She's still highly visible though. Stuff like her picking up Rick's dropped piece of meat are there to remind us that she's out here playing for real.
Sometimes there's a point in the game where there is no real story for a future winner, so all the editors can do is continue to remind us of that person's existence and what kind of player they are meant to be seen as.
Take Sandra for example, at least in HvV (I still haven't seen her first season). We never forgot she was playing, but there were periods where she wasn't actively involved in the edit.
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Thank you, Eddie Guerrero.
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