The Beauty's

**Highest Placing Member**:Grayson (Winner/21)

The Beauty's (sometimes known as the 'Solana Alliance') was an alliance from Survivor: Cagayan.

After beginning as the majority alliance on the Beauty tribe, they gained numbers through the switch but were overwhelmed by the merge. This led to a revolving door of allies and ultimately, the consecutive elimination of their core members until the last member became the seasons winner.

## History

### Early Mistrust

The purple Solana tribe was formed on Day 1 of *Survivor: Cagayan* containing veterans with the 'Beauty' label. Due to the *Palau* Captains twist, the tribe of six was joined by Xenia. Seeing her as a useful ally and potential shield, Alexis, Danielle and Liam decided to approach her with the prospect of a four person majority. When the tribe lost the first immunity challenge on Day 3, the alliance had the numbers and voted out Peighton. Alexis, Danielle and Liam then agreed that Xenia had outlived her usefulness and it would be more dangerous to bring her into a tribe switch where she could become more powerful. They voted for her at their next loss on Day 14, but she played a Hidden Immunity Idol. With the second highest number of votes, Alexis was voted out.

### New Allies

Danielle and Liam, as the only loyal members left from the Beauty Alliance, remained on Solana with Matthew at the tribe switch on Day 15. They were joined by Catherine, Lina and Tison from Luzon (the 'Brains') and Grayson and Ryder from Aparri (the 'Brawn'). Despite not working with him previously, Matthew agreed to work with Danielle and Liam. Similar to Xenia, the alliance agreed to bring in Grayson as he was also a Palau returnee. At their first loss, this new alliance of four had the numbers and Ryder was voted out.

Returning to camp, Liam wanted to ensure the Beauty Alliance entered the merge with numbers and he brought Tison in, whom he had somewhat of a relationship with through their previous seasons. On Day 17, both tribes had to vote someone out as part of a Double Tribal Council. With an alliance of five on a tribe of seven, Danielle and Liam wanted to vote out a Brain but were concerned that either of them would have an idol in their pockets. As a precaution, the Beauty's agreed to split the votes between Catherine and Lina. When neither woman played an idol, Lina was voted out. It appeared that the Beauty's would then go after Catherine as the sole member of the Brains left. However, Danielle and Liam were concerned that Matthew had worked with Xenia before them and might flip on them at the merge. With Tison's help, the Beauty's blindsided Matthew at tribal council on Day 20.

### The Merge

At this point, the two tribes merged where the remaining Brains were pitted against the remaining Brawn castaways. This left the Beauty's, especially Danielle and Liam who were now unconnected, on the outs. At the first merged tribal council, the pair voted for Lora but the votes were tied between Caroline and Liam. At the revote, Danielle was the swing vote and she voted out Caroline in order to protect Liam. Grayson then returned to his alliance with Danielle and Liam, whilst also bringing in Axel, Catherine and Tison. This group of six split the votes between Johanna and Katrina, but this left them without the majority and Catherine was voted out.

With an even divide amongst the tribe again, Danielle and Liam told Xenia that she was playing from the bottom of her current alliance and offered her a secret Final Three alliance if she flipped to their side. She agreed and the Beauty's once again split the votes between Virgil and Axel, after hearing he was considering flipping. At tribal, both Grayson and Johanna played idols and Axel was voted out with the only other votes that counted. Grayson then told Danielle and Liam that a secret alliance was forming with the other castaways of the tribe, and they brought in Johanna and Virgil to blindside Tison at the next tribal council.

### Sole Castaway

With only eight castaways remaining, the Beauty's thought they were in a good position because they had Johanna and Virgil on their side. The five agreed to vote for Katrina, but she played an idol at tribal council. With the only votes that counted from Katrina, Lora and Xenia, Danielle was voted out. Johanna then flipped and decided to work with the women, leading to Liam's elimination. Grayson, through his strong social game and consecutive immunity wins, was able to survive despite losing his allies and was awarded the title of Sole Survivor. He received six of nine jury votes from Axel, Caroline, Danielle, Liam, Virgil and Xenia.