Maris Wilton

**Maris Wilton** is the Sole Survivor of *Simvivor: Superstar*. She previously competed on *Simvivor: StrangerVille*.

## Profile

* StrangerVille
* Superstar
Maris stands out as an iconic television personality… without having been on television until today. A star in her own way, Maris was recruited to play *Simvivor* due to her Fame career requiring some sort of public exposure. A charismatic woman, Maris is great at creating a narrative as well as a double persona. Seen as a dim-witted blonde woman who’s only hungry for boys and cash, Maris is actually an incredibly intelligent, perceptive, and crafty woman. Tuned into the strategic aspect of *Simvivor*, Maris hopes to capitalize on her good looks and flirtatious abilities to win over the hearts of her competitors… and the viewing public.

The name on everyone’s lips in *StrangerVille*, Maris Wilton simply knows that she’s a top-tier threat just walking onto the beach for *Superstar*. “Is it jealousy?” Maris joked. “I’m destined to be the first one out!” A true Superstar, Maris feels that the season was made for her, but what she doesn’t know is that she was the last person to be asked to compete on the season! Maybe her confidence is a little too much for her own good, but there is still proof in the ambrosia – Maris is a fierce competitor. If she brings even half the game she had in her first season, she’ll give everyone a run for their money.

## Simvivor

### StrangerVille

Maris entered *StrangerVille* as a relatively big surprise to her competitors. Well-known in the tabloids for her party-girl persona, Maris had to quickly integrate herself into her tribe despite her reputation. Trying to play it up as a ditzy blonde, Maris purposefully voted in the minority during the first Tribal Council. From there, she sank under the radar and instead followed what the majority wanted her to do, so not to draw further attention to her. However, Maris began to develop a rivalry with the equally strong-willed Cornelia Tennison, but thanks to their tribe's newfound winning streak, the two never clashed heads at what would've been a heated Tribal Council.

At the tribe swap, Maris then began to focus her game on developing alliances. She saw an opportunity to turn on her original tribe, as the original Plateau members were tightly bound together, with the exception of Carleen Donahue's one-sided rivalry with Alison Yao. Maris aided in the eliminations of former Vista members Quinton Fiala and Jeremy Dwight, successfully avoiding her own demise despite the whittling numbers.

When the tribes merged, Maris stood out as a target simply because of her status with the original tribe. Unable to gain traction on a vote against Alison to side with Carleen, Maris was able to take out her archnemesis Cornelia at the first merge Tribal Council instead, sending her off to the pre-jury vacation. Maris was beginning to become much more devious with her strategy, continuing to play up the ditzy role that she was associated with early on in the game, now just narrowly avoiding elimination when Alison was finally sent home.

Maris's manipulation of Carleen worked in her favor, as she now had the majority no matter what side she decided to take. In her best move yet, Maris proposed a four-person alliance of herself, Divine Sublime, Gale Uragano, and Zak Barr that she named "Penelope's Angels". Occasionally referred to as "The Angels", this new group included members that had even voted against her at the previous Tribal Council, but their loyalty to this solid alliance aided in the near-decimation of the opposing alliance. Yaniz Kamau was eliminated in a tense Tribal Council that same episode, with DeWitt Hubbell's "showmance" Maritza La Playa taking the fall next.

Again, Maris became the minority alliance's target for elimination, but her foursome continued their streak of power and sent home Carleen. Desperate for allies, DeWitt seemed poised to follow, but unbeknownst to Maris, her alliance of four was slowly beginning to turn on their bonafide leader. DeWitt was able to pull Gale and Zak back to his side, sending Maris packing in a shocking 3-2 vote. On her exit, Divine burst into tears and Maris quickly comforted her former friend.

Ultimately, Maris elected to vote for Zak to win the season, having served as a rather quiet juror in comparison to her overall game. She never gave a specific reason for voting for Zak, as he was criticized for his lackluster strategic game.

#### Voting History

**^1**  In Episode 1, the vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Aleks and Jeremy, forcing a revote. Maris did not change her vote on the revote.
**^2**  In Episode 9, the vote ended with a 4-4 tie between Gale and Yaniz, forcing a revote. Maris did not change her vote on the revote.

### Superstar

Starting *Superstar*, Maris seemed unlikely to win due to her overconfidence, but she soon blossomed into a full-fledged threat once again. Making friends with her entire Monroe starting tribe, Maris raised little suspicions about her devious antics from her first go at the game. At first coasting under the radar, Maris came into her own at the tribe swap, where her open targeting of Finnegan Bloxham was oddly respected by her fellow competitors. Seen as a genuine person, Maris often got extra insight from people she wasn't particularly aligned with, which is why she ended up voting out Billie Windham after a tie vote. Maris befriended Xanthe Baumgarten shortly before the duo finally eliminated Finnegan from the game.

Heading into a tribe swap, Maris continued to make new friends and potential allies down the road, but frankly she did not need it. Maris, for once in her career, took a step back and did not try to control the situation once the merge took place. Her role as being a loyal supporter of whoever held control, usually her previous adversary DeWitt Hubbell, gave her more of that extra insight to keep her train chugging along steady. Maris endured like everybody else, but always her mind was running and thinking of new scenarios to eventually give her a winning edge.

At the final four, Maris was forced to pick a side between DeWitt and Xanthe, eventually choosing to keep Xanthe around and forcing a fire-making tiebreaker, much to Cornelia Tennison's chagrin. Seen as controlling and condescending by Cornelia, the two feuded on the penultimate day of the game, just after Cornelia won the Final Immunity Challenge. Believing she was next to go, Maris prepared to head off to the Jury, but to her surprise was saved by Cornelia's irrational elimination of Xanthe.

As a finalist, the Final Tribal Council was a mandatory part of the game for Maris despite her believing she had won it all the moment Xanthe left. At ease, Maris delivered a strong case to the Jury as to why she should win, and they listened! She received all seven votes from her peers and, due to her perfect voting record, won *Superstar* with a Perfect Game.

#### Voting History

**^1**  In Episode 6, the vote ended with a 3-3 tie between Billie and Finnegan, forcing a revote. Maris voted for Billie on the revote.
**^2**  In Episode 14, the vote ended with a 2-2 tie between DeWitt and Xanthe, forcing a fire-making tiebreaker. Maris did not change her vote on the revote.

## Post-Simvivor

* Maris saw a sequence of public disgracing events sometime after *StrangerVille*, as she was rumored to have been caught WooHooing in Public as well as cheating on her significant other. She took to Simstagram to clear up the rumors and stated it was all just "tabloid trash and made-up gossip".
* Following *Superstar*, Maris released an album produced by Hawthorne Rafferty's team. Its lead single was titled "Moons Are Deaf".

## Trivia

* Maris was a Sim pulled from the Gallery, as she was intended to be a parody of real-life celebrity Paris Hilton.
* Maris is the first player to win on a returning appearance.
* Maris is the second Sole Survivor to have won with a Perfect Game. The first was fellow *Superstar* castaway, Tierra Ocampo.