#cycle11

Khrys was definitely the delight of the cycle, she just treated every girl so nicely, and even when she was in fights with Jeana she came off as incredibly sweet, like saying a bad girl was physically hurting her. Similarly Shanice is a character who could easily have been edited as a bitch, but besides negative characters like Jeana, Brendi and Rio just came across as hilarious, and that personality was what made me okay with her staying around so long.

While the unparalleled legs still annoy me, I cannot deny this is one of my favourite shots from my favourite shoots. Her eyes are just stunning, she is piercing through and it is just beautiful. This was where Analeigh began to become one of my favourite contestants from this cycle.

I’ll keep praying. I know I’ll have my baby one day.

Lauren Brie has one of the most intriguing and fascinating faces we’ve seen on this show. In person she looked like some high fashion alien, with bulbous sea blue eyes, satin white skin and gorgeous defined bone structure. It really was spectacular to look at, especially paired with her beachy blonde hair. The strength of her face made up for her lack of height, to the point it wasn’t even an issue; she was one in a million, so you’d put up with the slight flaw. I expected her to slay the high fashion shoots but was worried versatility would be an issue. She perhaps seemed a bit too strange. Fascinating faces are few and far between on this show, but when they come around it is always interesting to see how they translate on film. Sometimes they work; sometimes they change; sometimes they lose their magic. For Lauren Brie it seemed to be different every time she took a photo. We had shoots where she looked like some high fashion goddess, others where there was a sweet, Californian surfer girl, and others where she gave us more conventional beauty, paired with fierce intensity. She was far more adaptable than I expected, but it made me love her look even more. The spark was never lost though; even when giving commercial beauty, there was just a high fashion edge. She stood out regardless. It is hard to think she was eliminated so early, as she really had shown she had more than what it takes to be a real contender.

Final Runway

Ah, then I love them. Anyone who gives Nik multiple first and second call-outs will instantly be a great ranking blog in my books.

Is that the blog that has Allison’s paint shot as their avatar who are currently ranking Cycle 6? As if so I am following them, but if not I will totally start following them.

I think most conflicts on the show come down to a few heated moments, and the majority of the time the models actually get along. It tends to show when a model is eliminated and how they react with the other cast mates, and I think this rivarly was a case where the editing intensified the reality of the feud.