Amanda Kimmel
| Amanda Kimmel | |
|---|---|
| Born | Amanda Lee Kimmel August 3, 1984 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 💼 Occupation | Actress, model, hiking guide |
| Television | Survivor: China (3rd place) Survivor: Micronesia (runner-up) Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains (9th place) |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Matt Cooper (m. 2015) |
| 👶 Children | 2 |
Amanda Lee Kimmel (born August 3, 1984)[citation needed] is an American beauty queen, actress, and model who has competed in the Miss USA and Miss Earth pageants. Kimmel was the second runner-up contestant on Survivor: China, runner-up on Survivor: Micronesia, and later returned for Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains where she placed ninth.
Pageantry[edit]
Kimmel won the Miss Montana USA 2005 title after placing first runner-up in both the 2003 and 2004 pageants. She competed at the Miss USA 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005, but failed to place.
After passing on her Montana crown to Jill McLain in late August 2005, Kimmel traveled to Quezon City, Philippines, to participate in the Miss Earth 2005 pageant. Kimmel was selected to represent the United States in this pageant from a group of applicants, and did not compete in a live competition for the title. She made the top eight in the international pageant, the highest placement by a delegate of the United States in the pageant's five-year history.
In early August 2006, Kimmel crowned fellow former Miss USA competitor Amanda Pennekamp as Miss Earth USA, in the second live pageant held in the United States to choose a delegate for the Miss Earth competition. Pennekamp, Miss South Carolina USA 2004, had placed first runner-up in the Miss USA 2004 pageant.
Kimmel has also competed in the Miss World Kite competition held in China, an honor offered to winners of the Miss Montana USA pageant.
Survivor[edit]
China[edit]
In 2007, Kimmel competed on Survivor: China, the 15th season of the reality television show Survivor. She is one of several Miss USA delegates to have competed on Survivor (Danni Boatwright, Kim Mullen, and Janu Tornell being among the others). During the season, Kimmel made an alliance with Courtney Yates and Todd Herzog. In the end Kimmel finished third, behind winner Herzog and second-place finisher Yates, garnering only one jury vote from sixth-place finisher Erik Huffmann.
Micronesia[edit]
Kimmel appeared the very next season on Survivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites, which began airing on February 7, 2008. She was one of ten returning Favorites on the Malakal tribe.[1] Survivor host Jeff Probst commented on Kimmel, "Amanda knows how to play Survivor. She knows how to build an alliance, how long to keep it, when to get rid of it. She's very good at looking at odds, she's very good at assessing if [she's] better off against this person, or with this person. [...]"[2] Kimmel found the Hidden Immunity Idol (the first female to find one) after Jason Siska was voted out in possession of one, and she played it during Episode 12, negating four votes against her and ensuring the elimination of Fan Alexis Jones. Kimmel ended the season in second place, losing to Parvati Shallow in a 5–3 vote.
During the season, Kimmel began a relationship with Ozzy Lusth, formerly from Survivor: Cook Islands, but they subsequently separated.[3]
Heroes vs. Villains[edit]
Kimmel returned for Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains as one of the Heroes. This was Kimmel's third season competing on Survivor. She was an early target in the game, receiving one vote from Jessica "Sugar" Kiper in the first Tribal Council and three votes from Colby Donaldson, Tom Westman and Stephenie LaGrossa in the second Tribal Council. Kimmel eventually made it to the merge, and on Day 30, became the 12th person voted out and the fourth member of the jury, finishing in ninth place.
Kimmel ultimately cast her jury vote for Sandra Diaz-Twine to win the season. Diaz-Twine received six of the jury votes from Kimmel, Courtney Yates, J.T. Thomas, Candice Woodcock, Rupert Boneham and Donaldson securing her to win the season by a 6–3–0 margin.
Accomplishments[edit]
During Kimmel's time on Micronesia, she set the record for the most days spent on Survivor, with 78 days, and also became the first player to make it to the Final Tribal Council twice (which she lost both times). She was later matched for this record by "Boston Rob" Mariano, Parvati Shallow, Sandra Diaz-Twine, Russell Hantz, Tony Vlachos, Michele Fitzgerald and Natalie Anderson. Of these eight, only Kimmel and Hantz made it to the finals twice without winning.[4] During the airing of Heroes vs. Villains, Jeff Probst announced on the season's 22nd day that Kimmel was the first contestant to spend a cumulative 100 days competing on Survivor. Upon getting voted out, Kimmel had spent a cumulative 108 days on the show, which extended her own record. This group, as of Winners at War, now also includes: Mariano at 152 days, Shallow at 149 days, Ozzy Lusth at 128 days, Cirie Fields at 121 days, Tyson Apostol at 116 days, Diaz-Twine at 110 days, Amber "Brkich" Mariano at 107 days, Rupert Boneham at 104 days, and Andrea Boehlke at 103 days.[citation needed]
In 2012, Kimmel was inducted into Xfinity's "Survivor Hall of Fame," alongside Survivor: Africa winner Ethan Zohn and Rob Has a Podcast host Rob Cesternino.[5] In the official issue of CBS Watch magazine commemorating the 15th anniversary of Survivor in 2015, Kimmel was voted by viewers as the fourth most attractive female contestant in the history of the series.[6]
Personal life[edit]
Kimmel graduated from Billings West High School in 2003. In 2009, Kimmel made a cameo appearance in the film Into the Blue 2 alongside fellow Survivor tribemate Parvati Shallow.[7] On August 1, 2015, Kimmel married Matt Cooper.[8] They have two sons born in 2016 and 2019 respectively.[9][10]
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Survivor: China | Contestant | Second Runner Up |
| 2008 | Survivor: Micronesia | Contestant | Runner Up |
| 2009 | Into the Blue 2 | Herself | Cameo appearance |
| 2010 | Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains | Contestant | Voted out; 9th place |
References[edit]
- ↑ Ross, Dalton (2008-01-03). "Exclusive Cast Reveal!". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 4 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Jeff Probst's Scouting Reports". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. Retrieved January 4, 2008. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Survivor: Interview With Amanda - 'I would have ripped that thing to shreds!'". fansofrealitytv.com. April 2010.
- ↑ "Reality News Online - Survivor - reality TV - Big Brother - Apprentice - Amazing Race - American Idol - Television Entertainment". Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-05-13. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Media, Comcast Interactive (10 December 2012). "'Survivor' Hall of Fame 2012 Inductee - Amanda Kimmel - Xfinity TV Blog". Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Instagram post by Brenda Lowe • Feb 15, 2015 at 12:05am UTC". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-23.
- ↑ Sharp, Nathan (April 23, 2020). "Survivor: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Parvati Shallow". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on 2020-05-02. Retrieved February 28, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Daily Inter Lake - Weddings & Engagements, Kimmel-Cooper". Daily Inter Lake. March 14, 2015. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
- ↑ "Amanda Lee Kimmel on Facebook". Facebook. November 22, 2016. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
- ↑ "Survivor: What Happened To Amanda Kimmel After Season 16 Micronesia". ScreenRant. December 19, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
External links[edit]
- Amanda Kimmel biography for Survivor: China at CBS.com
- Amanda Kimmel biography for Survivor: Micronesia at CBS.com
- Amanda Kimmel biography for Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains at CBS.com
| Preceded by Stephanie Brownell |
Miss Earth United States 2005 |
Succeeded by Amanda Pennekamp |
| Preceded by Molly Flynn |
Miss Montana USA 2005 |
Succeeded by Jill McLain |
| Preceded by Courtney Yates |
Runner-Up of Survivor Survivor: Micronesia |
Succeeded by Susie Smith |
Miss Earth 2005 contestants | |
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- ↑ Brankin, Una (3 September 2015). "'As a trainee quantity surveyor I'm a woman in a man's world but being Miss Earth lets me show my feminine side'". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
