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Name (Age): Willow Dao (29)

Tribe Designation: TBD

Current Residence: Triumph, LA

Occupation: Shrimp Boat Captain

Personal Claim to Fame: Just captaining my own boat. Shrimping's notorious for being a guy dominated world, but I've grown up helping my father on his boat and I can fish circles around some of these fools on the bayou.

Inspiration in Life: My parents, for sure. They immigrated from Vietnam to Louisiana in the 70's, facing hardship all the way. However, they've overcome racism and persecution to build one of Louisiana's largest seafood providers. I'm just proud to be supporting and helping them.

Hobbies: When I'm not on the water, I love helping my mother cook, going to church and walking my dogs.

Pet Peeves: Judgmental people! As a female, Asian, shrimp boat captain with the thickest accent you've ever heard, I'm not someone people see everyday. Still, those who are able to throw away any stereotypes they have and work together I appreciate a hundred times more.

Three Words to Describe You: Tenacious, hard, spirited

SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: James Clement. He's got muscles on muscles and he's a good ol' Louisianan like myself. Can I go out there and carry my tribe on my back like he did? I sure hope so.

Reason for Being on SURVIVOR: I have a motto which is "Always strive to be better". I've done a lot in my life that I'm proud of, but I can always be better and winning Survivor is another thing to add to my resume. Plus, the money would help me and my folks out a ton. We're successful, but ain't rich if you get my drift. Hurricane Katrina took away a lot from us.

Why You Think You’ll “Survive” SURVIVOR: If I can survive Katrina by camping out on top of my house for two days, I can survive 39 days on an island. I'm definitely hard to take down and if Katrina couldn't, those other castaways certainly have no chance.

Why You Think You Will Be the Sole SURVIVOR: I've got the brawn for sure and I've got the endurance. And if I can manage a whole ship of hard-knock sailors, I can deal with a few models and surfer bros. There's nothing they can throw at me that I haven't seen, but I can think of quite a lot that I can throw at them that they haven't seen.