#1 – Jeana Turner
Normally the villain is in a way assisted by their edit: a lot of the times they get carried further to cause drama, or are still praised for modelling regardless of their personality. Jeana somehow came out with none of these positives. She really should have had a real chance of winning, got numerous first call-outs, and survived to the end without an elimination, but all these were taken away. Instead she was left with a negative tone, and honestly I feel it might have been better for her had she never come on the show. Jeana performed incredibly well throughout the entire show. Her portfolio was one of the strongest, maybe not as consistent as Khrys’, but it certainly had more peaks: she got 5 first call-outs from me, the most of any girl. Her runway walk was without a doubt the best of the cycle, even with her shorter height, which is expendable given how unique she is. The judges seemed to have a personal vendetta against her, which again seems unexplained. They gave her no first call-outs, despite deserving some, and never gave her wins for her runway walk, and when she did do best in the finale, ignored that by fixating on a detail that shouldn’t have mattered that much. During the makeovers she was made to be the hero, but then suddenly we are supposed to believe she is awful. In reality she is maybe a bit self-centred and cutthroat: both traits which are completely normal, but were hyper-intensified on the show. If we were being fair, in the modelling industry those are actually most likely positives, and would help Jeana succeed. All in all it is just clear Jeana was done incredible wrong by the show.
As I said, on a whole Khrys still probably had the one-up on portfolio, purely due to consistency and versatility. Jeana actually had more peaks than Khrys, but also actually had some bad photos. While Khrys seemed to be able to mesh her skills to any brief, Jeana fell down in the stripped back photoshoots. Even then, it is purely in photoshoots with no make-up she failed. Her vulnerable shot was one of my least favourites, and looks incredibly awkward: it is probably the one time her bald head didn’t work. But compare this to shoots with more natural and minimal make-up, like her trio shot, and we can see she does fine there. Jeana however always performed in conceptual photoshoots: her gold shot is still one of my favourite of the cycle. She killed it, and created a piece of art: had Zach Miko been on her level, then this shot would have been a real contender for the top spot.
At the end of the day, what put Jeana top of this list is that she had real potential to become a top model. While girls like Khrys and Kyla have potential to become successful models, they are still exchangeable. They may be somewhat unique, but not completely. Jeana on the other hand has virtually no competition. She has everything she needs to succeed: versatility in her looks due to her wigs, one of the strongest walks in ANTM history, dedication and drive to succeed, and an editorial and photogenic look. All the boxes are ticked, so I really could see Jeana continuing to grow, and I just hope the negativity from her time on the show doesn’t affect that.













