Vecepia Towery

Vecepia Towery Robinson (born December 9, 1965, Portland, Oregon) is a former reality TV personality known for winning Survivor: Marquesas, the fourth season of Survivor. She is the first African American contestant to win Survivor's top prize. Vee "attended Grant High School and Portland Community College before receiving a degree in human services, with minors in sociology and psychology, from Troy State University in Alabama. A former member of the U.S. Air Force, Towery spent several years in Soesterberg, Netherlands, while on active duty. She was inducted into the U.S. Air Force's Europe Sports Hall of Fame in the first years of its conception."

Survivor: Marquesas

Originally part of the Maraamu tribe, Towery was not a target at the beginning of the game. When her tribe lost the first immunity challenge, she did not join the rest of her tribe to vote out Peter Harkey, but – together with Sean Rector – voted for Sarah Jones, believing that she was not pulling her weight. When Maraamu lost immunity once again in Episode 2, she joined Sean, Rob Mariano and Sarah to vote out the tribe's motherly figure, Patricia Jackson, due to her bossy attitude. When the tribe lost immunity once again in Episode 3, the new alliance of 4 targeted the tribe's strongest member Hunter Ellis and he was voted out.