The 25-year-old boxer and charity organiser from Los Angeles outwitted, outlasted and outplayed her competitors for 39 days to claim the CBS reality show's US$1 million (S$1.4 million) prize during Sunday's finale.

At the beginning of the 16th season, a tribe of 'favourite' former contestants competed against a tribe of 'fan' rivals.

Shallow previously came in sixth place on Survivor: Cook Islands. -- AP