided to go to Tribal Council after winning the Day 11 Immunity Challenge.

Kim remained a Salani member after the Day 12 tribe switch, where she formed a secondary alliance with newcomers Jay Byars, Michael Jefferson, and Troyzan Robertson, where she found herself in the leadership position. Kim increased her power by obtaining a Hidden Immunity Idol, which she disclosed to her closest ally, Chelsea. The forged alliance, however, did not need to take action, as the new Salani demolished the new Manono in subsequent challenges, merging with them with a 7-5 discrepancy, but the original members (men and women) remained 6-6.

The two revisions of the tribes found Kim working with two pacts, the all-girl original Salani alliance (Alicia's regrouped alliance with former outsider Christina Cha being adopted to the group) and the new Salani alliance. After Kim manipulated Jay and Troyzan to oust Jonas Otsuji and cannibalize new Salani alliance member Michael, she eventually revealed her master plan—blindside Jay and Troyzan to pave the way for an all-girl endgame. The plan worked, and the men took the fall in subsequent Tribal Councils, though one of her longtime allies, Kat, was disposed of by Kim after the latter's controversial choice of who to bring with her after winning a Reward Challenge and Kat giving Kim a bad attitude after Kim won Immunity.

Throughout the merge, Kim collectively won four of the last five Immunity Challenges, and, with a Hidden Immunity Idol in her possession, Kim was essentially invincible. After Kat's elimination, Kim convinced Alicia that Tarzan was the mastermind of the tribe, pledging her loyalty to her and driving the vote against Tarzan Smith. Following her victory at the final two Immunity Challenges, and the eliminations of Alicia and Christina, Kim found herself in the final three with her closest friends, Chelsea and Sabrina. Kim's quiet yet destructive strategy, and avoiding the target despite how strong she appeared in the merge, earned the respect and votes of seven of nine jury members, crowning her as the 24th Sole Survivor.

At the live Reunion Show, Kim received an additional $100,000 for winning the Fan Favorite Award.

* Challenge History
* Voting History

## Trivia

* Shelley is the first contestant from South Carolina.