Long-running reality competition series Survivor has unveiled its Season 46 winner.
Petty beat out fellow contestants Charlie Davis and Ben Katzman in a 5-3-0 vote. Davis and Katzman ended as the runner-up and third place, respectively.
Maria Shrime Gonzalez and Liz Wilcox were eliminated earlier in the episode.
Petty played a strong social game throughout the competition.
The 29-year-old salon owner from Charlotte, N.C., celebrated her win in a post Thursday on Instagram."Sole Survivor. Less than 700 people have played, less than 45 have won, less than 20 of those are women. It's an honor and I am forever changed for the better by this experience," Petty wrote.
"It's hard to find the words to say to encompass everything that I'm thinking and feeling, so I'll just say thank you," she said, thanking the show, her cast mates, fans, her husband, family, salon, and friends in Charlotte.
CBS shared a teaser for Survivor Season 47 during the finale. The new season will premiere in the fall.
