Western alumna Erika Casupanan wins Survivor

The Gazette

By Jordan Bloom

January 27, 2022

It was 7:52 p.m. on Sept. 15, 2010 as 21-year-old Erika Casupanan walked into the University Community Centre. She had been elected president of the Faculty of Information and Media Studies Students' Council only a few months ago and tonight was club training.

But her mind was three thousand kilometres away in Nicaragua, where Survivor's 21st season was about to kick off. Casupanan, a superfan, would have given anything to watch the show.

Eleven years later, she won the game. Continue reading.