Vecepia Towery served six years in the US Air Force, assigned to the 32nd Security Police Squadron.
13 Facts About Vecepia Towery
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Vecepia Towery served in Soesterberg, Netherlands for several years and was later inducted into the Air Force's Europe Sports Hall of Fame Vecepia Towery was stationed in Turkey during Operation Desert Storm.
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Vecepia Towery once managed the office at a software development company.
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Vecepia Towery has worked as the guest relations manager for St Rose Hospital in Hayward, California.
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In 2001, Vecepia Towery decided to apply for the reality TV competition show Survivor.
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Originally part of the Maraamu tribe, Vecepia Towery was not a target at the beginning of the game.
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In Episode Four, a tribal shuffle resulted in Vecepia Towery moving from the Maraamu tribe to the Rotu tribe, along with Mariano and Rector.
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An immunity win in Episode Six ensured Mariano, Rector, and Vecepia Towery safety going into the merge.
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Seemingly doomed, Mariano was the first targeted due to his excessive scheming; even Vecepia Towery voted for him at tribal council as a way to distance herself from her old alliance.
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Obviously the next target, Vecepia Towery knew she needed to win immunity and did exactly that, guaranteeing herself a spot in the Final Three.
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Once in the Final Three, Vavrick-O'Brien and Vecepia Towery's alliance seemed sure to hold out, but when the former fell in the endurance immunity challenge, the latter made a deal to give immunity to Dennis in exchange for taking Vecepia Towery to the Final Two.
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Vecepia Towery was the first African American contestant to win Survivor, succeeded by Earl Cole of Survivor: Fiji, Jeremy Collins of Survivor: Cambodia, Wendell Holland of Survivor: Ghost Island and Maryanne Oketch of Survivor 42.
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Vecepia Towery's nephew, Roy L Williams, is a former football star who played safety for the Dallas Cowboys.