Amanda (China) - Micronesia

**fluff** · 01-05-2008, 12:46 PM

Age: 23

Home Town: Los Angeles, CA

Occupation: Fashion Designer

Amanda Kimmel has lived all over the state of Montana. She most recently worked as a hiking tour guide and continues to hone her skills as an artist while learning about the fashion industry. She began modeling in Chicago at the age of 16 where she lived on her own for one year. She previously worked as a make-up artist, retail sales representative and waitress. Her goal is to develop a business within the fashion industry.

Kimmel has competed in many beauty pageants and was crowned Miss Montana USA in 2005 and placed in the Top 8 for Miss Earth in 2006. She's been on the cover of Montana Living Magazine and Pageantry Magazine. Kimmel has been to China twice before to compete in the Miss Kite of the World Pageant in Weifang. She placed as a semi-finalist and was given a key to the city and was heavily promoted on billboards and in news articles. While promoting tourism via these pageants, she did volunteer work at orphanages and other organizations and was also permitted to fly kites off the Great Wall in five inch heels.

Kimmel's hobbies include hiking, designing, drawing and painting. She enjoys rock climbing, snowshoeing, kickboxing and volleyball. Kimmel describes herself as motivated, competitive and determined. She has camped every weekend in Montana since she was three years old. She tries never to leave home without her cowboy boots.

Kimmel just moved from Kalispell, Montana to Los Angeles and is living with her sister, Katrina. Her family has one dog, Sassy, two cats, Cleo and Lynus, and one horse, Frisco. Her birth date is August 3, 1984.

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MK202 · 01-05-2008, 03:39 PM

Hopefully Amanda has learned her lesson and if she makes it to the finals again, she will not completely butcher her speech to the jury

MisterSSS · 01-05-2008, 04:17 PM

It's a shame PG or Courtney didn't take her spot this season. Amanda might as well be on the Fan's tribe, I barely remember her and her season ended less than a month ago!

Kaizen · 01-05-2008, 04:55 PM

YAY more blurry hip shots!

CrossingGuard · 01-05-2008, 07:24 PM

Amanda's back! I know a lot of people think she was pretty boring in China, but she was still my favorite throughout the season. Her and James have an advantage coming in since they just came off of China, and the people around them don't know how well they did or what they did in their original season.

**fluff** · 01-05-2008, 08:36 PM

I'm surprised to see her included as a favourite.
I wonder how the favourites were determined.
She wasn't in the top three vote-getters for the $100,000 fan favourite prize for China.
Perhaps she was doing well in the popularity poll at the official site when they were trying to decide who to include

I didn't not like her, she just seems like an odd choice.

**hepcat** · 01-06-2008, 02:38 AM

I remember her more as Crossing Guard's avatar than anything else.

CrossingGuard · 01-06-2008, 02:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hepcat

I remember her more as Crossing Guard's avatar than anything else.

I didn't think I used it that much.

Okay, maybe I did.

Krom · 01-06-2008, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fluff

I'm surprised to see her included as a favourite.
I wonder how the favourites were determined.

Simple. The producers knew she'd made it to the finals of China and were probably certain she hadn't won, due to the jury butchering. She'd be fresh in people's minds, they knew.

She also has the distinction of arguably being the most attractive female Survivor of recent years, and they wanted eye candy.

Third, for all that she fell apart at jury, she played a decent game. Her mistake was in not being able to express that. The producers knew she'd probably be able to stay long enough on this season to not be a wasted alumni. Heck, I wonder how much anyone on this edition even knew about how well she'd done. Probably, if she was smart, she could convince them she was an early boot who the producers only reluctantly brought back. Only James could contradict her--so if she had brains she'd get his cooperation right away.

As record-settingly abysmal as she did at final tribal, she's not an idiot and to this day I think did almost as much as Todd. So this isn't TOTALLY undeserved.

Leo · 01-06-2008, 03:14 AM

It's a stretch to call anyone from China (except James) a "favorite", but Amanda is certainly notable... for choking away a million dollars.

01-05-2008, 12:46 PM	#1
fluff Why can't we just rewind? Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 40,428	Amanda (China) - Micronesia Age: 23 Home Town: Los Angeles, CA Occupation: Fashion Designer Amanda Kimmel has lived all over the state of Montana. She most recently worked as a hiking tour guide and continues to hone her skills as an artist while learning about the fashion industry. She began modeling in Chicago at the age of 16 where she lived on her own for one year. She previously worked as a make-up artist, retail sales representative and waitress. Her goal is to develop a business within the fashion industry. Kimmel has competed in many beauty pageants and was crowned Miss Montana USA in 2005 and placed in the Top 8 for Miss Earth in 2006. She's been on the cover of Montana Living Magazine and Pageantry Magazine. Kimmel has been to China twice before to compete in the Miss Kite of the World Pageant in Weifang. She placed as a semi-finalist and was given a key to the city and was heavily promoted on billboards and in news articles. While promoting tourism via these pageants, she did volunteer work at orphanages and other organizations and was also permitted to fly kites off the Great Wall in five inch heels. Kimmel's hobbies include hiking, designing, drawing and painting. She enjoys rock climbing, snowshoeing, kickboxing and volleyball. Kimmel describes herself as motivated, competitive and determined. She has camped every weekend in Montana since she was three years old. She tries never to leave home without her cowboy boots. Kimmel just moved from Kalispell, Montana to Los Angeles and is living with her sister, Katrina. Her family has one dog, Sassy, two cats, Cleo and Lynus, and one horse, Frisco. Her birth date is August 3, 1984. __________________ "That's Numberwang!"

01-05-2008, 03:39 PM	#2
MK202 FORT Fan Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: USA Posts: 222	Re: Amanda (China) - Micronesia Hopefully Amanda has learned her lesson and if she makes it to the finals again, she will not completely butcher her speech to the jury

01-05-2008, 04:17 PM	#3
MisterSSS FORT Troublemaker Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,110	Re: Amanda (China) - Micronesia It's a shame PG or Courtney didn't take her spot this season. Amanda might as well be on the Fan's tribe, I barely remember her and her season ended less than a month ago!

01-05-2008, 04:55 PM	#4
Kaizen <3 Lauren/Anya <3 Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 18 Posts: 2,579	Re: Amanda (China) - Micronesia YAY more blurry hip shots!

01-05-2008, 07:24 PM	#5
CrossingGuard Allie FTW on SYTYCDC! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Posts: 3,764 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Amanda (China) - Micronesia Amanda's back! I know a lot of people think she was pretty boring in China, but she was still my favorite throughout the season. Her and James have an advantage coming in since they just came off of China, and the people around them don't know how well they did or what they did in their original season. __________________ Proud Jensa member. Favorites! Survivor - Crystal, Sugar ; TAR - NickStarr, KenTina ; BL - ~~Coleen~~, Michelle, Renee ; SYTYCDC - Allie, Natalli ; TARA - ~~IdaTania~~

01-05-2008, 08:36 PM	#6
fluff Why can't we just rewind? Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 40,428	Re: Amanda (China) - Micronesia I'm surprised to see her included as a favourite. I wonder how the favourites were determined. She wasn't in the top three vote-getters for the $100,000 fan favourite prize for China. Perhaps she was doing well in the popularity poll at the official site when they were trying to decide who to include I didn't not like her, she just seems like an odd choice. __________________ "That's Numberwang!"

01-06-2008, 02:38 AM	#7
hepcat Phooey. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: here Posts: 24,916 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Amanda (China) - Micronesia I remember her more as Crossing Guard's avatar than anything else. __________________ THE SMEAR: Barack Obama got 100% on "Through the Fire and Flames" on Guitar Hero. THE TRUTH: Barack Obama is a DDR fanatic.

01-06-2008, 03:14 AM	#10
Leo FORT Fogey Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,033	Re: Amanda (China) - Micronesia It's a stretch to call anyone from China (except James) a "favorite", but Amanda is certainly notable... for choking away a million dollars.