Survivor: Cook Islands held its finale and reunion show on Sunday night. Becky made the final three, but unfortunately, it didn't really matter for her, since she was up against the perceived Godfather and the Warrior. Even though she didn't even get a pity vote from the jury, she did make the final three and played the game very well, if not very loudly, based on what we saw.

We talked to Becky about her strategy of playing the game, how she came to be on the show in the first place and what she thought of the twists.

IGN TV: How did you come to be on the show?

Becky: I was contacted by a casting agent on MySpace, and she basically asked if I'd be interested in trying out, and the typical procedure where you send in a videotape. I had interviews and went down to LA. It was all very fast. At first I thought it was a joke. I mean I live in D.C. I'm not an actor or actor wannabe, and so it was very surreal. You know, like "Oh… Maybe? This is interesting…" But when I first heard about it I was just like, "I work. I just can't leave in the middle." But it was a very good experience, and I'm really, really glad I did it.

IGN TV: Were you that familiar with the show beforehand?

Becky: I had watched the favorite ones, like number one and then two, and then Guatemala. The certain shows, the specific people that I really liked, I watched. I'm not a die hard fan, but I'm also a very competitive person and I used to do triathlons. I like how you mix the intelligence part with the social and the mental game with also the physical part. It's very intriguing. So I definitely, when I thought about it, I was like, "Oh, that would be an awesome opportunity, to go ahead and do."

IGN TV: When you got there, was it what you expected?

Becky: Oh, not at all. I mean everyone was saying, "Oh, I'm sure they'll have hair and makeup. And I'm sure you'll have a toilet. I'm sure you'll have some amenities." I really thought we'd have something, you know? But it was really, really the bare minimal. I was shocked that even the water you have to boil, you have to find. And even things like finding the food and the simple things, like even going to the bathroom. You use a leaf as your toilet paper. I'm a pretty high maintenance person. I like makeup, I like to dress up, take a shower, take a bath… you know, candles... I like little luxuries. So that was a huge culture shock when I first got there. Especially because I'm not a real big camping person either. But you realize there are some other girls who are the same, and we just like… I know during the show, that one episode, we were called "The Armpit Alliance". But it's very interesting. At the beginning, you're just in shock, but you're all going through it, so it's okay. You get to adapt to it, as time goes by.

IGN TV: What was your initial reaction when you found out about the division along racial lines?

Becky: I was pretty shocked, because we didn't know until the night before filming. I know that if I had been told that information beforehand, I probably would not have tried out for the show. I've always been very wary of how Asian-Americans are portrayed in the media. That was one of the specific reasons I actually wanted to do the show; was because I thought it would be a great opportunity to show other representation of other Asians in the media, and sort of knock down some of the stereotypes that are a lot of times commonly made. And that's probably the reason why I think Yul and I got along so well at the very beginning, when we first met. Because at first, we're both public interest attorneys, and then second, we both want to do the show because of the sort of opportunity to create some more awareness about different stereotypes; different issues of race that people don't tend to talk about. In a reality-based television format, maybe an opportunity will arise where we can actually bring this issue out

IGN TV: How do you think the show represented you and your personality?

Becky: Putting all race aside, there was no stereotypes for me, that were bad in that sense. But editing… My personality… I'm a little disappointed with the season, in the sense of how under the radar I was shown. I mean I had lots of conversations with Candice. Almost every day, before she mutinied, we'd always have conversations about what we should do and what next move we should make. And then we'd go back to our respective male partners, Jonathan and Yul, and discuss with them what we were thinking about. Because they were the more rational players, and so we were always bringing up other issues. They basically pretty much show Jonathan and Yul as the narrators of the season. So that's a little disappointing, because the girls had less of their influence in the game shown during the season.

Also, I'm not very quiet. I never shut up. I'm not a quiet person, and I was shown as a silent person. Like everyone would always call me and be like, "What's going on? How come you're not talking at all?" I talk all the time! I think that they use certain things for a story arc, for the storyline, to go a certain way for the plot. And also, for the work that I do, I wanted to play a pretty ethical game, because that's the kind of person I am, and pretty principled.

For example, when Jonathan asked me that question about my sister, and it looks like I totally ignore him, and I'm such a bitch? And then I know everyone was hating me for that. I'm like, "Do you really think I ignored him?" Come on! Like someone actually avoided your question, to your face? So I was really upset about that, the way that was shown. I know they were trying to show sort of the demise of Jonathan and how he came back to camp and the whole mood was different, and he was going down. But I didn't do that at all, so I was upset.

IGN TV: So you did give him an answer to that question.

Becky: Oh, of course! We're friends. I called him afterwards and said, "I'm just sorry that it made it look like that." He's like, "No, it's okay. It's television."

IGN TV: Based on what we saw, it seemed like you and Yul were intending to go to the end with Candice before the mutiny. Was that initially what you had in mind?

Becky: Yeah. Obviously now, in hindsight, we talk about it to Candice, because we're like, "Candice, why did you jump?!" We are loyal people. I think that you would see the things that we do, our background, we really want to play this game hard, but we want to play it with people who we think deserve to go to the end, and are strategizers. She was just like, "I just really thought that you guys would be stupid to take me with you to the end. I thought that you guys probably wouldn't do that; that you wouldn't keep your word. And I was so nervous that you guys would never break. You guys would be so hard to break your bond. So I thought I'd be able to more votes on the other side by flipping." Obviously it was strategy, but I think they made it on the show more in the terms that she flipped sides for a boy. But she's not stupid like that. She knew that the numbers over there, that those guys, the Raro tribe -- not Jonathan, but the other guys -- that they weren't really strategizing. They were more so sort of letting a leader take control and telling them tell them what to do if they need it. That kind of situation. She knew that. She knew she could control votes. So I was really sad. I was like, "If you'd stayed with us, you could have gone much farther with us."

IGN TV: So it's safe to say that you were shocked, when both Candice and Jonathan mutinied?

Becky: Shocked and like pissed off. Obviously; We sent her to Exile, how many times? Part of it was personal in the beginning, because we were mad at her. But then secondly, we knew that… I was always like, "Yul, she's strategizing all the time. We need to send her to exile, because if she does that, those other guys Raro won't know what to do and they won't be strategizing. They'll just be chilling out and just resting. So we need to send her away, so she can't stir things up." So that's why we always kept sending her away.

IGN TV: You mentioned that you are friends with Jonathan. What were your feelings about him at that time in the game?

Becky: I really respect him. He's such a great gamer. He never hid anything, in the sense of what he believed and what he thought and what he wanted to do. And so I really respected that. And I also knew that's why Yul and Jonathan, on that level… I was like, "Yul, he's the rational guy of that tribe. Of everyone on that tribe, he'd be the one you'd be able to flip and trade sides, and convince him of the Idol." So that worked in our favor. But also, that's one regret I have in looking back, is why I didn't trust him. Because I kept pushing on Yul, "No, he's so shady. Look at his eyes. He's so shady." He never really did anything that warranted that kind of impression, except for the fact that when I first made the alliance with Candice, when we first joined together, she said something and put that mistrust in me already. So having that, and already being in a very paranoid kind of feel in the game the whole time, where you're trying to figure out who can you trust, I think that seeped through. His character is a very loud character, and I think those kinds of things and his characteristics I think just made her not trust him. But in hindsight, I wish I had, because he never lied. He never tried to slide one past us. So that's one regret I do have, is that we didn't trust him.

IGN TV: When you voted Jonthan out, you mentioned being angry at "The fish incident", which I assume was when he didn't want to share with Raro.

Becky: I think at that point, there was a couple of things they didn't show. That day for some reason, a culmination of things of his behavior, we thought he was acting a little bit arrogant, instead of just playing low key. I think it started with the auction, and he won a lot of stuff and he was being very arrogant in the sense of building up his character, talking loud. I think he and Jeff got in a little tiff about the cameras or something like that. Just his behavior; he was eating all the food, he got to eat it by himself, and then coming back to camp, I think it was just the culmination of a couple of things that happened that made us see him like, "Wow, we need to watch out for this guy. I think his true colors are showing today." I think we were all just in a very high emotional state from the food and also the fight, so I think it was a series of events that happened that day that made me say those things.

IGN TV: The fight being the argument between Jeff and Jonathan?

Becky: That and his behavior. He was very arrogant at the auction and people were mad at him, like, "Gosh, we didn't all get food. You shouldn't be like that." And then coming back to camp, I think he said something else, and then the fish incident, where I was like, "Do I want to go farther in the game with this guy? I don't know if I can trust him. His behavior; he's being so cocky and so in your face."

IGN TV: Okay, I'm sure you're already sick of people asking you why you and Yul aren't a couple…

Becky: No, he's such a great guy. I'm so in awe that we were able to meet on this show, in this kind of environment and start a friendship from this show. Because who would ever expect to make such a good friend, when you're competing for a million dollars? And to meet somebody that… I don't have a lot of Korean American friends. I grew up in Pittsburgh where it's very white. And then also going to law school, and I went up to D.C. and the work that I do, it's not very diverse. And to meet someone that just gets you and you're able to understand each other because you're from the same background… But also we believe the same things. The reasons we wanted to come on the show; about breaking stereotypes of Asian Americans. But also, both being attorneys who work in public interest. I think that connection was just so awesome and I'm very thankful to be able to meet someone, especially because the older we get, we meet people based on environment, whether it's work or people you go out with; that type of thing. So to meet somebody that's probably the closet new friendship I've had in over ten years, I think it's really amazing. I was really excited about that. And just the Aitu Four and the rest of the cast, I know a lot of people were criticizing the show for, "Gosh, it's so Kumbaya. It's so cheesy! I can't believe they all stuck together." But I think with all the hoopla with the race wars, and the drama caused by that, and the division of the tribes, I think it's a beautiful ending. I'm sure Mark Burnett was so excited to see the underdogs go so far.

IGN TV: Several times, you mention wanting to vote Ozzy off because he was such a threat. If you were given that opportunity to vote for him instead of Parvati and Adam, would you have done that?

Becky: The interesting thing about that is, we'd been talking about getting rid of Ozzy from way earlier, which editing showed it a little bit later. But it's interesting, because we loved the fact that we were so strong as the four, but realistically, it was always in the back of our heads that, you know, he's so unbeatable in challenges. I think if the opportunity, in that last compass rose [challenge] - We'd decided that if in that situation, if someone else gets it, that maybe that would be an option. But you have to understand, at all points, nothing's ever decided. The vote, even up to tribal council, we're sometimes still making decisions, still trying to figure out what's best. Because at that point, we were still emotionally excited about our Aitu Four making it to the end. But there's the other part, "Well, we're gonna have to turn on each other sometime soon." It's one of those things; it's not decided right away. We were always like, "What do you think? What do you feel?" It got very nervous, because we were coming to the end sooner than we realized. Our Aitu Four is going to be the final four, and what are we going to do? It was very emotional.

IGN TV: I know watching at home, my friends and I were debating how there could be so many jury members and what that might mean. Were you guys discussing that much among yourselves?

Becky: Definitely. I know that the whole idea about how their might be a bigger jury, and then a final three versus a final two… I mean we were always talking about what combinations could happen, because you're always looking for something new for the show. And as for myself, later on down the road, I was really… You know, people ask, "Are you mad? Are you disappointed?" But for me, you have to understand my relationship with Yul. We both discussed if I won, if he won, we'd both be very happy for each other. Because from the very start, we knew our best chances of making it far were to stick together in an alliance where we trust each other. So I was very nervous it was a final three, with a nine jury vote, because of a tie-breaker situation. I wasn't surprised where it turned out where I received no votes, and I didn't feel bad about that. Because I would rather it happen that way, then it going to a tie-breaker with those two on my television, for that million dollars. So I was actually very excited. I know that some of the girls might have given me a vote. But I know the girls, that we talked, that were gamers and had strategy; that we all really wanted Yul to win, because the things that he represented and what he wanted to give his money to versus what Ozzy had been talking about… I think we just felt closer to what Yul was standing for.

IGN TV: There was that moment, when you were debating what to do about Jonathan, where Yul was talking to you about potentially losing votes by angering the Raro members. It appeared, at least from the editing, like you weren't happy with him talking about himself in the final two like that, without talking about your position.

Becky: It's funny, because I remember seeing that scene, and I'm like, "What are they trying to show? Are they trying to show me looking at Yul like, 'Am I gonna stab him in the back?' What are they showing? What's the editing doing there?" But really, that was just another example of us talking to each other. We would talk on each decision: the pros and cons for me and the pros and cons for him. And so they just showed his side of the conversation or his view. Again, it wasn't like that. It wasn't one-sided where I was just like the dumb idiot sitting there. We really tried to help each other get far together by talking it out, both sides, for each other, in every decision. For example, the Idol. I rejected the Idol. [We talked] about how it would hurt or help him, or hurt or help me. That scene right there is obviously cut where you can't see. It's showing our relationship; how close we are actually.

IGN TV: Did they tell you what would have happened if there'd been a tie in the final vote?

Becky: No. Someone asked, during the live show yesterday. They yelled out, "What would have happened if there was a tie?" And Jeff was just laughing, because it's been going on so long, it's really hard to make anything up that's new. "We were ready for it," he says, but that obviously didn't happen, so they weren't going to share that information.

IGN TV: What happened in the fire challenge that you struggled so much to get a fire going?

Becky: It's funny, because my sister actually talked to Parvati's dad, who's like a big boy scout, and he mentioned to my sister that maybe we were given magnesium and not flint. You're not supposed to strike it hard like that. You're actually supposed to do it really slowly to get the fire started. So I don't know. I mean whatever, what's in the past is past. I think it's funny that they made it into a comical situation. We can both laugh about that, Sundra and I. We're pretty close. It was really windy, and also we were very nervous. I could hardly see, I was sweating so much. And when I get nervous and I'm freaking out, I huff and puff. So Yul and Ozzy had mentioned to me that as I was doing it, I would huff and puff and blow out the flame, because I was breathing so heavily, trying to get it done. Sundra and I, we're such good friends, and we both want to win and everyone's watching us. I even offered her extra husk when she ran out of husk. It was a situation, like a Kumbaya kind of scene. We really wanted both of us to be able to do it as quickly as possible, but what happens, happens. And I can laugh about it, and that's fine. We made fire before. We practiced. We actually would race when we were at camp! We'd race making fire and try to see what the best technique was; putting the small sticks versus the husk. So the camera doesn't show us making fire before, but it's great TV.

IGN TV: Based on some of the Jury statements, it seems like, incorrectly or not, they perceived Yul as the decision maker. In retrospect, do you think it would have helped your game to have been more "out there" to the other players, as someone making calls more, instead of Yul coming off as that person?

Becky: Yeah, I know exactly what you're saying. I think in retrospect, the thing is that a lot of times, the way that Yul talks to people, [he can get along with] a lot of times, personalities that I don't get along with… I just knew that he's so diplomatic, in the way that he talks to people. People, that even if I tried my hardest, I wouldn't be able to get along with. So a lot of times, in my head, I was just thinking, "I'm micromanaging." So instead of creating conflict, we're able to focus the votes, but at the same time move far along. Especially with the old Raro tribe, with Adam, and Parvati and also Nate, I didn't get to spend as much time with them as I probably should have, in talking to them and getting a close relationship, because a lot of times it was just me and Yul. So they're talking to us as a force, you know what I mean? So it looked, a lot of the times, that it was just Becky & Yul, Becky & Yul. And so since he would do a lot of the talking a lot of times, I think that they just basically saw him as the dictator, and controlling everything. So yeah, as I look back, maybe if we hadn't been so… I mean everyone knew. It wasn't like it wasn't obvious. From day one that we met, everyone knew that we were a tight knit alliance. Maybe we shouldn't have been so obvious about it. But at the same time, you look back, "What could I have done? What should I have done?", and so I don't know. I think about that relationship with people. If I talked more, and if I'd been more aggressive saying, "I decided this."

IGN TV: Since they usually give prize money on a sliding scale to the second place contestant, followed by the third place contestant, how did it work for you and Ozzy?

Becky: Ozzy receives $100,000 and I receive $75,000.

IGN TV: What was the hardest thing for you?

Becky: I'm a very Personality A, like take charge person. I'm a very aggressive personality, where I tend to do things on my own and knowing that if I fail, I have no one else to blame but myself. And I think that for the first time in my life, I was learning to depend on other people, given I really had no choice, especially with the situation I'm referring to, where after the mutiny occurred, it was us four. And I can't do everything. Ozzy can't do everything. We really had to work all together as a team, and our only strategy was to win. We had no other choice, or we would get picked off one by one. I think that was one of the first times that you realize all you can do is fight your hardest, and at the same time, since you're in it with other people, you learn to let them help you and be vulnerable. That's really hard for me. Like even in dating, I'm typically the very masculine person in the relationship. Very take charge and make big plans and that kind of thing. So it was a very different experience for me, in letting people help each other and be able to say, "Okay, I need your help. Can you help me with this?"

IGN TV: What are you up to now?

Becky: My life is very different from this whole Hollywood/acting/television thing. I'm a woman's rights attorney in D.C. I specialize in domestic-violence law. I just formed a non-profit called Becky Lee Woman's Support Fund. And what I want to do is take money from the show and donate it into that fund, basically helping battered women leave their abusers. Whether it's through things like child care or housing or continuing education, to allow these women to become financially independent. I'm trying right now to get the website up and raise money. I'm in the midst of trying to design a ring and some jewelry to try to raise money for the fund. Part of the reason why I did the show was I wanted to gain publicity for that cause and try to get more people involved.