Survivor 49 winner Savannah Louie: “I don’t need to be liked by a 100% of people”

[TMC]

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“What’s so interesting is I feel like people assume, because I do put out a really confident aura — I’m always gonna be my own biggest fan, right? — but even in moments where I feel a lot of self-doubt, I still present as someone who’s really confident,” Louie tells EW. “I feel like if you are self-talking in a really positive way, you’re gonna manifest good things. So going into the final Tribal, I felt like I had a good chance. But I also knew that Sage did play a really great strategic game. Very different from mine. And I knew Soph also played an incredible social game. She was also wonderful at strategy and I knew she was a lot better liked than I was, if I’m being honest. So I felt good and confident in my game, but I also recognized I had two other incredibly talented competitors I was up against.” ALSO: Runner-up Sophi Balerdi is the “happiest Survivor loser ever.”

[katiesbeach]

Originally Posted by TMC

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“What’s so interesting is I feel like people assume, because I do put out a really confident aura — I’m always gonna be my own biggest fan, right? — but even in moments where I feel a lot of self-doubt, I still present as someone who’s really confident,” Louie tells EW. “I feel like if you are self-talking in a really positive way, you’re gonna manifest good things. So going into the final Tribal, I felt like I had a good chance. But I also knew that Sage did play a really great strategic game. Very different from mine. And I knew Soph also played an incredible social game. She was also wonderful at strategy and I knew she was a lot better liked than I was, if I’m being honest. So I felt good and confident in my game, but I also recognized I had two other incredibly talented competitors I was up against.” ALSO: Runner-up Sophi Balerdi is the “happiest Survivor loser ever.”

I thought Savannah played an outstanding game and deserved to win. I've been put off by some of the recent winners (and players), and I think they are getting back to their roots.