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| location = Basalt, Colorado
| season = The Amazon | finish = 6th Place (The Amazon) | tribe = Jaburu, Tambaqui, Jacare }} Christy Smith (born September 13, 1978, in Aspen, Colorado) was born to her parents, Bob and Glenda Smith. Christy has two brothers, one being American snowboarder Jason Smith. Christy was a premature baby who weighed less than two pounds (1 kg) at birth. Christy pulled out her air tube as a baby, and she ended up losing 90 percent of her hearing. Christy is deaf, and she is skilled in lip reading and American Sign Language. Although Christy is skilled, most other proficient lipreaders can only get 25%.

Education and career

Christy attended high school and college in Washington, D.C. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology with a minor in criminology from Gallaudet University in 2000. Christy works as a children adventure guide for the deaf.

Survivor: The Amazon

Christy is the first deaf contestant to appear on the CBS reality television series Survivor: The Amazon in the spring of 2003. Christy shocked her tribe members on the first day when she announced that she was deaf. Her reasoning for going on the television series was to bring awareness of deaf culture.

On day 33 of the show, Christy was voted out in a 4-2 decision by Jenna Morasca, Heidi Strobel, Matthew Von Ertfelda, and Rob Cesternino. Christy came in sixth place and became the fourth member of the jury of seven that would ultimately vote for the winner of the show. In the end, Christy voted for Jenna to win the $1,000,000 USD grand prize.

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