Parvati Shallow Wins 'Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites'

The 25-year-old boxer from Los Angeles, California, Parvati Shallow , was voted this season's winner of "Survivor: Micronesia - Fans vs. Favorites."

Parvati, who took sixth place in "Survivor: Cook Islands," was the last of four remaining women in the competition. She received five votes, versus three for runner-up Amanda Kimmel, the 23-year-old former beauty queen and fashion designer. Nurse Cirie Fields and bartender Natalie Bolton rounded out the top four, making this the first season, in the reality show's 16-seasons that the final four contestants have been all women.

But, Parvati was able to outlast the competition to the live finale, which, in a twist, featured the last two competitors vying for winning votes from an eight-person jury of cast-offs. In previous seasons, the remaining three competitors have gone to the final counsel.

This season featured two tribes, made up of former contestants and new players competing against each other. Eventually the two teams merged, and Shallow created an alliance of female competitors from both teams.

For those die-hard Survivor fans, you'll be happy to know the series will continue. Host Jeff Probst announced the show will return to Africa for it's 17th season. "Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden," will premiere in the fall.

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