Abuela Morales

**Miranda Morales**, more commonly going by **Abuela**, is a contestant from *Zovivor: KwaZulu-Natal*.

Using her age and nurturing nature to her advantage, Abuela was able to insulate herself in the majority alliance on Mkabayi despite her lack of challenge prowess. At the merge however, her affability backfired, and she became the first juror after Draco Naidoo's guys alliance targeted her at the final 11 for her potential jury threat.

## Profile

**Pronouns**: She/Her
**Age**: 76
**Location**: Cheyenne, WY
**Occupation**: Homemaker
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## Survivor

In the 60-second looting spree at the very beginning of the game, Michael revealed to his Manono tribe that he had stolen some of their rivals' haul; this later became a source of tension between Manono and Salani on the One World camp. Michael then joined an alliance with Bill Posley, Jay Byars, and Matt Quinlan, not thinking that the other 5 Manono members would team up on them. The new alliance decided that Colton Cumbie would be the first one to go due to his lack of strength and being close with Salani. However, in Template:Ep, Colton formed a plan with Troyzan Robertson, Jonas Otsuji, Tarzan Smith, and Leif Manson to get rid of Matt, who they perceived as to be the leader of Michael's alliance. Bill and Jay abandoned the alliance to also vote off Matt and Michael, unsure of what to do, Michael cast a vote for Bill, and Matt would be voted off on Day 8. Returning from Tribal Council, Michael was shocked that Matt was sent home when there are weaker players on the tribe such as Colton, Tarzan, and Leif. In Template:Ep, Michael never said whether or not he was against giving up immunity and going to Tribal Council but eventually he agreed as Manono appeared at Tribal Council that night. Bill was voted off, and any real alliance Michael may have had up to this point seemed non-existent now.

In Template:Ep, a tribe switch occurred, and Michael (along with Jay and Troyzan) were switched to the Salani tribe, joining original Salani members Kat Edorsson, Chelsea Meissner, Sabrina Thompson, and Kim Spradlin. Salani had a clear physical advantage over the new Manono, and they would win the next 3 challenges. However, Michael still lacked a true alliance since Jay and Troyzan aligned with Kim and Chelsea, while Kim and Chelsea were also close with Kat and Sabrina.

The two tribes merged into Tikiano on Day 17. and Michael decided to stick with the post-switch Salani alliance, saying he doesn't like Manono, especially expressing a dislike towards Tarzan. At Tribal Council on Day 20, Michael was called out by Jonas as Jonas referred to him as a big threat, despite Michael not doing so well in the Immunity Challenge earlier that day. Despite Jonas's reasoning, Michael was safe as everyone except Leif, who voted with Jonas against Michael, voted off Jonas. In Just Annihilate Them, Michael won the Reward Challenge along with Christina Cha, Kim, Sabrina, and Leif. On the reward, Kim and Sabrina came up with a plan to blindside Michael. Kim, Sabrina, Chelsea, Kat, and Troyzan were on board with the plan and at Tribal Council, Jay and Leif voted along with them to blindside Michael with a vote of 7-2-2, with Michael voting against Christina as part of the split vote plan he was informed of.

At Final Tribal Council, Michael cast his jury vote for Kim.

* Challenge History
* Voting History

## Trivia

* Abuela is the first contestant from Wyoming.