Finally - A Black Woman WINS Survivor
 

I am so happy Vecepia won Survivor. I missed the episode last night because I was caught up watching the Cosby reunion. Hopefully it will be aired again sometime this week.

Note the part where she mentions her plans to spend the $1 million - "AFTER tithes and offerings to my father!"
Praise God.

Here's the article:


NEW YORK (AP) - Vecepia "Vee" Towery had to wait five months after coming home to find out, but it was well worth the wait: She won the grueling "Survivor: Marquesas" contest and the $1 million prize.

Towery, a 36-year-old office manager from Portland, Ore., beat Neleh Dennis, a 21-year-old psychology student from Layton, Utah., after the parchment ballots were tallied live at the conclusion of CBS' "Survivor 4" Sunday night.

In an interview after the telecast, Towery said she had arrived in the South Pacific's Marquesas Islands last November ready for an early departure, with a parting speech in hand. "It's important to be humble. But I had the feeling that God would lead me (to victory), and he did."

With the money, Towery plans to finish work on the home she and her new husband have been renovating, and to invest the rest — but all that will come after "tithes and offerings to my father," she said.

In contrast to "Survivor" alumni who sought to prolong their celebrity, she said she now expects to resume her former life. But she isn't shutting the door to staying in the public eye: "I'll be open-minded to whatever might come my way."

What makes her most proud? Being the first black contestant to win.

This is also the first "Survivor" where women emerged as the two finalists. Both were outspoken in their Christian faith during the series, and were condemned by some rivals as "Bible-thumpers."

The final 4-3 vote was made by a jury of seven former "Survivor: Marquesas" castaways, one of whom, Tammy Leitner, was less than complimentary to the finalists.

"You beat me at my own game," she said at a tribal council before the votes were cast. "You lied better than I did, you manipulated better than I did and you deceived everybody better than I did. So congratulations."

After the winner was announced, all 16 survivors rehashed their adventures during a live "reunion special" from New York's Central Park.

"We have traveled from the most remote island in the world to the greatest island in the world," said "Survivor" host Jeff Probst.

The contestants were left with minimal supplies and a TV production crew on Nuku Hiva, part of Tahiti's Marquesas islands, about halfway between Los Angeles and Sydney, Australia. They began the 39-day adventure as two tribes of eight players each. One player was voted off every three days by the other contestants.

Though hardly the ratings or cultural blockbuster of the original "Survivor," which aired during the summer of 2000, the weekly "Survivor: Marquesas" was the eighth-rated series during the 2001-02 season.

A fifth "Survivor" series, set in Thailand, is scheduled for this fall.

I am happy for Vee. She was very real when I watched the show and I am ecstatic about her using her position--and now celebrity to the glory of God. I, too, didn't watch it because I was watching The Cosby Show: A Look Back....I couldn't deter myself from that since I'd been waiting to watch that for about two months!

I just stopped by for a brief moment to say that I'm happy she won too... just because she's black.

I tried so hard to balance watching The Cosby Rerun and the Survivor Reunion at the same time but I couldn't do it.

I wonder if Shawn got that rent money..... and if she'll give me some as well.



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I was jumping up and down when the last vote was called. Not only was she incredibly humble but she was brutally honest. She had a plan and stuck with it. It worked!!! So best wishes to her.

On another note: Why is it when someone proclaims their love of Christ they are bible-thumpers? Like it's a bad thing. Will people ever learn? :rolleyes:

It all depends on how they do it. I have nothing but respect for someone else's religious feelings as long as they respect mine, or my lack thereof. If they don't have something to say about my views then I have nothing to say about theirs.

The problem is that there are a lot of people who are self-appointed messengers, and feel that if you do not share their beliefs that you must be converted. I am glad that anyone finds comfort in Christ, but if I don't, then respect my decisions like I would respect yours!

I dislike people trying to force their personal views upon others, and the SMALL section of Christians that do that are the ones that color the public's perceptions of all, unfortunately. I know better than to call all Christians that, but there are many people who don't.