Flirting And Backrubs Can't Save Misty

The Third 'Survivor' Castoff Talks About Bug Bites And Fist Fights

(CBS)  She was smart and flirtatious and used both qualities to her best advantage, but the vote turned against Misty Giles in last night's episode of "Survivor: Panama — Exile Island."

The 24-year-old engineer from Texas visited The Early Show Friday morning and told co-anchor Harry Smith she was completely surprised to be voted off, and very disappointed.

"It was tough going home. I was not ready. Not ready at all," she told Smith.

Misty and her tribemate, Sally, had tried a very personal approach to winning support from some of the male contestants, including flirting and massage, but, ultimately, it didn't work.

"We were doing everything we could, using all the tools at our disposal to convince those younger men to align with us," Misty told Smith. "We're natural flirts and … logic wasn't working to convince them to stay with us."

Last night's episode included the most physical immunity challenge seen so far, in which the tribes had to fight over a black bag buried in the sand. And Misty said she just didn't stand a chance against Cirie.

"When you are with Cirie, she tosses you around like a loaf of bread," she said. "That woman was strong. She was very pivotal in their win. She was quite a power player."

Even after the disappointment of being cast off, Misty said the experience was just about everything she had hoped for. "It was completely amazing. If I could do it again, I would go, hands down, no questions asked."

Although she won't miss the bugs, which became her torment, as she described in a secret scene, seen only on The Early Show.

"These bug bites are just — I feel like I'm being eaten alive. I look like some sort of strange patient who should be in the hospital somewhere with all these welts all over me. It's scary. They don't itch too bad but it makes your skin really sore. So it's not a good situation."