Candace Smith
grew up as a tomboy and athlete, competing in soccer,
basketball and track. She lacks fear or inhibition and is
always ready to take on new challenges. This sexy former
Miss Ohio USA has both beauty and brains, making her a real
threat to her competitors.
Candace prides herself in having both book and street
smarts. Growing up in the inner city of Dayton, Ohio,
Candace worked hard to receive a full academic scholarship
to the University of Dayton. She went on to graduate from
Northwestern University School of Law and began working as a
commercial real estate attorney. After becoming Miss Ohio
USA, she decided to move to L.A. to pursue other
aspirations, including modeling, acting and opening her own
consulting firm.
Although Candace no longer practices law, she still utilizes
her legal skills in everyday life. As an attorney, she
mastered the skills of mental combat and knows how to create
a strong bargaining position, which will certainly come in
handy on SURVIVOR. Candace has also learned how to relate to
many different types of people from traveling all over the
world, including England, Spain and Cuba. Aside from
traveling, she also enjoys running, cooking and writing. She
is currently working on a book of her memoirs.
While friends describe her as resilient, funny and overall
positive, she admits she is brutally honest by nature and
can come across as a bitch, which may cause her problems
with her tribe. Although she knows how to negotiate and be
diplomatic, she has a difficult time socializing with phony
people. To win this game, she knows she'll have to be able
to bite her tongue because she knows what's at risk. A
victory would help provide the children in her family with
funds for education and she hopes that a strong mix of
athleticism and work ethic will take her to the end.
Candace is single and currently resides in Los Angeles,
Calif. Her birth date is February 1.