The Hottest 'Survivor' Contestants

With the Kanu and Manu tribes having merged on the twisty Survivor: Edge of Extinction, things are heating up on the CBS reality-competition series. So, in other words, what else is new? Since the dawn of Survivor: Borneo, 37 seasons ago, the Jeff Probst-hosted, Emmy-winning franchise has been built on and around the concept of hotness: the locales, sure, and the contestants, definitely.

Edge of Extinction competitors such as Lauren O'Donnell, Aurora McCreary and Kelley Wentworth (a veteran of Survivor: San Juan del Sur and Survivor: Cambodia) stroll in the sandy footsteps of Parvati Shallow (Survivor: Cook Islands, Survivor: Micronesia, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains), Amanda Kimmel (Survivor: China, Survivor: Micronesia, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains), Jenna Morasca (Survivor: Amazon, Survivor: All-Stars) and more.

It's not just that these women--and men, too--live their primetime lives in clingy or barely there beachwear; it's that they look good doing it.

As a result, it's no surprise that a number of Survivor alums have come from--or subsequently joined--the worlds of modeling, beauty pageants and Hollywood. These beautiful people include Kimmel, Jefra Bland (Survivor: Cagayan), Danni Boatwright (Survivor: Guatemala), Yung "Woo" Hwang (Survivor: Cagayan, Survivor: Cambodia), Angie Layton (Survivor: Philippines)., Ken McNickle (Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X), Jaclyn Schultz (Survivor: San Juan del Sur), Sydney Wheeler (Survivor: Tocantins) and Michael Yerger (Survivor: Ghost Island).

The great thing about Survivor, of course, is that even contestants who hail from the regular working world, such as Edge of Extinction's McCreary, a lawyer, are beach-ready, or, owing to the science of island hot soon get there as a lack of food and an abundance of exercise combine to maximize their hotness.

But enough words about the relative temperature of Survivor's finest, let's take a look at 40 of the best bodies to grace the hit series. You're welcome.

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