America's Next Top Model Cycle 12 - Recently Updated Pages

Teyona

bcorson — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:08:12 CDT

Life Before ANTM
Teyona Anderson is 20 years old and is from Woodstown, New Jersey. She is a loss prevention analyst at HSBC. In high school, Tyona was involved in track and field and baseball. Her favorite food is pork chops no matter how they are prepared. Anderson feels she has a good personality.

ANTM
Teyona didn't want to auditon for America's Next top Model because it was the hottest day of the summer but her friends and family encouraged her. Anderson said she has wanted to be a model since she was young. She says each step of the way she is excited because she never thought she would make it this far. Anderson feels her energy will help her succeed. Going into the competition, she said she would let insults bounce off of her and not affect her. One of the most exciting parts of the competition was the makeover episode.

Episode Highlights
Teyona had the top photo in the Do you Like The Way I Look and Take Me To The Photo Shoot episodes.

Top Photo

Natalie

bcorson — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:58:58 CDT

Life Before ANTM
Natalie Pack is 19 years old and is from Payas Verdes, California. Shs is currently a student at UCLA studying business and econimics. Natalie feels her confidence will help her succeed in life. Her favorite movie is The Pianist because her father was a history teacher and she is very interested in history.

ANTM
Natalie auditioned for America's Next Top Model because she has always had a passion for modeling and her family and friends encouraged her to audition. Her favorite parts of the show were the phot shoots and runway walking. She hopes to continue modeling throughout her life and believes confidence will allow her to do that.

Episode Highlights
Natalie was the challenge winner in the New York's Finest and Here's Your Test episodes.

Kortnie

bcorson — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:52:24 CDT

Life Before ANTM
Kortnie Coles is from Huston Texas where she has lived for the last 20 years. She is 24 years old and works for ALL (Alliance of Life and Love) where she is a non-profit organizer. Coles says she has souther hospitality but no souther accent. She thinks that she doesn't have an accent because she was born in Ohio and lived there for a few years growing up. Kortnnie is the former short term girlfriend of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. Her favorite movie is Wet Hot American Summer.

ANTM
Kortnie auditioned for America's Next Top Model because she has a passion for modeling and wanted to show her curves. She says that she hopes to storm the modeling world with her curves. She was most looking forward to the challanges in the competition and to bring humor and jokes into modeling. Although she was eliminated, Kortnie plans to continue modeling.

Episode Highlights
Kortnie had the worst picture and was eliminated during the Put Your Best Face Forward episode. She was the contestant eliminated when Celia spoke about Teyona's lack of commitment at judging.

London

bcorson — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:48:22 CDT

Life Before ANTM
Lauren Levi-Nance was given the nickame Lauren by the ANTM staff. She is an 18 year old student and lives in Arlington, Texas. London has been told she looks like she is from the 1970s and 1990s. She is half Italian. Nance wants to promote healthy eating and has a very strong faith. On the weekends she is a street preacher.

ANTM
London auditioned for America's Next Top Model because she feels the industry needs a huge change. She wants to be a curvy model without being plus size. Nance says she doesn't look like a foreign alien like most models. She enjoyed the makeover episode and walking on the runway with J. Although she was eliminated, London plans to continue modeling.

Episode Highlights
London was the challenge winner on the Acting Like a Model episode. During the Take Me To The Photo Shoot episode, London had the worst picture and was eliminated.

Fo

bcorson — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:49:49 CDT

Life Before ANTM
Felicia Porter is from Albuquerque, New Mexico and is 19 years. She is currently a student working to becoming a pre-school teacher. The nickname Fo came from a friend in high school. She was working on getting a job in Phoeniz, Arizona when she was selected to be on AMTN so she is currently unemployed. Fo has never been out of the country so she is excited to travel to the international destination. Her favorite food is chicken nuggets and she likes them when they're especially hot.

ANTM
A friend suggested Fo audition for America's Next Top Model. She figured it was a good way to be seen by the world without having to go through the process fo submitting photos to modeling agancies. She feels she has a passion for modeling which will take her far. Additionally, Fo thinks that because she is a "chill girl" she won't get into the drama in the house.

Episode Highlights
Fo was in the bottom two in the Do You Like The Way I Look? episode. During the Here's Your Test episode, she had the top photo.

Top Photo

Aminat

bcorson — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:19:58 CDT

Life Before ANTM
Aminat Ayinde was born and raised in Nigeria. She currently lives in Union, New Jersey where she is a student. She is 21 years old and has always wanted to be a model. Ayinde thinks she will be a successful model because she has a great personality and doesn't filter what she says. She has previous modeling experience and was on the cover of Omo Naija magazine. Aminat also said she thinks her fro makes her unique but she will be able to rock any look. She loves walking on the runway and eating rice.

ANTM
Aminat has watched America's Next Top Model since cycle one and she said it has become a religion for her. She wants people to watch her on the show and say, "I love you!"

Episode Highlights
Aminat has gotten into arguments with numerous girls including Celia and Natalie. She was the challaenge winner on the Do You Like The Way I Look? episode. She was called as the first finalist during the What Happens in Vegas episode.

Take Me To The Photo Shoot

bcorson — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:38:06 CDT

The girls meet Jay and Ann Shoket who tell them the importance of creative directors. Jay told them that it's important for models to understand the role of creative directors and realize that they are in charge of anything that falls under the creative umbrella.

Challenge
Each girl had to be the creative director for another girl's photo shoot. They were advertising South Pole Jr. and were asked to show street style with aptitude. The girls' glam squad was there to take creative direction from each creative director. The girls' had to choose hair, makeup, outfits, and edit and choose the final photo.
Natalie was Teyona's creative director
Allison was Aminat's creative director
Fo was London's creative director
Teyona was Celia's creative director
Aminat was Natalie's creative director
London was Allison's creative director
Celia was Fo's creative director.

Teyona won the challenge because she had the best styling and creative directon. She chose Aminat and Celia to appear with her in an editorial in the June issue of Seventeen Magazine.

Photo Shoot
Jay went to the girls' house at 5:30 AM and woke them up. He had the glam squad with him so each girl got the luxury of having her hair and makeup done at the house. While they were in hair and makeup, Ciara showed up and surprised the girls by telling them she would be in their photo shoot. They traveled to Webster Hall and took photos of Ciara singing on stage as the girls posed as obsessed fans tangled in microphone cords. The photographer was Mike Ruiz.

Judging
Mike Ruiz was the guest judge. Before the judging began, Tyra announced that the cycle 12 overseas location would be Sao Palo, Brazil and the final six girls would travel there. Each girl got critiqued and then Tyra called the names of the six girls who will continue. The girls are in order from best picture to worst and the judges' critiques are listed below.

Teyona - Paulina said she was fierce and consistently has good photos, Mike said she related to the environment and situation better than any other girl, Tyra said she was fierce, fabulous, and acted like a crazy fan in a good way
Fo - Tyra said she always has good angles and creates tension without being tense, Jay said she has fantastic long limbs
Natalie - J. said she stood out more than Ciera does, Paulina said her face looked frightening, Mike said she struggled at first but had it later, Tyra said she is fabulous but needs to step out of her comfort zone and become more present in her face
Celia - Jay said it was brilliant she said she liked her photo before the judges did and she's not classically pretty but works for it, Tyra said she loves it and Celia looks like a crazy fan that wants fame
Allison - Paulina said she finally had a different face, Tyra said she had tension in her mouth, Mike said she needs to be provoked to be good
Aminat - Looked cute at judging, Jay said she looked bewildered like she fell over, Tyra said she looked lost and doesn't understand how her body relates to the camera, Mike said she is great for runway but not for print
London - Paulina said she doesn't love it, Jay said she tried to hard and was over the top, Tyra said she naturally smiles with her eyes, Mike said she needs better understanding of angles, J. asked London what she has been eating and said she has gained ten to fifteen pounds

London went home with the worst picture and Teyona's top photo was displayed in the house.

Top Picture

Drama
London constantly talked about her weight and when she had to do a a photo shoot in skimpy clothing, Jay asked her why she isn't taking care of her body.

At judging, Allison said this was her favorite photo shoot and that Mike was her favorite photographer. This made Jay mad because Jay has been her photographer previous times.

Allison practiced making different faces over and over again because the judges keep telling her she always has the same face.

Here's Your Test

bcorson — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:28:00 CDT

Challenge
The girls met Beth Stern and Jay to learn how to use different expressions. They were asked to make different expressions in mirrors while Beth and Jay coached them. Then, they each chose two cutouts of Tyra and had to connect their face to her body. They judges compared their faces to Tyra's original cut out faces.

Celia - Didn't match either face. Her face wasn't in tune with her body and she focused more on her body movement than her facial expressions.
Fo - Didn't match either face.
Sandra - Didn't match either face. She wasn't focused on making something real and Jay things she is falling out of the competition.
Aminat - Didn't match either face.
Allison - Didn't match either face. Beth and Jay said they weren't getting anything out of here and she lacked confidence.
Natalie - Matched both face. Was committed and great.
London - Matched both face.
Tahlia - Didn't match either face. Was trying too much.

Natalie brought the most diversity and won the challenge. She won 50% more frames at the photo shoot.

Photo Shoot
Colored powder was splashed on the girl's faces and they were asked to emote that color with facial expressions. Keith Major was the photographer.

Allison - Pink
Aminat - Green
Tahlia - Violet
Teyona - Yellow
Fo - Red
London - Blue
Natalie - Orange
Celia - Grey
Sandra - White

Judging
Keith Major was the guest judge. Each girl got critiqued and then Tyra called the names of the eight girls who will continue. The girls are in order from best picture to worst and the judges' critiques are listed below.

Fo - Paulina can see a tiny bit of Janice, Tyra said she was fire, desire, lust, hot, and smiled with here eyes
Teyona - J. said her picture looked nothing like her, Keith said he enjoyed photographing her, she took light well,and is appealing to everyone, Tyra said she portrayed optimism and hope
Tahlia - Paulina says she takes light well, Tyra says she looks better in pictures than in person, Jay said she needs to make the photographer chase her not lead her
Aminat - Jay said she had a modern take on green and she nailed it, Tyra loves her lips
Allison - Needs to break it up and start getting personality, J. said she looked modern, Paulina liked her kneck angle, Jay was disappointed, and Keith said she had no range
Natalie - J. said he sees angles no actions, Tyra said light falls off when it hits her face
London - Tyra liked her outfit at judging, J. said she needs more emotion in her eyes, Paulina said she had the same face as the previous week, was unattractive, and it looks like she vomited blue and then died in it
Celia - Paulina said she looked fabulous at judging as always, Keith said she had fun and he wanted to shoot her, Tyra said her picture embodied practicality and wisdom, Jay said he doesn't even want to work with her after the previous week's judging
Sandra - Jay said she has good skin but is not powerful, not fashion, not beauty, Paulina said she has no power and doesn't work

Sandra went home with the worst picture and Fo's top picture was displayed in the house.

Top Picture

Drama
At the beginning of the episode, all of the girls fought about Celia's actions at judging. Sandra and Natalie argued with each other because Natalie believed what Celia did was right. Eventually, Celia and Teyona sat down and talked about judging. Teyona told Celia she was embarrassed and that it wasn't fair of Celia to say Teyona wanted to go home.

Acting Like A Model

bcorson — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:17:25 CDT

The girls met Paulina Porizkova who talked to them about doing their best everyday. She said that as a model, each day is an audition with new designers so even if they are having a bad day, they need to be 100% ready. Then they were given a lesson in stage acting. The girls were given a partner and each group was given a sentence. Then each girl was given a specific way to act out her sentence.

Celia and Aminat - I've never said that to anyone.

Celia - Pitifully
Aminat - Bossy

Teyona and Natalie - I have no idea what your talking about.

Teyona - Shocking
Natalie - Threatening

London and Fo - You've gotta be kidding me.

London - Pitifully
Fo - Threatening

Allison and Tahlia - You need to get out of here.

Allison - Arrogant
Tahlia - Ecstatic

Challenge
The girls met Paulina at Harlem Stage and were given a script to memorize. They each acted out their scene with guest Clay Aiken. Each girl was asked to act like a snobby model on a go see where Clay Aiken was the designer. Clay and Paulina critiqued four of the girl's performances.

London - Expressive
Natalie - Has an aptitude
Tahlia - Lazy
.Celia - Has comedic flare

London was the winner of the challenge and recieved $5,000 in merchendice from Joe's Jeans.

Covergirl Commercial
Instead of a photo shoot, the girls filmed a Covergirl commercial. They met McKey, the cycle 11 winner, who helped them prepare for the commerical. The girls were split into two groups of four and given a script to memorize while in hair and makeup. They also got to use a teleprompter while they were filming. Teyona, Aminat, Celia, and Allison were the first group to film and London, Tahlia, Natalie, and Fo were the second. Peter Chelkowski filmed the commercials.

Judging
Clay Aiken was the guest judge. The judges said that as a group, the girls performance was weak. Each girl got critiqued and then Tyra called the names of the seven girls who will continue. The girls are in order from best picture to worst and the judges' critiques are listed below.

Celia - Always has great fashion sense, Nigel said her commercial was not bad, Paulina said she has natural talent and comedic ability, Clay said she jumps right in to character, and Tyra said she needs to portray a younger character because she felt like Celia was the aunt of all the other girls
Natalie - Clay felt like she didn't relate to the other girls in the commercial, Tyra said she never remembers her because she doesn't stand out and she needs to work on flirtiness and portraying more emotion, J. said she is stiff in her shoulder
Teyona - Nigel and Paulina said she squints a lot, Tyra said the posing at the beginning of her commerical was bad
Fo - Jumbled up words in her commercial, Tyra said the beginning sounded like a bad DJ
London - Cute in Natalie's commercial, Nigel said she was slouchy and sloppy, Tyra said she has too much hardness, Paulina told her that her shorts at judging weren't becoming but she sees potential, every judge agreed she is gaining weight and going pear shaped
Aminat - Tyra said she didn't enunciate
Allison - J. said she has worn the same dress to judging twice, Tyra said her commercial was punishment. Clay said she had improved since the challenge but she has no personality, Nigel said he always sees the same poses and look, Paulina said she has the personality of a plastic doll
Tahlia - Tyra said she has the physical look covergirl likes, Nigel and Paulina said she was the best in Fo's commercial, Paulina said she needs to bring out her energy Clay said she needs to come out of her comofrt zone and has horrible self esteem issues, Nigel said she forgot the client and looked old and and angry rather than young and fresh.

Tahlia went home with the worst picture and a shot taken from Celia's top commercial was displayed in the house.

Drama
Some of the girls got angry when Natalie didn't was her dishes after dinner. Then, when Natalie called them hicks later in the show, she started calling them snobs.

London is worried about gaining weight and didn't even try on her $5,000 in merchandise from Joe's Jeans because she was afraid it wouldn't fit.

Put Your Best Face Forward

bcorson — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:17:10 CDT

At the beginning of the episode, Toccarra Jones from cycle 3 visited the girls for a sleepover. She talked to them about the importance of personality because a model is a spokesperson. Then, the girls went to the Marquet and met with Benny Ninja, the posing instructor and Sky Nellor who is a former model and DJ. Sky and Benny taught the girls to use music to motivate posing.

Challenge
The girls met Benny Ninja and David and Phillipe Blonde at The Mansion. They were asked to use music to motivate the way they showcase fashion. Two heats of five girls took turns posing and their poses were judged on how loud the crowd cheered. Celia was the top poser from the first heat and Natalie was from the second. Then, Celia and Natalie went head to head. Celia had the best poses and received a handmade dress from The Blondes.

Photo Shoot
The photo shoot took place at Ellis Island where the girls posed with Benny Ninja as their husband and models as their children. They were asked to pose as families who had just arrived at Ellis Island. Brian Edwards was the photographer and he used old fashion photograph equipment so the girls had to stay completely still while posing.

Judging
Benny Ninja was the guest judge. Each girl got critiqued and then Tyra called the names of the nine girls who will continue. The girls are in order from best picture to worst and the judges' critiques are listed below.

Tahlia - Better than exquisite, Tyra said was dressed poorly at judging but looked like a beautiful Spanish dancer in her photo, Nigel said this was her pest picture so far and she related to the children in her picture, Paulina said she has the best attitude in photos but the worst in person
Teyona - Sensational, acting a story, Paulina said she has a romance that is captivating, Tyra said she is sweet and sour, Benny said she is sour
Allison -Was standing too far above the kids, Nigel said her photo looks like a fashion picture, Paulina said she looked adorable
Natalie - Nigel said she looked like Keira Kightley, Paulina said she looked stunning, Tyra said she has no personality
London - Fantastic, not looking at camera, was disconnected and didn't relate to background, Nigel said she looked like she was one and a half feet tall
Aminat - J. said she had great expression, Benny said she was an natural poser but needs to practice more
Celia - Tyra said she had no life in her eyes and was upstaged by the girl behind her
Fo - Didn't relate to children, Paulina said it was her least favorite picture so far and that Fo had a fake look off in to the sunset
Sandra - Has too many profile picture, was disconnected, Benny said she looked like a deer in the headlights, J. said she looked as boring as homade soap, Jay said she relies on being pretty
Kortnie - Tyra said she lookee sour, Nigel said her eyes looked dead, Tyra said it doesn't look like a fashion shot and she needs attention, Benny said she has no model qualities

Kortnie went home with the worst picture and Tahlia's top picture was displayed in the house.

Top Picture

Drama
Throughout the entire episode Tahlia was telling all of the girls that she wanted to go home. When she got top picture and Kortnie was eliminated, Celia stood up and told Tyra and the judges that she thought it was unfair for Kortnie to go home when Tahlia didn't want to be there. Tyra told Celia she thought it was unfair for her to speak for Tahlia and asked her to go back to her place.

What Happens In Vegas

bcorson — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:12:39 CDT

What Happens In Vegas was the first part of the two hour long cycle 12 premier that started with 34 finalists at Cesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Challenge
Ms. J. asked each model to demonstrate her runway walk by walking on ground filled with clouds. Ms. J. told the models to show strengh, endurance, and poise. Additionally, the models had short interviews with Tyra, J. and Jay. The interviews included explaining why each girl wanted to be ANTM and modeling in swimsuits.

Photo Shoot
All 34 girls dressed in togas and were asked to pose in a classic Roman pose. They were also asked to show their profile.

Judging
The judges evaluated all 34 finalists' runway walk, profile picture, and interview and chose a top 21. Each girl was asked to open a box with her name on it. The boxes of the lucky 21 girls had golden wreaths. The other 13 girls' boxes were empty and they were sent home.

Photo Shoot
The remaining 21 girls were assigned a goddess and attribute for a photo shoot with Jay. Somme of the goddesses were justice, maddness, strength, prosperity, love, and honor.

Judging
After the photo shoot the judges examined the picture and Tyra called the names of the 13 ANTM finalists.

Allison

bcorson — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:50:24 CDT

Life Before ANTM
Allison Harvard is from New Orleans, Louisiana and is 20 years old. She is currently an artist and is very interested in artistic photography. She had a few modeling photos taken before the show. Allison loves adventures. She feels her photography experience will help her has a model because she will be able to create unique angles. She thinks nosebleeds are beautiful and has a fascination with blood. During one of her interviews, Harvard told Tyra she was jealous of the nosebleeds Banks got as a child. Allison is famous for her big eyes and was nicknamed "Creepy-chan" for her wide eyed stare and heavy use of makeup.

ANTM
Allison wasn't expecting to make it to the finals of America's Next Top Model. She is often criticized for having the same look each week. As a model, she hopes to bring new ideas to photography as well as modeling.

Episode Highlights
Allison was in the bottom two during the episodes Acting Like A Model and New York's Finest. Her picture was called first during Fun and Games.
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Top Photos

Tahlia

bcorson — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:53:33 CDT

Life Before ANTM
Tahlia Brookins lives in Pheoniz, Arizona where she was born. She is 18 years old and her nicnkame is Tal. Brookins is currently a student studying to be an EMT paramedic. Tahlia is a burn survivor and has scars from a coffee burn she got when she was younger. She played volleyball for 8 years and believes it is the reason Italian food is her favorite. Her favorite movie is P.S. I Love You. She doesn't have much previous modeling experience but feels her courage will give her an edge in the modeling industry.

ANTM
Tahlia's dad encouraged her to audition for America's Next Top Model because Tahlia has always wanted to be a model. She had only watched two ANTM episodes before she auditioned. On the show, she talked about inspiring other burn victims and not being afraid of her burns. She feels she was too often criticized for her body type because she was the only athletic girl in the house. Although she was eliminated, she hopes to continue modeleing and possibly acting.

Episode Highlights
Tahlia had the top photo in the Put Your Best Face Forward Episode.

Top Photo

Sandra

bcorson — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:51:55 CDT

Life Before ANTM
Sandra Nyanchoka was born in Kenya and moved to the United States when she was seven years old. She is 19 years old and currently lives in Rockville, Maryland where she is an aspiring model and journalism student. She speaks Kiswahili at home and loves speaking it because it makes her feel at home. Sandra has three sisters and three brothers and is very close to her family. She said she loved playing hopscotch, catch, and doing other outdoor activities with them while she lived in Kenya. Nyanchoka has some previous modeling experience but was pretty new to modeling when the show began.

ANTM
Sandra auditioned for America's Next Top Model at a casting in Maryland because she felt it was a great opportunity. She was known on the show for her dark skin. After being eliminated, Sandra said she didn't feel like she was portrayed accurately on the show. Nyanchoka said in an interview that she feels she wasn't sent home for bad pictures, but because she wasn't stirring up drama anymore. She also said that she didn't like the makeover Tyra chose for her. Although she was eliminated, Sandra plans to continue modeling and hops to someday walk for Mark Jacobs. She also is interested in journalism and hopes to be a fashion journalist.

Episode Highlights
In the first few episodes, Sandra got in arguments with most of the girls. She was the challenge winner in the Do You Like The Way I Look? episode and was in the bottom two in the Fun and Games and Put Your Best Face Forward Episode. Sandra had the top picture in the New York's Finest episode. During the Here's Your Test episode, Sandra had the worst picture and was sent home.

Top Photo

Celia

bcorson — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:49:46 CDT

Life Before ANTM
Celia Ammerman is from Cynthiana, Kentucky where most of her family still lives. She is 25 years old and is currently in the design and fashion sales industry. She has been modeling for most of her life. Celia's favorite movie is Annie Hall because Diane Keaton portrays a strong confident woman. She loves learning new languages and her favorite language is Japanese. She feels she is competitive in the modeling industry because she has good energy.

ANTM
Celia feels like a rockstar as one of Amerca's Next Top Model finalists. She says it is a dream come true. Ammerman loves modeling and competition and feels she will be successful on the show because she is fun, funny, and provocative. Her previous experience has shown throughout the show, however, she is often told she needs to work on looking younger. Celia is famous on the show for being the "mom" of the girls in the house.

Episode Highlights
Celia was the challenge winner in the Do You Like The Way I Look? and Put Your Best Face Forward Episodes. During the Here's Your Test episode, she was in the bottom two. Celia had the top commercial in the Acting Like a Model episode.

Nijah

bcorson — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:04:18 CDT

Life Before ANTM
Nijah Harris is 18 years old and is from Rancho Cucamonga, California. She recently worked for nine months at a corner bakery but is currently taking a year off of school and work to focus on modeling. Nijah won Thatgirl magazine's spring 2007 model search and has done other previous modeling. She feels one of her strengths is that she's confident but not cocky. Harris also says her facial featurs make her stand out in the modeling industry. As a model, she hopes to travel and do a lot of runway.

ANTM
Nijah auditioned for America's Next Top Model in Bakersfield, California. She was most excited to see Tyra, Jay, and J. and to be a role model for other girls. On the show, she found it difficult to work with a partner. She plans to continue modeling and enroll in classes at UCLA.

Episode Highlights
Nijah was eliminated when she had the worst picture during the New York's Finest episode.

Jessica

bcorson — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:43:38 CDT

Life Before ANTM
Jessica Santiago is was born in Puerto Rico and currently lives in Bradenton Florida. She is 18 years old. Jessica became interested in modeling when she was 15 and modeled for a Koi catalog, numerous spanish language magazines, and walked at Fashion Week of the Americas. In Bradenton, Jessica lives with her stepfather and mother and is going to nursing school. Each summer she visits Puerto Rico so she can see her childhood friends. Her favorite foods are sushi and pork chops and she loves salsa music. Jessica says she loves getting makeovers and she changes her look every one to two years.

ANTM
Jessica auditioned for cycle 11 in Miami but wasn't chosen as a semi-finalist. She auditioned in Tampa for cycle 12 and this time was chosen as a finalist. Although she was eliminated from ANTM, her goal is to be the next Adriana Lima and represent Victoria's Secret. She hopes to travel all over the world, get her hair and makeup done, and get lots of attention as a famous model.

Episode Highlights
Jessica was eliminated because she had the worst picture during the Do You Like The Way I Look? episode.

Isabella

bcorson — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:05:10 CDT

Life Before ANTM
Kelly Isabelle Falk has lives in Barboursville Virginia and is 19 years old. She did some modeling while in Virginia but most of it was very small. Wick Beavers took pictures of her before she appeared on the show. Isabelle suffers from epilepsy but is determined not to let it ruin her chance of becoming a model. She has said she realizes she will have to face challenges such as strobe lights at runway shows, but she believes nothing can get in her way of becoming a model. Isabella's loves eating healthy and is very thrifty. She said she doesn't buy anything that isn't on sale. Each morning she eats her favorite food, cottage cheese with raspberries.

ANTM
Isabelle auditioned for cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model and got a callback but didn't make it to semi-finals in LA. She sent in another video for cycle 12 and this time was chosen as a finalist. Because there have been too many Kellys on America's Next Top Model, Tyra decided Falk would go by her middle name Isabelle. Although she was eliminated first, Isabelle hopes to move to New York or New Jersey where she is closer to fashion. Falk is determined to become a famous supermodel.

Episode Highlights
Isabella was the first finalist to be eliminated. She had the worst photo during the Fun and Games episode. After being eliminated she said, "So, first

elimination tonight. Didn't see it coming."" But I'm a model, and you get some jobs and you don't get some jobs. I didn't book this job, so I'm gonna go and get signed by an agency and get my career going. So goodbye for now, you'll be seeing me around."

America's Next Top Model Cycle 12 Home

bcorson — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:55:12 CDT

The Show
America's Next Top Model cycle 12 is produced by Tyra Bank's Bankable Productions and 10 by 10 entertainment. It airs and airs on The CW. It takes place primarily in New York City. ANTM narrows thousands of entries of aspiring models down to a semi-final 34. During the first episode, the final 13 contestants was chosen. Throughout each episode, the models are faced with a modeling challenge where the winner receives a valuable prize. Then, the models participate in a photo shoot. The model with the worst photo and challenge performance is sent home.

The Judges
Tyra Banks
J. Alexander
Paulina Porizkova
Nigel Barker
Jay Manuel

The Episodes

The Models

The Prize
The winner of America's Next Top Model Cycle 12 will receive a $100,000 CoverGirl contract, will be managed by Elite Model Management, and will appear on the cover of Seventeen Magazine.

New York's Finest

bcorson — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:49:42 CDT

The remaining 12 girls meet J. at an old mansion to practice their runway walks. They were asked to put on sweaters and khakis and show poise and elegance while they walked. They learned how to walk with books on thei rheads and learned catwalk respect. Ms. J said Natalie had the best runway walk. After the girls practiced their runway walks, Teyona left to get a new weave because Tyra didn't like the way her makeover turned out.

Challange
The girl's challange was to walk in a Jill Stuart runway show. They walked on a runway filled with obstacles and they had to carry shopping bags while they walked. Ann Shoket, the editor and chief of Seventeen Magazine, was there to watch the girls as well as the judges. Seven of the girls' performances was reviewed on the show.

Celia - Angelic and Jill was happy she opened the show
Fo - Great personality
Teyona - Stiff and rigid
Allison - Cute and quirky
Natalie - Beautiul, walked with strength, comfortable, shouldn't twirl on the runway
Tahlia - Weak and not confident
Nijah - Pretty, feminine walk, could have been stronger
Natalie was the winner of the challenge and she received Jill Stuart clothes as her prize.

Photo Shoot
The photo shoot took place on a tour bus in famous areas of Manhatten. The girls were given one or two partners and asked to pose as people who are found throughout Manhatten. The photographer was Mike Rosenthal.

Fo and Aminat - Wall Street Brokers
Kortnie and Nijah - Soho Artists
Sandra and Celia - Nannies
London and Allison - Upper East Side Snobs
Natalie, Tahlia, and Teyona - Tourists In Time Square

Judging
Jill Stuart was the guest judge. First, the girls got critiqued with their partners.

Kortnie and Nijah - No hint of artists portrayed, lame
Fo and Aminat - Both looked fantastic at judging, good shot, outrageously great
Celia and Sandra - Both looked beautiful at judging, judges loved it, looked editorial, didn't do a very good job of portraying nannies
Natalie, Tahlia, and Teyona - Picture felt real
London and Allison - Had a million pop cultural references they could have pulled from but didn't

Then, they were critiqued individually. Tyra called the names of the 10 girls who will continue. The girls are in order from best picture to worst and the judges' critiques are listed below.

Sandra - Stole the picture, made it come alive, fabulous
Aminat - Her best shot to date, Jill said she looked like the girl next door
Tahlia - Nigel said it was her best shot to date, looked alive
Fo - Great shot, Nigel says he loves Fo
Celia - Looked a little stuff, Paulina said she lookes like a real model
Kortnie - Paulina says she has potential
London - Pretty, her face worked in the picture because it looked like it could be condescending
Teyona - Good teeth, Jill said her pose looked funny
Natalie - Wasn't in the moment, Nigel says she is boring
Allison - Nigel said he has seen a lot more out of her in previous shots, looked like a hung over Olson twin, Paulina said she has a rare look in a good way
Nijah - Pulled the picture down, Paulina says she is a pretty yawn

Nijah went hope with the worst picture and Sandra's top picture was displayed in the house.

Top Picture

Drama
The girls played Truth or Dare one night at the house and Natalie as asked who she thought had the worst picture last week. She said Tahlia and Tahlia was upset.