Sophie Clarke (born July 10, 1989) is the winner of Survivor: South Pacific. In the final vote, she defeated and Albert Destrade by a 6-3-0 vote from the nine-member jury. Clarke is a native of Willsboro, New York, and a graduate of Middlebury College. She attends Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. She has two siblings, twins Edwina and Phoebe. Her father is writer Thurston Clarke. Survivor: South Pacific Sophie Clarke was one of the eighteen players on Survivor: South Pacific. On the first night, a final five alliance that would dominate the game was formed between Clarke, , Rick Nelson, Brandon Hantz, and Albert Destrade. Clarke's tribe won the first immunity challenge, keeping her tribe intact. Wade then recruited Edna Ma as the sixth member of their alliance. The six player alliance eliminated all other players from the game. Clarke won her first immunity challenge on Day 27 of the game. At tribal council, another immunity challenge immediately took place which Clarke also won. During her tribes tribal councils Clarke intently watched for the jury's reactions towards certain players. At the game's final immunity challenge, Ozzy Lusth had a significant lead in the beginning, got stuck on the puzzle and Clarke came from behind to win. "Coach" Wade decided to bestow his name "The Dragon Slayer" on Clarke for eliminating Lusth. With Clarke, Wade and Destrade as the final three, Clarke began to reflect on the game and how it changed her. She felt like she had learned more about her weaknesses than her strengths. She revealed things previously unknown to her fellow tribe members. Clarke felt she outplayed, outlasted and outwitted everyone by winning the most immunities and by keeping a first day alliance intact. In the end, the jury rewarded Clarke in a 6-3-0 vote over Wade and Destrade. She was able to gain the votes of Whitney Duncan, Brandon Hantz, Ozzy Lusth, Dawn Meehan, Jim Rice, and Keith Tollefson.
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