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Diamondisis
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20 Dec 2024, 12:30 am

This is her.
https://www.instagram.com/eva.erickson/



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21 Dec 2024, 3:11 pm

She's very attractive.


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21 Dec 2024, 8:13 pm

I've thought about applying but when I see some of the multi-step challenges, I knew right away that I wouldn't be able to keep track of all the steps. Hopefully she won't have that issue.



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22 Dec 2024, 9:45 am

And how do we know this?


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23 Dec 2024, 3:43 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSg4FNsh0i8



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23 Dec 2024, 6:15 am

Diamondisis wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSg4FNsh0i8

She probably is the first openly Autistic contestant on the CBS version.


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Mad Russell aka Adam was a contestant on Survivor: Laos,Survivor: Cuba and Survivor: Revival.

He is known for being the first autistic contestant and the first three-time contestant, he is also regarded as one of the unluckiest contestants ever


Good luck Eva.


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