to give immunity to Dennis in exchange for taking Towery to the Final Two. Dennis agreed and Vavrick-O'Brien was voted out. Once in the Final Two, both Towery and Dennis faced accusations of hypocrisy by the jury, and Towery explained that she was playing a very strategic game. In the end, Towery beat out Dennis in a 4–3 vote to become the Sole Survivor, gaining the votes of Carroll, Leitner, DeCanio, and Rector. Towery was the first African American contestant to win Survivor, succeeded by Earl Cole of Survivor: Fiji, Jeremy Collins of Survivor: Cambodia, Wendell Holland of Survivor: Ghost Island and Maryanne Oketch of Survivor 42. Personal life While Survivor: Marquesas was still airing, Towery married Leander Robinson, who had made a brief appearance on the episode where loved ones of the remaining castaways came to visit. The birth of their son, was later the subject of an episode of TLC's A Baby Story. Her nephew, Roy L. Williams, is a former football star who played safety for the Dallas Cowboys. References https://ew.com/tv/survivor-42-winner-maryanne-mike-romeo-jonathan-lindsay/ External links Official CBS biography page 1965 births Living people African-American female military personnel African-American television personalities United States Air Force personnel of the Gulf War Participants in American reality television series Television personalities from Portland, Oregon Survivor (American TV series) winners Troy University alumni United States Air Force airmen Women in the United States Air Force Women in warfare post-1945 African Americans in Oregon 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women African-American United States Air Force personnel African-American history in Portland, Oregon