Amber Mariano

Amber Joy Mariano (née Brkich; born August 11, 1978) is an American television personality and winner of Survivor: All-Stars, after appearing as a contestant on one of its predecessors, Survivor: The Australian Outback. She is married to fellow Survivor contestant Rob Mariano, with whom she has four daughters.

Personal life

Born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Beaver, Pennsylvania, Mariano went to Beaver Area High School. She is a graduate of Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in public relations, with a minor in speech communications, in 2000. She is a member of Alpha Gamma Delta Alumni having served as vice president and new member coordinator while still in school. Mariano is of Croatian descent.

She began a relationship with fellow reality star Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano in 2003, when they formed an alliance as castmates on Survivor: All-Stars. They became engaged on May 9, 2004, during the show's live finale at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and married on April 16, 2005 at Atlantis Paradise Island in The Bahamas.CBS aired a two-hour special about the wedding, entitled Rob and Amber Get Married, on May 24, 2005. After their marriage, the couple moved to Pensacola, Florida. The Marianos have four daughters: Lucia Rose (born July 2009), Carina Rose (born December 2010), Isabetta Rose (born May 2012), and Adelina Rose (born June 2014).