The moment i saw Laura Kirkpatrick.. i thought to myself.. " damn! this girl is the best of the lot.. and has got memorable 'It' features. *lips, nose and cheekbones*
Laura
* photographs superbly well.
*best runway walk as she appeared very 'seasoned' in runways despite having no experience at all. (the judges said it)
*has dyslexia but requires less takes than Nicole (which i will go to her in the later part) in Covergirl cosmetics script. performed better than Nicole.
* a mix of sensuality and innocence.
she looks like a Grecian goddess in this photo.
Next up, Nicole Fox. Picture speaks for itself, but for additional information.. Jay Manuel commented that her voiced sounded like a snob living a pampered lifestyle inside her Covergirl advert (whiny paris-hilton like but amazingly Tyra said she loved nocole's voice). she struts the runway with this weird style of each sides of shoulders moving back and forth as she walks.. *and Tyra concluded is as a "signature" walk. pfft*
Yes, surely she had a few good pics. but what about the very unproportionate body,overtly long neck and looking malnourished. and what's up with those ears? im sorry, but if you are a model and a winner as well, arent you not supposed to have prominent flappy ears? i know models are supposed to look really skinny but not malnourished. High fashion is supposed to look fierce. not half-dead.
Basically, the judges has noted more strengths in laura than nicole as laura's southern appeal could transform into a mix of sensuality, sweetness and innocence while she struts the runway with subtle fierceness and sex appeal *the judges said it*.
while nicole appears less charismatic, albeit being able to strike a pose or two (duh.. u are one of the top 2 left, striking poses no longer serves as an advantage but a nesesity) despite a lack-lustre presense in real life and walking like a gargoyle in the runway. both girls are shorter than the average model height as season 13 (some time ago) was for aspiring models 5 ft 7 and under.
as predicted, miss tyra here had managed to always throw in more questions to the other judges on who is better, to make it sound more favourable to Nicole Fox. Having been watching antm for the past few seasons, the moment that i heard Nigel Barker (noted fashion photographer) complements and whistling on how sexy Laura looked in her Covergirl photoshoots. I knew it.. damn.. what a shame! with tyra banks as the chief judge, no way will she ever let laura win after such remarks are made. Hah! turns out i was right. spot on.
me as a faraway observer had long ago suspected that tyra has some insecurity issues going on, just by looking at the pattern of the antm winner. Somehow after season 4 or 5 the winners are always mediocre at best, and the ones with real model potentials somehow always got eliminated. none of the winners made it big, but yet a handful of the one's that were sec or third runner-ups were signed on to modelling agencies nonetheless and might hav more bookings than those picked out by tyra. (anyone who follows the show would know what im talking about). if even i could observe such issues *from a faraway land in front of a tv screen* no doubt people around Tyra Banks or people who works in the same industry would have noticed it even more clearer still. i know that the biological clock is ticking and being a former supermodel does has its issues, but there is no reasons to stoop that low or even feel intimidated by anyone younger that is trying to make it in the fashion industry, albeit secretly. Im sorry Tyra, i had always liked you, but sometimes your choices are just so darn obvious. never in a million years will she choose sexy newcomer.
the show could be kinda entertaining, but most of the contestant sucks. big time. and i do know what im talking about, and i know what i see, i may not be working in the modelling industry but real successful models does not, in anyway looks like Nicole Fox, or even close. Speaking of which, just so anyone who reads this knows, that i do not aspire to be a model of any sort, therefore im not making these critics as an ego-boost to myself) and i do believe that tyra, being in the modelling industry for so long knows what she sees, but yet the contradicting results. thus, imho, this whole antm show looks more like a joke to me. hence i stop watching it ever since. if anyone were to beg to differ, im sorry but i guess you just dunno much about fashion and looks and stuff. (not saying that i do, but it's darn obvious that you don't.. lol)
and so at the end of cycle 13 antm, Nicole was, of course chosen as the winner.
a picture says a thousand words. :)
