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Name (Age): Winston Milone (73)

Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma

Occupation: Sky Diving Instructor

Personal Claim to Fame: Still Sky Diving even at the age of 73. I had many of the younger instructors ask me "Winston, don't you think it's time to retire? You're already in your seventies." Every time, they tell me this, I tell them that I'm in better shape than all of them and I'm not about to be that old guy sitting in the retirement home playing chess and eating soft foods. The minute I stop sky diving is the day they have to bury me in the ground with my parachute bag in it. I've been teaching people how to sky dive for almost fifty years and I'm still as strong as when I was a teenager.

Inspiration in Life: This is gonna sound stupid but it's actually the granny from the movie Hoodwinked. My grandkids made me watch it with them and I gotta say that the granny and I have a lot in common. We both refuse to sit around and just do what "normal senior citizens" do. We both remain active and are constantly defying the regular expectations of other people our age. I know you're laughing at me while reading this! I can like whoever the (expletive) I want so if you're going to insult me, then I suggest you stop reading this right now!

Hobbies: Sky-diving, scuba-diving, skiing, playing sports and going for walks.

Pet Peeves: People who tell me to act my age. Listen, many of the people who tell me this are either teens who spend all their time in front of their computers or senior citizens wo are afraid of leaving their house. I will not conform to society's image of older people.

3 Words to Describe You: Active, Free-spirited, Blunt

SURVIVOR Contestant You are Most Like: I'd say I'm a lot like Celia Mosteller. Like me, she's an older citizen who is breaking stereotypes and she's so brutally honest and although she can seem to be rough, she's actually gone through a lot in her life and once people got to know her better, she was able to show them a kind and good-humored woman.

Reason for Competing on SURVIVOR: The money! What other reason would there be? Let me tell you, I don't make a fortune as a Skydiving Instructor and let me tell you, many of the people I teach wouldn't give out a handout to their own mother, the cheapskates and me and my wife would actually like to DO something other than the regular norm. I ain't getting any younger here!

Why You Believe You Will Become the SOLE SURVIVOR: ​I'm a strong elderly gentleman who gives absolutely zero ​(expletive)​. I am willing to adapt my game to fit the current situation I'm in. Whether I'm in the minority or the majority I will always be playing the game my own way, taking out threats and those who I don't see as useful to my game. I'm always willing to talk with people and sure, I may make a "friend" or two, but in all honesty, I will be putting on the façade of the elderly gentleman who is just hoping to be the first boot. And no! I am not going to be an older Morris Gleeson. Unlike him, I don't let power get to my head and I don't treat allies and enemies like dirt. I'll treat everyone with respect because it's the right thing to do but also so that they will vote me to win when they're on the jury; but at the end of the day, this is an individual game and I am not above doing anything in order to win the game.

Additional Information (to allow me to know more about him/her):

​Winston was born on February 12th, 1944 to the parents of Ashley and Fred Milone. He has one younger sister named Mary who is ten years younger than him. He was generally a happy person who was always willing to make friends. However, that all changed when he was in college. He was dating a woman by the name of Lily Freeman and he had a friend named Jason Huxley who he both cared about deeply. One day, he planned to go on a twelve day road trip alone to celebrate his getting a job as a sky diving instructor with a local company. However, when he returned from his trip, he found his best friend sleeping with his girlfriend. He was then dumped by her on the spot. Later on, he found out that not only had they married, but also that they had cut off all ties with him, hurting him even more because he had hoped they all could at least remain friends. He then decided that he would not let anyone else get close to him because they would just hurt him in the end. Although he keeps acquaintances, he does not have anyone he considers a close friend. He has been a sky diving instructor since he was in college and has been at the same company the whole time. He married a woman by the name of Gertrude and together they had two sons, Jerry and Zane and their two sons each had two grandkids--Frank, Angel, Mabel and Ray. He likes to remain active and isn't above trying any new sport, especially if some young whippersnapper tells him he's to old to be doing that. He always tries to provide for his family and they are the people he cares about the most. Winston also likes to dress crazy (hence the ball cap, bow tie, t-shirt, puffy jacket mix).