There are many reasons to be voted off Survivor.
You can be too weak. You can be too strong. You can gossip too much, work too little or just rub people the wrong way.
For Cecilia Mansilla, a 29-year-old technology risk consultant now living in California, it was simply a matter of numbers.
After a schoolyard pick, in which the four tribes were merged into two, Mansilla found herself as the odd woman out.
Despite almost swaying two members of "the others" to join her newly formed alliance, she was voted off the island in a 5-3 vote on Survivor Cook Islands' third episode.
"I definitely knew it was happening when I saw the conversations going on around me, but you're always a little bit disappointed because you are having so much fun out there," she says.
"You wish you could stay longer, but it's kind of like things happen for a reason and I had a great time."
Mansilla, who was born and raised in Peru, says she had no problem with the format of this season's show -- dividing the tribes into four groups based on race.
"I thought it was a great idea -- that it was going to bring a different light to race relations," she says, adding she wished the tribes had stayed divided a little longer.
"Had we stayed together at least one more challenge, my tribe would have won, or definitely not lost, so the numbers would have been different."
While the much-hyped twist ended quickly, host Jeff Probst has said viewers should expect a lot of surprises this season, including three romantic connections.
Assuming one was Billy Garcia's bizarre declaration of love for Candice Woodcock was one, there are two more.
Which leads us to the next question. Did Mansilla have a fling with JP (Jonathan Penner) during the game?
She says yes -- sort of.
"He's definitely very good looking. The whole tall, dark and handsome thing, but he's also a really sweet guy. He's a big kid, like a 12-year-old trapped in a 30-year-old body," she says.
"There was a little bit of something, so I just can't wait to see him again and see what happens."
Mansilla's plans post-Survivor include living every day to its fullest and taking advantage of any opportunities that come her way.
"Being in this made me appreciate a lot of things. I've learned, you don't need the comforts or the luxuries we are accustomed to in western societies.
"So I'm trying to spend less time sort of hoarding money and more time enjoying my family and my friends."
Survivor: Cook Islands airs tonight on Global and CBS at 9 p.m.
