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Parvati Shallow Is More than a Villain


In her new memoir, Nice Girls Don’t Win, the reality-TV legend unpacks her turbulent history — and how she became a survivor

The book begins by exploring Shallow’s turbulent upbringing in the Kashi Ashram, a Florida commune built around the controversial spiritual leader Ma Jaya Bhagavati, and how it shaped the way she navigates the world, both onscreen and off. Shallow looks back on how her parents met in the commune; how a community that first felt supportive turned coercive; and how her family eventually escaped to start a new life. Although she ended her “traumatic” marriage with Survivor: Samoa contestant John Fincher in 2021, she cherishes their daughter, Ama, and the transformative wisdom she gained while pregnant.

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