Vecepia Towery, the 36 year-old office manager from Portland, Oregon was crowned as the ultimate survivor in a live broadcast from Central Park, New York where the final votes were revealed. She was up against 21 year-old Neleh Dennis in the final tribal council where the seven members of the jury voted for who the ultimate survivor should be. On her way to the finals, Vecepia won the second to the last immunity that assured her of a spot in the final three. The next day, after Kathy fell out of the last immunity challenge, Vecepia negotiated with Neleh telling her that she would give up the immunity if Neleh would take her to the final two. Neleh agreed and kept her word when tribal council came. And the rest, as they say, was survivor history.

<< CBS OFFICIAL EPISODE 13 SUMMARY >>

Day 37. Vecepia won "Fallen Comrades" Immunity Challenge.
              Kathy and Neleh saw theirseleves with deadlocked
              votes. New rules say that they must form a unanimous
              decision on who to vote out or draw stones to know
              who should go. They chose the latter procedure and
              drew stones in which two are yellow & one is purple.
              Being the last to choose, Paschal got the different
              colored stone and was removed from the tribe.
Day 38. Jeff Probst woke the castaways up at 3 am. They
              were made to build a canoe and paddle themselves to
              the place where they have to tattoo themselves like
              the natives do. After that, they hiked their way up the
              mountain where they remembered their fellow cast-
              aways. They then went to a place where they cleansed
              themselves traditionally. When all of these were done,
              they went to their last Immunity Challenge which was
              an endurance one that Neleh won. During the tribal
              council, Neleh voted Kathy out.
Day 39. The final two castaways faced the jury of seven where
              they were asked to open with statements. After which,
              the seven jury members were asked to give statements
              as well or ask questions to help them make up their
              minds for the final vote. When everyone was finished,
              the voting began. The results were revealed during the
              live show.

>> Going to the finale, survivors Richard
     Hatch and Ethan Zohn's bets were still
     standing: Paschal and Vee. Ultimately,
     the champion of the first season got it
     right. Vecepia Towery truly became
     the ultimate and sole survivor of the
     Marquesian Isles.