Nina Carlton

 is a contestant from Australian Survivor: Venezuela - Fates.

Profile

 * Name (Age): Nina Carlton (38)
 * Tribe Designation: TBD
 * Current Residence: Geelong, VIC
 * Occupation: Personal Trainer/Life Coach
 * Season 01 Contestant You Are Most Like: JoAnne for sure, that girl was so full of sass and gameplay. I hope to be a slightly more physical (no offence Jo) version of her.

Nina is a personal trainer from Geelong. She prides herself on fitness and her physical stregth. Due to her competitve nature she has competed in races and obstacle courses all over the country.

''I'm Type-A, I gotta go hard, gotta smash it out and be the best at every damn thing I try and do. Fitness has been my thing for the last decade or so. I'll take on anyone in anything sporty, you wanna shoot some hoops, alright bro, let's do it. You think you can swim faster than me? Like to see you try buddy. I'm just that type of person, I make no apologies. But the thing I love most is the gruelling obstacle courses, Tough Mudder and all that stuff - that is my jam. Dude, you watch me take on these Survivor courses, I am going to crush it!''

Nina originally hails from Bendigo, where she was married and worked as a bank teller, before coming out as lesbian, leaving her husband and moving to the city to pursue her new life.

''See, something in my life just wasn't clicking. I had the kind of life my girlfriends would all dream of, happy marriage, stable job, beautiful home, but I just felt like I was living in someone else's shoes. One day it all clicked, I know twenty-six is a really late time to realize your sexuality, but that's how it was for me. My ex and I talked about it, we cried, we mourned the life we had, we took the time to heal and hey, now we're best friends, he has a new wife and a son, I could not be happier for him. We've all got to live our best lives, you know what I mean?''

Nina claims that strategy will not be her strong suit on Survivor. She is hoping to get herself as a solid number in a majority alliance until she can find her footing in the game.

''Dude, I'm no brainiac, okay, let me get that straight. My goal out there is to find the nerdy dude, I can carry him through the physical challenges and he can teach me the strats, we are going to be a golden pair. I hope we can find a few other meatheads I can gel with and few weirdos for him, have a nerd and jock alliance that can carry us to the end, then we can flip between the nerds and jocks until we're Final Two. It is going to be tight.''

Trivia

 * Nina is one of seven LGBT contestants on Venezuela - Fates