Survivor: CaramoanEdit

Brenda began the game on the Bikal tribe with nine-other fan favorites. She initially allied with Francesca Hogi, Brandon Hantz, and Erik Reichenbach, against Stealth R Us 2.0. However, at Bikal's first Tribal Council, Francesca was voted out, leaving Brenda in the minority of the tribe.

Luckily, Brenda avoided being targeted by the majority alliance and made it to the Tribe Switch on Day 14, where she was switched to the Gota tribe. Since Gota would remain the remaining tribal Immunity Challenges, Brenda made the Day 20 merge, becoming a member of the Enil Edam tribe. During this time, Brenda developed a close relationship with Dawn Meehan, after she helped her find her lost retainer. She also became an official member of Stealth R Us, helping to eliminate the rival Cool Kids Alliance.

Following Reynold Toepfer's elimination, Andrea Boehlke targeted Brenda for her strength in challenges, after barely losing to the former in the Day 33 Immunity Challenge. Luckily for Brenda, the rest of the tribe felt threatened by Andrea's Hidden Immunity Idol and blindsided her at the following Tribal Council.

On Day 35, Brenda won the Loved Ones Challenge with her father and selected Dawn and her husband to accompany them to a barbecue reward. Surprisingly, Jeff Probst gave Brenda an alternative option where she could give up the reward and time with her loved one (as well as Dawns) in order for the rest of the tribe to have time with theirs. She chose the latter, pleasing the other contestants but upsetting Dawn. Thus, at the next Immunity Challenge, Brenda intentionally dropped out so Dawn could win Immunity.

After returning from the challenge, Brenda believed that her alliance would vote off Eddie Fox, the last remaining member of the Cool Kids Alliance. However, John Cochran was intimidated by Brenda's act of selflessness at the Loved Ones Challenge, viewing her as a Jury threat. He then persuaded Dawn and Sherri Biethman into voting for Brenda, blindsiding and devastating her in a 3-2-1 vote. She became the sixth juror, and ultimately voted for Cochran to be the Sole Survivor.

Voting HistoryEdit

^1 In Come Over to the Dark Side, the vote ended with a 3-3-3 tie between Andrea, Malcolm, and Reynold, forcing a revote. Brenda voted for Malcolm at the revote.

Post-SurvivorEdit

• Brenda appeared in the music video Twilight by the pop band Cover Drive.
• According to multiple sources, Brenda is engaged as of the filming of Caramoan.
  • She announced her pregnancy on the Live Reunion Show.

GalleryEdit

NicaraguaEdit

Brenda, as a member of La Flor.

Brenda with her tribe.

Brenda at the La Flor camp.

Brenda at the Day 16 Reward Challenge.

Brenda betrayed by her alliance.

Brenda at the Reunion.

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CaramoanEdit

Brenda, as a member of Bikal.

Brenda at the Day 5 Immunity Challenge.

Brenda after being switched to Gota.

Brenda as part of Enil Edam.

Brenda winning an Individual Immunity Challenge.

Brenda and Dawn at Enil Edam.

Brenda talking to her tribemates right after being voted out.

Brenda blindsided.

Brenda talking to everyone before leaving Tribal Council.

Brenda announcing her pregnancy at the Reunion (Via Satellite)

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TriviaEdit

• Brenda is of Chinese and Bolivian descent.
• Brenda is the lowest-ranking member of Libertad to have won an individual Immunity Challenge.
• Marty Piombo stated in a Ponderosa clip that if Brenda made it to the end, he would've voted for her to win.
• Brenda is the third Asian contestant to play multiple seasons, after Shii Ann Huang and Yau-Man Chan.
  • Coincidentally, they are the only people to represent their seasons, with Brenda representing Survivor: Nicaragua. Along with Malcolm Freberg and Stephenie LaGrossa, they are the only contestants to be the sole representative of their season in future seasons.
• Brenda is the last original female La Flor member to be voted out, as NaOnka Mixon and Kelly Shinn would eventually quit.
• Phillip Sheppard gave Brenda the nickname "Serenity", after joining his notorious Stealth R Us 2.0 alliance.
• Brenda holds the record for the highest number of consecutive episodes without having a confessional while still in the game, with eight, surpassing Natalie Tenerelli's previous record of seven.
• On both her seasons, Brenda won the second individual immunity challenge.
  • She is the only contestant to win the second individual immunity challenge on more than one season.
• Brenda is a former cheerleader for the Miami Dolphins.
  • Coincidentally, fellow Nicaragua castaway Jimmy Johnson coached the Miami Dolphins.
• Brenda is the first person to win the Loved Ones Challenge in which the reward was spending time with two Loved Ones.
  • However, she gave it up to Eddie, Erik, Cochran, and Sherri.
  • Brenda is the first person to make Jeff Probst cry during the Loved Ones Challenge.
• Brenda is one of two contestants to not appear at the Reunion Show as she was unable to attend the Caramoan reunion due to her Pregnancy (also missing this reunion was Brandon Hantz who was banned from attending).
  • She did make an appearance via satellite.
• Immediately after her elimination aired, Brenda trended worldwide on Twitter. She is the only Survivor contestant to trend worldwide.
• Brenda is the only returning player in Caramoan to improve on her original placement and not make the Final Tribal Council. 

ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit

• Brenda's CBS profile