Nicole Fox, of Louisville, Colo., is the newly crowned winner of America’s Next Top Model after beating out 13 other hopefuls in the show’s first competition for petite models only.
Fox, a self-described dork who is just 5′7″ (diminutive in runway standards), is thrilled with the honor but a little overwhelmed given that Top Model was her first real experience away from home.
“Coming into the competition, it was pretty obvious to everyone that I didn’t have the most self-confidence, the most presence of all the girls out there,” she says. “I never say the right things. I’ve never [ever] had a boyfriend.”
But time and again, the 18-year-old proved in stunning, high-fashion photos that her look and her instincts were spot-on, winning several of the challenges in the show’s 13th cycle.
“It seemed like the judges saw me being able to do [high] fashion as well as commercial modeling,” she said. “But beyond that, I suspect that the fact that I’m a more shy, quiet person helped me in that Tyra Banks and the judges knew that a lot of girls out there could relate to my personality.” (more…)
Leave it to Tyra Banks to hold a modeling competition for petite girls only!
Known for her own sense of style, reality star Kim Kardashian will take the seat next to Tyra Banks on the America’s Next Top Model judges’ panel on tonight’s episode of the CW show (8 p.m. EST). “I’m just a big fan of the show and I adore Tyra,” Kardashian says of the gig. “I was so excited to give these girls advice and make a difference for their careers.” Kim took time out of her schedule of filming the next season of her own reality show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, to talk about the cast of model hopefuls, the challenge she judged and working with an idol of hers, Tyra Banks. –Jennifer Garcia
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She posed her way to the finale and beat out Samantha to become the
Despite a somewhat awkward walk — and being called Lurch-like by Paulina — McKey’s strong, statuesque body won her the title of America’s Next Top Model, sending Sam home in second place and a disappointed Analeigh in third.
Cheers to the four remaining Top Model contestants — McKey, Marjorie, Analeigh and Samantha — for working through the challenges on Wednesday’s episode without the bickering, backstabbing and cat fighting that usually comes at this point in the competition. In the end, Analeigh had the best picture because she experimented with different poses during the avant garde photo shoot. McKey was similarly dynamic. Unfocused, Samantha wasted the first 53 frames of the shoot before nailing her final seven shots and described her turn in front of the Dutch windmill as her worst. But it was Marjorie was sent home. After winning the commercial challenge with an awkward yet honest approach to acting, she reigned in her nerves so much that she stood lifeless before the judges. Here’s what led up to her elimination:
The models of ANTM were swept off their feet on Wednesday’s episode as the girls faced the inevitable “go-see” challenge — part interview, part walk off, part scavenger hunt. 







