Sandra Diaz-Twine was born on July 30,1974 and is an American television personality who became known for her appearances on the reality game show Survivor.
35 Facts About Sandra Diaz-Twine
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Sandra Diaz-Twine won the first two seasons she appeared on, Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: Heroes vs Villains, making her the show's first two-time winner.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine returned for Survivors 34th season, Survivor: Game Changers, where she was the 6th person voted out.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine competed for a 5th time on the Blood V Water edition of the Australian version of Survivor with her daughter Nina, which premiered in Australia on January 31,2022.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine was born in Stamford, Connecticut and for a time served in the United States Army as a chemical repair specialist and later an office administrator.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine seemed like an early target for her lack of physical strength and inability to swim, but her knowledge of the Spanish language and her resourcefulness, which helped their tribe Drake gather much needed resources from local traders at the start of the game, put her in good standing with the majority of her tribe.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine eventually formed an alliance with Rupert Boneham, Christa Hastie, Trish Dunn, and Jonny Fairplay.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine was the first person to sit out of a challenge and the first to raid on Morgan's camp as part of the reward, where she not only took their tarp, but sabotaged their shelter.
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When Drake lost the sixth immunity challenge, the originally-targeted Shawn Cohen was saved when Sandra Diaz-Twine turned the alliance against Dunn for instigating an attempted blindside of Boneham.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine gained the votes of Opray, Boneham, Hastie, Roberts, Johnson, and Fairplay.
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At the start, Sandra Diaz-Twine was placed on the Villains tribe, and in the first episode, when host Jeff Probst asked who believed they were on the wrong tribe, she was quick to raise her hand.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine made it to the Final Three, along with Shallow and Hantz.
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On May 16,2010, Sandra Diaz-Twine received six jury votes from Yates, Heroes tribe members Thomas, Amanda Kimmel, Candice Woodcock, Boneham and Colby Donaldson to Shallow's three and Hantz's zero to win the game.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine entered Survivor: Game Changers as one of three former winners.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine had an especially big target on her back since she had won twice before.
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The day after Eastin's elimination, Sandra Diaz-Twine made an alliance with Survivor: Cagayan winner Tony Vlachos on the basis that they were both major threats.
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However, on night five, Vlachos caught Sandra Diaz-Twine talking with "Troyzan" Robertson in the middle of the night.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine gathered her troops; she spoke to those who were on the outs of the alliance of big threats, namely Hali Ford, Jeff Varner, Michaela Bradshaw, and Robertson.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine wanted them to vote with her to take out Vlachos.
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At Tribal Council, Sandra Diaz-Twine voted against Bracco in the event that Vlachos played an idol.
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Day Seven brought a tribe swap, and Sandra Diaz-Twine was sent to the Nuku tribe.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine planned to get him out for his "dirty deed" should Nuku lose the next Immunity Challenge.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine escalated the tension by consuming the tribe's sugar and putting the blame on Bradshaw.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine's fate was sealed when Nuku lost the Immunity Challenge.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine planned to throw Trang under the bus at Tribal Council.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine made a last-ditch attempt to gather votes against either Lusth or Trang, but it was all for naught.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine played the game for a fourth time on the show's 40th season, Survivor: Winners at War.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine played for a fifth time on the ninth season of Australian Survivor, titled Australian Survivor: Blood V Water, alongside her daughter Nina.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine became the second former American Survivor contestant to compete on Australian Survivor after Russell Hantz, as well as being the second contestant after Rob Mariano to play the game for a fifth time.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine was eliminated after a tribe swap, and yet again on the 16th day of the competition.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine competed in the second season of The Traitors, along with fellow Survivor alumna Parvati Shallow.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine was given the role of a faithful and placed 5th, being the last player banished before the endgame.
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In 2013, Sandra Diaz-Twine was in the audience of an episode of Dr Phil to support her friend and fellow Survivor winner, Todd Herzog, who was struggling with alcoholism.
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In May 2022, Sandra Diaz-Twine competed as a celebrity tribe captain in the first season of the NMB Celebrity Survivor Challenge.
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Sandra Diaz-Twine was the 9th person voted out and became the 5th member of the jury.