Day 8: Most Attractive Survivor
Survivor 39-Day Challenge
For this category, I’d go with one man and one woman. The most attractive Survivors ever are Michael Yerger and Morgan Brown (née McLeod).
Okay, I don’t think there’s too much to say about this category other than these two castaways are so beautiful I wanna cry. It’s either I wanna be them or wanna be with them. It’s ridiculous.
I mean, just check their Instagram pages and see for yourself the beauty that is Michael Yerger/Morgan Brown.
When it comes to Survivor moments, these two are arguably still colorful despite not winning or even being a big character of their seasons.
Michael was the youngest contestant at the time he appeared in Ghost Island (2017) at 18. But the way he talks and thinks was ahead of his time; he’s very mature for his age that he was able to hide the fact that he was a teenager. Everybody believed he was in his early 20s which goes to show, he must have the knack to play the game of Survivor.
My favorite moment from Michael during his time in Survivor was when he found The F — g Stick™ (more on that as we progress) from Micronesia (2008), and used it this time as a real immunity idol, negating the majority of the votes at the Final 12 tribal council. I think he’s a lock for a return in the next couple of years.
Coincidentally, Morgan was the youngest contestant in her season Cagayan (2014) at 21. Early on, she was already on the outs of a very small Beauty tribe because of a twist right off the bat. She was picked by LJ, the designated tribe leader, as the ‘weakest’. Turns out, she surprisingly was not. She was an asset to the tribe in challenges, more so than half the tribe. She was close to winning both individual immunity challenges she participated.
I would not count Morgan’s social and strategic game out though, as she was able to make a move against Alexis at the pre-merge — one of the most well-thought out votes, in my opinion, but was rather minimized by the events that happened at the next tribal council.
My most favorite moments from Morgan during her time in the show was when she talked about the advantages she had because of her looks. The absolute gold of them all was this quote, the punctuation of all Morgan verses, which Jeff described as “one of the greatest quotes ever heard on Survivor”:
If any person in the world could, you know, decide to be ugly or cute, most would pick cute.
When the production decided the theme Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty, I’m 100% sure this was what they’re hoping to get — and they did. All hail, Queen Morgan!
Runners-up: Brendan Synnott, 9th Placer, Survivor: Tocantins – The Brazilian Highlands & Monika Radulovic, 5th Placer, Australian Survivor: Champions vs. Contenders
