When Erika Casupanan of Toronto won the popular reality TV game show Survivor in 2021, she did it by flying under the radar, and working in the shadows.
“I really brought in my experience as being an underestimated Asian woman who went through the corporate world and so many professional settings where no matter how capable I was, people really wanted to underestimate me,” said Casupanan, winner of Survivor‘s 41st season.
“I thought, OK, you know what, I’m going to take that and use that to everybody else’s downfall.”
And she did — outlasting other competitors, winning the $1 million prize and earning
