Survivor: South Pacific winner Sophie Clarke is now a doctor
Sophie Clarke put forth an underrated performance to win Survivor: South Pacific, but she’s since gone on to bigger things, namely becoming a doctor.
Survivor: South Pacific featured a number of memorable moments. Benjamin “Coach” Wade and Ozzy Lusth returned as so-called captains for tribes, and both made it to the final four. What’s more, Ozzy did so by taking advantage of Redemption Island, asking to be voting out and dominating his way back into the game. What’s more, it also introduced us to Brandon Hantz, nephew of Russell, prior to his infamous blowup when he’d play again.
However, what gets lost in this perhaps is how dominant winner Sophie Clarke was throughout Survivor: South Pacific. Just 22 years old at the time, she was a strategic force throughout the game, and also won the final Immunity Challenge to get Ozzy booted. What’s more, it speaks to her level of play that she cast a vote towards every castaway who was voted out after the merge.
Sophie went on to win at Tribal Council over Coach and Albert Destrade with a 6-3-0 vote, respectively. Thus, the then medical student was named Sole Survivor and awarded the $1 million prize. If she ever plays again, though, medical student will no longer be on her title card.
On Friday, Clarke graduated from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Now if she plays again, she’ll be Sophie Clarke, M.D., as she’s officially a doctor:
One of the primary reasons that Sophie was able to win on South Pacific was her smarts. Her recognition for waves and fluctuations in the game was uncanny. What’s more, she was also able to very diligently and wisely discern her next move to stay on top of the game. So it only figures that she would go on to be a doctor given that aspect of her game — even if she wasn’t listed as a medical student.
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Even after graduation and achieving something so massive, Survivor was still on Clarke’s brain. In a reply to her own tweet about becoming a doctor, she had a message for host Jeff Probst:
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Whether it’s on a fabled all-winners season or just the next season with returning players, Sophie has now put herself back in the mix. She’s got that silly medical school degree out of the way. Now it’s time to get back to her most financially lucrative venture to date, the game of Survivor.