Survivor Courtney Yates Biography

Survivor Courtney Yates Biography

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Courtney Yates (born March 26, 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a waitress and became part of the reality television show Survivor: China. She will be returning to Survivor to compete on the show’s 20th season: Survivor: Heroes vs. Villians as part of the Villains tribe.

She has studied at both the Boston and Beacon Hill campuses of Suffolk University, as well as its West African campus located in Dakar,Senegal. She paid her own way through college by sidelining as a passenger service agent for a major airline at Boston’s Logan Airport, and eventually graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.

Another past occupation for her was working as a “historical interpreter,” which was actually a tour guide wearing a costume, at historic abodes found in Salem, Massachusetts. She has also worked as a receptionist for a high-end hair salon. She currently works as a waitress for a top restaurant in New York’s Union Square, where she says she enjoys the liberty and the fast pace of living that it allows her. Apart from her work, her favorite pastimes are learning new things and reading.

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Tribe: Villains
Hometown: Boston, Mass.
Current Residence: New York, N.Y.
Personal Claim To Fame: “Punctuality.”
Inspiration in Life: “The laughter of children.”
Previous Finishes: China: Runner-up
Favorite Past Moment: “Seeing my Dad bust out from behind the bushes at the family reward.”
Previous Survivor She Respects Most: Yau-Man Chan (Fiji, Micronesia)
Previous Survivor She Respects Least: “All the strong people, because they are so smug.”
Why Did She Come Back?: “Couldn’t pass up the opportunity.”