Grace Kim

**Grace Kim** is a contestant from *Survivor: Honshu*.

Grace dominated a majority of the game alongside her closest ally Kevin Jacobson. She even won 13 challenges throughout the season, 3 of those wins being individual immunity challenges. Together, they both managed to make the Final 2. Most of the jury members thought Grace played a good game, but a few thought Kevin outshined her overall. Grace narrowly lost in the final vote 4-3. She placed 2nd behind Kevin and became the runner-up of the season.

## Profile

Grace is a 26 year-old nurse from New York City. Her parents moved to the U.S. 5 years before she was born from South Korea. She believes her strengths will be her brain power and her like-able personality and her weakness will be holding back the strong part of her personality.

**If You Could Bring 3 Things With You To The Island What Would They Be:** Lemonade, my cat, and something to play music from.

**What Past Player Will You Be Most Like:** I will probably play a game like Cirie. I know she is a Survivor legend, but she was also a nurse and she played the game very strategically. I am planning on doing the same.

**Why Will You Be Sole Survivor:** I plan on playing a very strategic and social game and I have faith in myself that if I do so, I will win.

## Survivor

Grace started on the Takeda tribe. On Day 2, Grace quickly bonded with tribe members Kevin Jacobson and Chris Hopkins. On Day 3, Takeda won immunity. Grace believed Takeda would continue to win many challenges to come. Unfortunately, Takeda lost immunity on Day 6. Grace quickly formed a group at camp with Kevin, Tyler James, and Cassie Minerolis. They decided to target Monique Waters who was a social threat on the tribe. At tribal, there was a 4-4 tie vote between Monique and Kevin. Grace immediately began trying to convince someone from the other side to flip on Monique at the revote. Grace explained how Monique was extremely likable and could become a future jury threat. Grace ended up convincing Margarita Chen-Chavez to flip and Monique was sent home in a 4-2 revote. Luckily for Grace, Takeda won the next 3 straight immunity challenges. Takeda's streak ended on Day 17 when they lost immunity. Kevin approached Grace and mentioned that Cassie should go home that night. Cassie was another social threat on the tribe. Grace decided that Cassie wasn't her top choice to go. Cassie and Tyler approached Grace and let her know that they were planning on targeting Ryan Williams. Grace decided that she was ok with targeting Ryan. She let Kevin know about her plan to vote for Ryan, but he explained he still wanted to target Cassie. At tribal, Cassie and Tyler ended up lying when they targeted Chris. Grace still voted for Ryan, but Cassie received the majority of votes and was voted out in a 4-2-1 vote. Back at camp, Kevin and Grace explained to each other why they voted the way they did. They decided to ignore the previous votes and made a Final 2 deal with each other.

On Day 18, both starting tribes merged. Grace made sure to have conversations with former Shimazu tribe members. On Day 19, former Shimazu tribe members Jennifer Gonzalez and Crystal Underwood started going after each other. Grace, along with Kevin, couldn't believe that Shimazu was self-destructing already. Jennifer told Grace that Crystal was the "leader" over at Shimazu and couldn't be trusted. Crystal then approached Grace a little while later and told her that Jennifer was lying and was a loose cannon. Grace and Kevin then weighed their options. They decided that Jennifer was probably lying, but Crystal was a smarter player than Jennifer. At tribal, Grace voted for Crystal. Crystal was voted out 6-4 that night. On Day 21, Grace and Kevin purposely threw the immunity challenge. They didn't believe they needed to win and felt safe. After the immunity challenge, Tyler was evacuated from the game after badly injuring his leg during the immunity challenge. Tribal was canceled that night. On Day 22, Kevin won reward and decided to share his reward with Grace. The two of them bonded even more. Grace let Kevin know she secretly had a crush on Chris and it would be hard for her to target him. Kevin let her know that it wasn't so secretive and he could tell. On Day 24, Paul McAllister tried blowing up Jennifer's game at camp. Grace knew Jennifer was a messy player, but believed that Jennifer was a good shield for her to use in the game. Paul had a strong, confrontational personality and already rubbed Grace the wrong way. Word around camp was that everyone was ok with seeing Paul go that night. At tribal, Paul was voted out in a unanimous 7-1 vote. On Day 25, Grace won reward. This boosted her spirits and she believed she could very well win the game. On Day 27 after the immunity challenge, Ryan and Jennifer got into an altercation over the tribe food. They began to target each other. Both Grace and Kevin knew that Ryan or Jennifer were going to go home that night. Kevin let Grace know that if both of them voted for Ryan, he would for sure be going to the jury. Grace still felt like Jennifer would be better to keep in the game, but wanted to try to get Ryan's jury vote by voting alongside him. At tribal, Kevin whispered to Grace that he was also going to vote for Jennifer and had the same idea as Grace. Ryan ended up going to the jury in a 4-3 vote, leaving Jennifer frustrated at Grace and Kevin. Back at camp, Grace rebuilt her trust with Jennifer and let her know that Jennifer was best off still working with her. Jennifer decided she wouldn't hold a grudge against Grace. On Day 28, Grace won reward and brought Kevin along with her. This came as no shock to the other tribe members. On Day 30, Grace won immunity. Back at camp, Roy DeVega and Margarita let Grace know that they were thinking of targeting Chris. Grace let Kevin know what they said and he also believed Chris needed to go. Grace let Chris know he was a target because she still cared about him. She decided she couldn't vote for Chris, and at tribal she voted for Jennifer alongside him. Chris was still voted out in a 4-2 vote. Back at camp, Kevin told Grace that he understood why she didn't vote with everyone else. On Day 31, Grace won her 3rd reward challenge in a row. This left Jennifer annoyed since she was tired of seeing Grace winning reward after reward. On Day 33, Grace won immunity again. At camp, Grace and Kevin decided to get rid of Jennifer for good this time. The tribe instantly split in half with former Shimazu members Roy and Jennifer on one side, and Kevin and Grace on the other with Margarita stuck in the middle. Grace and Kevin tried their hardest to keep Margarita on their side. It was difficult for them to do so since Margarita was close with Roy. At tribal, Margarita ended up staying Takeda strong alongside Kevin and Grace, and Jennifer was voted out in a close 3-2 vote. On Day 36, Roy won immunity. This left Grace, Kevin, and Margarita the only 3 who could receive votes. Back at camp, it became obvious that Grace and Kevin were sticking together and so were Roy and Margarita. At tribal, the first vote tied 2-2 against Grace and Margarita. A revote occurred, which tied 1-1. Grace and Margarita then went head to head in a fire-making tiebreaker challenge. Grace ended up beating Margarita, sending Margarita to the jury. The next morning, Grace realized that she made the Final 3, and was super close to winning the game. On Day 38, Grace and the other members of the Final 3 participated in the Rites of Passage leading up to their Final Immunity Challenge. At the challenge, Kevin fell first. This left Grace fighting for the win against Roy. After a grueling 3 hours, Roy fell. Grace immediately started celebrating as she realized she just won the Final Immunity Challenge and was going to the Final 2. Back at camp, both Kevin and Roy pleaded their cases to stay to Grace. She became stumped. She didn't want to vote out her closest ally Kevin, but believed she had a better shot at winning against Roy in the end. At tribal, Grace continued to weigh both sides. In the end, Grace decided to stay loyal to her ally Kevin and voted out Roy, making him the final member of the jury. The next morning, Grace and Kevin celebrated making the Final 2.

At Final Tribal Council, Grace received many compliments towards her game. She received mostly positive comments and questions, but some jury members felt like she followed along Kevin the whole game and only did what he said. Grace explained that she made many moves in the game that greatly benefitted her and Kevin, but she always looked out for herself and made her own decisions. Ultimately, Grace lost to Kevin by one vote in a close 4-3 vote, finishing the game in 2nd place as the Runner-Up. She was one of the fan favorites of the season, but came in 2nd place as well for the Fan Favorite vote. She lost the Fan Favorite vote to her game crush Chris.