Margarita Chen-Chavez

**Margarita Chen-Chavez** is a contestant from *Survivor: Honshu*.

As the oldest woman of the season, Margarita relied on her social skills to get far into the game. She never received any votes against her up until Day 36, where Margarita got into a 2-2 vote tie against Grace Kim. Margarita and Grace tied again in a 1-1 revote. Both of them were forced to compete against each other in a fire-making challenge tiebreaker, where Margarita lost to Grace and became the 6th member of the jury.

## Profile

Margarita isn’t letting her ancient, prehistoric age stop her from getting this win. She plans on laying low and building relationships with the people around her. She believes she will do good socially, but not so well physically.

**If You Could Bring 3 Things With You To The Island What Would They Be:** A picture of my husband and kids, chocolate cake, and a radio.

**What Past Player Will You Be Most Like:** I will be like Chrissy from season 35 of the show. She was the mom of the season and almost went home early, but managed to make the final 3 and almost even won.

**Why Will You Be Sole Survivor:** I can keep calm and lay under the radar, and no one will expect this 50 year-old mother to come out on top.

## Survivor

Margarita started on the Takeda tribe. She quickly became well liked by all of her tribe members and was well respected for being the oldest member of the tribe. On Day 3, Takeda won immunity and Margarita was safe from tribal. On Day 6, Takeda lost immunity. At camp, Margarita decided to target Kevin Jacobson alongside Chris Hopkins, Ryan Williams, and Monique Waters. At tribal, Takeda split in half. The vote resulted in a 4-4 tie between Kevin and Monique. In between votes, Margarita was persuaded by Kevin's allies, Grace Kim, Tyler James, and Cassie Minerolis, to flip on Monique. They told Margarita that Monique was a huge social threat and later in the game would become a huge jury threat. Margarita voted for Monique on the revote, sending Monique home. Back at camp, Chris and Ryan told the whole tribe that Margarita couldn't be trusted and was a flip-flopper. Margarita became worried she would become the next target. On Day 9, Margarita repaired her relationship with Chris and Ryan and they decided that they could work with each other for future votes. Luckily for Margarita, Takeda won the next 3 straight immunity challenges in a row. On Day 17, Takeda lost immunity. Margarita was told that Cassie was the plan for the night. Margarita didn't talk to many people after the challenge and was set on voting for Cassie. Margarita ended up voting in the majority and Cassie was sent home that night in a 4-2-1 vote.

On Day 18, Takeda and the opposing tribe Shimazu merged. Margarita felt safe with voting alongside many of her former Takeda members. On Day 19, Margarita heard that former Shimazu members Crystal Underwood and Jennifer Gonzalez were at each other's throats. Jennifer went around telling people that Crystal was the "leader" over at Shimazu. Crystal let Margarita know that that was a lie. Margarita believed Crystal and was planning on voting for Jennifer. Jennifer ended up winning immunity later that day. Back at camp, Crystal let Margarita know that Paul McAllister was the plan to vote out. Margarita was fine with voting for Paul because she felt like he was a bit much and was angry most of the time. At tribal, Crystal ended up being blindsided in a 6-4 vote. Margarita became worried since she was in the minority for the vote. On Day 21, Margarita decided to form an alliance with Roy DeVega. They were both the oldest man and woman of the tribe and believed they would work well together. Tribal was canceled later that night after Tyler injured himself during the immunity challenge. On Day 24, Margarita gathered with most of the tribe. Word came out that Paul needed to go, as he was rubbing most of the people the wrong way with his arrogant attitude. Margarita agreed and voted for Paul that night as did everyone else. Paul was sent home in a unanimous vote. On Day 27, Jennifer and Ryan got into an altercation over the tribe food. It became well known after that that the vote would be between Ryan and Jennifer. Chris let Margarita know that he was planning on sending Ryan home because he believed Jennifer could be used as a shield due to her messy gameplay. Margarita felt the same way and let Roy know the plan. At tribal, Margarita got her wish and Ryan was sent home in a close 4-3 vote. On Day 30, Margarita felt safe and didn't believe she was a target. After Kevin reminded Margarita that Chris was a huge social and physical threat in the game, Margarita decided Chris needed to go. At tribal, Chris was sent home in a 4-2 vote. On Day 33, Margarita became the swing vote. Although she was in an alliance with Roy, Margarita knew that Jennifer and Roy wanted to vote together due to both being former Shimazu members. Kevin and Grace told Margarita that they were voting together as well. Margarita was stuck between voting with her ally Roy and Shimazu Jennifer, or her former tribe mates Kevin and Grace. Margarita ultimately decided on staying Takeda strong, and Jennifer was voted out in a close 3-2 vote. Back at camp, Margarita let Roy know that her decision was solely based on who she believed was a bigger threat out of Jennifer and Kevin. She felt like since Jennifer was a target for most of the game, she would have won if she made it to the end. Roy let Margarita know he wasn't mad and still trusted her. On Day 36, Margarita almost won immunity but just barely lost to her ally Roy. It became clear back at camp that the vote would most likely tie at tribal. Margarita and Roy were planning on sticking together and so were Kevin and Grace. At tribal, the vote did indeed tie between Margarita and Grace. A revote then followed. Margarita and Grace tied once again in a 1-1 revote. Both of them then competed in a fire-making challenge for the tiebreaker. Margarita started off strong, creating a large fire within the first few minutes. Her fire then died down. Margarita began having trouble restarting a new fire. Eventually a few minutes later, Grace managed to build a huge fire and won the tiebreaker. Margarita was then eliminated from the game and finished in 4th place. She became the 6th member of the jury.

At Final Tribal Council, Margarita let both Kevin and Grace know that she thought they both deserved to win. She told them that her vote would be determined by their answers to her following question. She asked both of them to explain why the other finalist deserved to win over themself. Kevin told Margarita that Grace built more personal relationships than him and was probably a little bit better than him socially. Grace told Margarita that she thought Kevin played a better strategic game than her because he easily persuaded people to save him multiple times and they always listened. Margarita felt like Kevin was a stronger player to represent the season as the winner and she voted for him to win. Kevin ended up beating Grace in a close 4-3 vote.