Survivor’s Joe Anglim and Sierra Dawn Thomas are now engaged

A few years after meeting on Survivor: Worlds Apart, Sierra Dawn Thomas took to Instagram to announce she is engaged to Edge of Extinction’s Joe Anglim.

One thing I didn’t like about Survivor: Edge of Extinction early on was all the callbacks to former players. Like, I knew from social media that Joe Anglim was competing this season for himself and his girlfriend, Sierra Dawn Thomas, but millions of viewers at home might not have known about that until it was mentioned on the show.

It’s true, though; Sierra Dawn Thomas and Joe Anglim first met on Survivor: Worlds Apart, with the blonde barrel racer on the blue-collar tribe and the Amazonian-haired jewelry designer on the no-collar tribe. It seemed like not even Sierra voting out Joe was enough to stop these two, as they reconnected in recent years and have been happy together ever since.

Now it’s time for the two to join the likes of Boston Rob and Ambuh Amber Mariano, John Fincher and Parvati Shallow, Erik Huffman and Jaime Dugan-Huffman, Alex Bell and Kim Powers, and Whitney Duncan and Keith Tollefson; all of whom married after meeting each other through Survivor. 

Sierra Dawn Thomas posted a picture on Instagram confirming she and Joe are engaged. Talk about a real game-changer!

It’s remarkable to think about how great Survivor has been at creating lasting relationships with the players outside of the game. Despite Big Brother actively casting young models and people specifically looking for showmances and shows like The Bachelor entirely dedicated to getting a bachelor married, Survivor marriages have a much higher success rate.

Joe Anglim is currently on our television screens in Edge of Extinction, waiting for his shot to come back into the game and Immunity Challenge his way to victory. Fan favorite Sierra Dawn Thomas came alive during her Game Changers run but also competed more recently in Fear Factor.