Emily Flippen has made an impression on season 45 of Survivor for the reason that starting. Earlier than the opening problem on the primary episode, Emily known as out returning participant Bruce Perreault and tried to place a goal on his again. She continued that chaotic gameplay all the best way to the primary Tribal Council, the place she very nicely might’ve been voted out, had it not been for her tribemate, Hannah Rose, quitting the sport.

Fortunately, Emily cleaned up her sloppy gameplay and solid a robust alliance with Austin Li Coon and Drew Basile after the tribe swap that’s helped her get to the ultimate eight. Now, Emily is considering making an enormous transfer in opposition to the dominant Reba alliance to safe her path to the top. 

Hold studying to study extra in regards to the standout season 45 contestant.

Emily is an funding analyst.

Since 2018, Emily has labored as an funding analyst at The Motley Idiot, a personal monetary and investing recommendation firm, based on her LinkedIn. She beforehand labored at GE Capital in Stamford, Connecticut from June 2017 to March 2018.

Emily lives in Maryland.

Emily lives in Laurel, Maryland for her job. She’s initially from McKinney, Texas, which is the place she grew up.

Emily went to school in China.

When Emily turned 18, she moved from Texas to Shanghai, China, as a part of the inaugural class on the Sino-American College. She there for 4 years as an undergraduate pupil.

“The category, the scholar physique, was extremely numerous,” Emily stated in an interview with Parade. “So many nice alternatives to fulfill people who find themselves simply so completely different than myself, who come from actually numerous socioeconomic backgrounds, life experiences, cultures, and getting alongside and discovering frequent floor with people who find themselves completely different than myself.”

Emily has a boyfriend.

Emily instructed Parade earlier than the season filmed within the spring of 2023 that she’s “been in a relationship with the identical man for nearly a decade.”

Emily in contrast herself to Chaos Kass.

Of all of the previous Survivor gamers, Emily thinks she’s most just like Kass McQuillen, a.ok.a “Chaos Kass,” from seasons 28 and 31.

“Watching her seasons again, it’s sort of irritating that she is perceived by many individuals to be a villain, as a result of I like so many points of her character,” Emily stated about Kass in her Parade interview. “She’s actually direct, sincere, intense, aggressive, all of this stuff that I believe I sort of affiliate with, particularly as a girl,” she added.