Shirin is a Yahoo! Executive who was a castaway on Survivor: Worlds Apart and was part of the Masaya (White Collar) tribe. She then was voted in by the viewing public to compete on Survivor: Cambodia.
On Worlds Apart, Shirin started the game in danger of being the first boot after a shaky performance during the first immunity challenge which they lost. Fortunately, her tribe respected her and distrusted So Kim and voted So out instead. As a superfan of the show, Shirin made the most of her experience, stripping naked along with Max. She made an alliance with Carolyn and Max. Around day 11, she found herself on the new Nagarote tribe, along with Max and Carolyn. Her and Max were continuously strategizing and their tribemates quickly grew annoyed with them and she was spared because Max was just a tad more aggravating than she was, with even her former ally Carolyn turning on her and voting out Max.
Shirin made the merge and found herself in the middle with her White Collar tribe mates. Tyler and Carolyn opted to work with the Blue Collar tribe, while Shirin defected and teamed up with the No Collars. Although her alliance successfully Idol’d Kelly out of the game, she was now in the minority officially and one by one her alliance was voted out. Following the Survivor Auction, Will blew up at Shirin, telling her nobody at home loves her and continued to personally attack her. The only people to comfort her was Jenn and Mike, Mike in particular stood up and stood up for her against the nasty antics of the other Blue Collar men. With Mike going on an immunity run, Shirin had nowhere left to hide. Although he feigned using his Idol on Shirin, she became the 11th person voted out on Day 29 and the 4th member of the jury. At Final Tribal Council, she gave a reboot of Sue Hawk’s Rat & Snakes speech, except it was about hollower monkeys, sting rays, and dead fish. She also dropped the fact that she made her first million dollars at age 25 and didn’t need the money, verbally giving the middle finger to Will Sims. She obviously voted for her “savior” Mike.
Shirin would return for Survivor: Cambodia as a member of the Ta Keo tribe. She led the vote against Vytas after she thought he was being condescending and arrogant towards the women, resulting in him being voted out first and a new school vs. old school faction being formed, with Shirin and the New Schoolers, along with Peih-Gee and Jeff voting out Vytas. After the first tribal council, Peih-Gee and Shirin were overheard talking on the beach by Abi, where they talked about how Abi annoyed them. Abi listened as Shirin and other castaways made fun of her. Due to the incidents during her season, the attention was put on Shirin from going from a victim to the bully. Ta Keo went on a losing streak and her and Spencer became early targets because they were playing too aggressively. The other side decided to split the votes between her and Spencer, with Shirin joining in the vote against Spencer, but despite her scrambling, it was not enough and she was voted off second in a 5-4 vote on Day 6.
Shirin was the youngest women on the White Collar tribe – she celebrated her 32nd on the premiere of Survivor: Worlds Apart becoming the third castaway to have that occur, after Ryan Aiken during The Amazon and David Samson on Cagayan. Unlike those two, she was not the first boot. Shirin is the first castaway of Iranian descent. She is still a Survivor superfan, writing for websites like Rob Has a Podcast and even posting Survivor EDGIC online.
_Adidas_ I don't get why people considered that she ruined her reputation in Cambodia, the abi thing was blown way out of proportion, and she was actually my fav in episode 1 when she plotted to take out Vytas
I honestly think Shirin was better equipped and prepared to play in Worlds Apart. She just didn't have that pre-game bond a lot of those people did and she played her cards too quickly. Without a wildcard like Abi in the game, Shirin and many others would've fared much better.
Shirin is a Yahoo! Executive who was a castaway on Survivor: Worlds Apart and was part of the Masaya (White Collar) tribe. She then was voted in by the viewing public to compete on Survivor: Cambodia.