She battled through to become Survivor: China runner-up, but after watching her drop seven pounds from her 5-foot-7 frame, fans feared that Courtney Yates is anorexic. Not so, Courtney Yates is not anorexic!

“I’ve gotten that my whole life,” says Courtney. “Sorry, I’m skinny. I don’t have an eating disorder.” She blames her thinness on genetics, plus the grueling challenges of the show. “On Survivor, there was no food to eat.

Anorexia is intentional malnourishment. It wasn’t intentional – they wouldn’t give me any food! When there was food, I ate it.”

Courtney bristled when she saw clips of the show: “My legs were like pipe cleaners, and my eyeballs were huge.

I was like an alien. It was terrible.” Courtney, who currently weighs in closer to 100 pounds, says, “Now, I want to do something fun. I’m going on vacation!” [source: OK!]