Even greater disaster struck during Horacio Gutiérrez Jr. and Olivia Kaiser's "Challenge" finale in a subsequent competition that required them to aim golf balls at a bullseye with a slingshot. Because of her finger damage, Kaiser failed to pull back her slingshot with a requisite amount of force, propelling a golf ball into her face.
"I thought my teeth were knocked out because the impact was so hard. It felt like my nose was literally off my face, crooked. I remember popping my nose back a bit into place because it felt it off so I kind of crunched it back. I licked my teeth to make sure they were all there and had an instant migraine," she said. It was then that the "Challenge" staff disqualified her from competition.
Kaiser likewise told Variety that she's relieved the injury didn't result in permanent damage to her eyes, nose, or brain. Nevertheless, it required a grueling recovery, between a two-day long hospital stay, and a sustained fear that her face might have been permanently scarred. "Every time I looked in the mirror, it was a memory of what happened to me. I'm not trying to be dramatic about it because it's not that serious but in the same sense, it is because it's not something anyone could be prepared for," she said, revealing just how severely this mishap affected her life even well after her "Challenge" disqualification.
