Name: Elyse UmemotoAge: 27Tribe Designation: SavaiiCurrent Residence: Las Vegas, NevadaOccupation: Dance Team ManagerPersonal claim to fame: I was the second runner-up to Miss America and I raised my three younger sisters.Inspiration in life: My Grandma, Viola. God rest her beautiful soul. She taught me three of the most important things I'll ever learn: how to read, how to pray and how to appreciate music.Hobbies: Baking cupcakes, amassing useless trivia and quotes and reading memoirs.Pet peeves: Professional athletes with bad attitudes, wet laundry that doesn’t get moved to the dryer immediately, pretty girls wearing ugly shoes and people who drink decaf.3 words to describe you: Enchanting, indomitable and spunky!Survivor contestant you are most like: Brenda from Nicaragua and Parvati. They know what they want and how to get it. They truly understand the social game. Reason for being on Survivor: I thrive on challenge and the rush of competition. I always push the envelope and my limits. There's no better avenue to do this than Survivor.Why you think you'll "survive" Survivor: I'm engaging, personable and a master at reading people. I'm controversial in many ways and I embrace that I'm a "character." I'm naturally athletic and can seamlessly blend into a group. I radiate confidence and always compete to win. Why you think you will be the sole Survivor: It's not just my character traits that make me a winner. It's literally in my blood to survive. My Japanese grandfather spent his childhood in an internment camp. My German grandmother's family has strong, long-standing ties with the government and fled immediately before the war. My Native American grandfather was the son of a deaf mute who learned English as a second language on the reservation by age 9. I have a passion for competition and I am the product of generations of TRUE survivors - their strength and resilience are a natural part of who I am. Much like her favorites, Brenda and Parvati, she's extremely flirty, so much in fact that she did it with Dalton Ross during the interview for EW. She's also a pageant girl, do you can see where this is going to go. I'm not sure she has the physical strength that she says she has, simply because she doesn't really seem to have any muscle definition whatsoever, but she's young and a dancer, so I wouldn't call her weak.Elyse is quite outgoing and I can see her trying to get under Ozzy's skin - if anyone can replace Amanda, then she's probably it. I doubt she has what it takes to go very far though, I don't think she'll make it to the merge. My take: nay.Anyone comparing themselves to Parvati is a no for me. She might be a good Survivor player (the best according to some of the people), but anyone using flirting to get by just annoys me.
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Name: Elyse UmemotoAge: 27Tribe Designation: SavaiiCurrent Residence: Las Vegas, NevadaOccupation: Dance Team ManagerPersonal claim to fame: I was the second runner-up to Miss America and I raised my three younger sisters.Inspiration in life: My Grandma, Viola. God rest her beautiful soul. She taught me three of the most important things I'll ever learn: how to read, how to pray and how to appreciate music.Hobbies: Baking cupcakes, amassing useless trivia and quotes and reading memoirs.Pet peeves: Professional athletes with bad attitudes, wet laundry that doesn’t get moved to the dryer immediately, pretty girls wearing ugly shoes and people who drink decaf.3 words to describe you: Enchanting, indomitable and spunky!Survivor contestant you are most like: Brenda from Nicaragua and Parvati. They know what they want and how to get it. They truly understand the social game. Reason for being on Survivor: I thrive on challenge and the rush of competition. I always push the envelope and my limits. There's no better avenue to do this than Survivor.Why you think you'll "survive" Survivor: I'm engaging, personable and a master at reading people. I'm controversial in many ways and I embrace that I'm a "character." I'm naturally athletic and can seamlessly blend into a group. I radiate confidence and always compete to win. Why you think you will be the sole Survivor: It's not just my character traits that make me a winner. It's literally in my blood to survive. My Japanese grandfather spent his childhood in an internment camp. My German grandmother's family has strong, long-standing ties with the government and fled immediately before the war. My Native American grandfather was the son of a deaf mute who learned English as a second language on the reservation by age 9. I have a passion for competition and I am the product of generations of TRUE survivors - their strength and resilience are a natural part of who I am. Much like her favorites, Brenda and Parvati, she's extremely flirty, so much in fact that she did it with Dalton Ross during the interview for EW. She's also a pageant girl, do you can see where this is going to go. I'm not sure she has the physical strength that she says she has, simply because she doesn't really seem to have any muscle definition whatsoever, but she's young and a dancer, so I wouldn't call her weak.Elyse is quite outgoing and I can see her trying to get under Ozzy's skin - if anyone can replace Amanda, then she's probably it. I doubt she has what it takes to go very far though, I don't think she'll make it to the merge. My take: nay.Anyone comparing themselves to Parvati is a no for me. She might be a good Survivor player (the best according to some of the people), but anyone using flirting to get by just annoys me.
