Amanda Kimmel

Pageant titleholder bio
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title=Miss Montana USA 2005
nationalcompetition=Miss USA 2005
Miss Earth 2005 (Top 8)
location= Billings, Montana,
United States
birthname= Amanda Lee Kimmel
height=height|ft=5|in=11
eye color=Brown
hair color= Brown
ethnicity= White/Caucasian

Amanda Lee Kimmel (born August 3, 1984) is a beauty queen from Billings, Montana who has competed in the Miss USA and Miss Earth pageants. Kimmel was a runner-up contestant on both ' and ', breaking several Survivor records in the process.

Pageantry

Kimmel won the Miss Montana USA 2005 title in late 2004 after placing first runner-up in both the 2003 and 2004 pageants. She competed at the Miss USA 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005, but failed to place. The pageant was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina.

After passing on her Montana crown to Jill McLain in late August 2005, Kimmel traveled to Quezon City, Philippines to participate in the Miss Earth 2005 pageant. Kimmel was selected to represent the United States in this pageant from a group of applicants, and did not compete in a live competition for the title. She made the top eight in this international pageant, the highest placement ever by a delegate of the United States in the pageant's five-year history.

In early August 2006, Kimmel crowned fellow former Miss USA competitor Amanda Pennekamp as Miss Earth USA, in the second live pageant held in the United States to choose a delegate for the Miss Earth competition. Pennekamp, Miss South Carolina USA 2004, had placed first runner-up in the Miss USA 2004 pageant.

Kimmel has also competed in the Miss World Kite competition held in China, an honour offered to winners of the Miss Montana USA pageant.

"Survivor"

urvivor: China

Survivor contestant
name = Amanda Kimmel


birthdate = Birth date and age|1984|8|3|mf=y
location = Los Angeles, California
season = ,
finish = 3rd place (China)
2nd place (Micronesia)
tribe = China:
colorbox|#C80815 Fei Long
colorbox|Black Hae Da Fung
Micronesia:
colorbox|#9370DB Malakal
colorbox|#CCFF99 DabuKimmel competed on the reality television show "", becoming the fourth Miss USA delegate to compete on "Survivor". The final episode of the season, broadcast on December 16, 2007, revealed that Kimmel finished third, behind winner Todd Herzog and second-place finisher Courtney Yates.

urvivor: Micronesia

Kimmel also appeared on "", the sixteenth season of "Survivor", which began airing on February 7 2008. She was one of ten returning favorites on the Malakal tribe.cite web | url =http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20168991,00.html | title = Exclusive Cast Reveal! | first = Dalton | last = Ross | publisher = Entertainment Weekly | date = 2008-01-03 | accessdate = 2008-01-03] "Survivor" host Jeff Probst commented on Kimmel, "Amanda knows how to play "Survivor". She knows how to build an alliance, how long to keep it, when to get rid of it. She's very good at looking at odds, she's very good at assessing if [she's] better off against this person, or with this person. [...] " [cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20168950_15,00.html|title=Jeff Probst's Scouting Reports|work=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=January 4|accessyear=2008] Amanda found the Hidden Immunity Idol (the first female to find one) after Jason Siska was voted out in possession of one, and she played it during Episode 12, thus negating four votes against her and ensuring the elimination of fan Alexis Jones. She ended the series in second place, losing to Parvati Shallow in a 5-3 vote.

During the season Kimmel began a relationship with Ozzy Lusth, formerly from "". As of the reunion show, they were still dating. Kimmel also established many "firsts" during her tenure on "Micronesia". [ [http://www.realitynewsonline.com/cgi-bin/ae.pl?mode=1&article=article8012.art&page=1 Reality News Online - Survivor - reality TV - Big Brother - Apprentice - Amazing Race - American Idol - Television Entertainment ] ] These include the most days on "Survivor" (78), the first player to play twice without a single valid vote cast against her, and the first player to make the Final Tribal Council twice (she lost both times).

External links

* [http://www.theamandakimmel.com Amanda Kimmel Official Website]
* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor15/survivors/amanda.shtml Amanda Kimmel biography] for at CBS.com
* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor16/bio/amanda/bio.php Amanda Kimmel biography] for at CBS.com

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