Finalists’ Portfolio Review (Part 2) and Winner Announcement!
Welcome to Part 2 of my assessment of Cindy and Veronica’s overall journey throughout this competition. Since I have paused at the Cosmetics Ad Campaign shoot, I will now proceed with the subsequent shoots:
Photo Shoot #7 Fallen Angels
Deliberation: I was very impressed with both of them. I admire how graceful Cindy looks but Veronica brings a certain edge to her shot to the point where I think she beats Cindy out by an inch here.Â
Photo Shoot #8 Jewellery Ad
Deliberation: Cindy’s photo looks more like a jewellery ad to me whereas Veronica’s looks like a test shot for an ad campaign. I think it’s because of her eyes; They don’t look as present compared to Cindy’s eye contact.
Photo Shoot #9 Fashion Careers
Deliberation: Cindy did a fantastic job this week for winning the go-see challenge and kicking butt in the photo shoot. Veronica looks great here too but her pose looks slightly contrived to me.
Photo Shoot #10 Wind and Water Hair Ad
Deliberation: Veronica performed leaps and bounds over the other contestants this week. This shot especially looks like an ad that could run in every magazine and could appear on billboards everywhere. Cindy’s photo is very strong as well but it doesn’t quite match up to Veronica’s.Â
Deliberation: I felt more of a connection when looking at Veronica’s picture compared to Cindy’s. They both brought a sense of softness and fragility in their photos but Veronica has more presence in hers.Â
Deliberation: Both photos can be used for any clothing company out there but I think Cindy delivered a more cohesive photo compared to Veronica. Veronica looks like she could inject a little bit more vigour into her pose.
Photo Shoot #12 Color Blocking Magazine
Deliberation: This was honestly a tough week to judge because I was very impressed with both of their performances this week. I cannot pick one over the other, so, I am giving both of them a point each.Â
Deliberation: Great shots once again from both models. I like the fact that Cindy gave something different in her shot compared to her first one but if I am basing their performance on this particular set of photos, Veronica has body language down.
1. In terms of their portfolio, they are both on equal footing to me. But I can’t crown two winners this season. Thus, I have to consider their overall potential to succeed in the modeling industry and how they had performed in the challenges as well as how their entire film in each photo shoot looked.Â
2. For Cindy, her look is very classic but she can be molded easily based on whatever theme she is given. She can be styled very soft and girly but she can also be quite edgy and high fashion. Cindy started out the competition at the middle of the pack and hit her first peak in the Handbag Ad Campaign shoot. Afterwards, she plateaued in the Catalog shoot and the Cosmetics Ad Campaign shoot but picked herself back up in the subsequent weeks and won best performance 3 times since then. For the cons, I do think Cindy can appear a little bland sometimes in the face and at times, she needed to exaggerate her features a little more to stand out in photos.Â
3. For Veronica, I’ve always been a champion of her modern look that is very much relevant by today’s industry standards. She has very high fashion features and she likes to take a lot of risks when it comes to her poses. Veronica was pretty inconsistent during the first half of the season. One week she is within the Top 3 and the next week she would fall down towards the bottom half of the bunch. From the Fashion Careers shoot onward, she established herself as one of the girls to beat and even won best cumulative performance in the Wind and Water Hair Ad shoot. For the cons, Veronica sometimes would lose focus and rely on modeling 101 poses but she has been working hard to overcome this in the second half of the competition.
That being said, I have to make a decision. And I am going to reveal the winner right now!
The winner of Florinda’s Next Top Model Season 10 will walk away with a modeling contract with a Top Modeling Agency. She will also be on the cover of Elle Magazine and will have a 4 page spread in the magazine. Lastly, she will be the newest face of the Barbie brand.
Florinda’s Next Top Model is.....
Congratulations Veronica! I am so proud of her and she absolutely deserved to win this season. I also want to congratulate Cindy for a job well done and for giving Veronica a run for her money. This is definitely not the last we will see of her.
Here is the summary table of the entire call-out order in Season 10:
I will be shooting Veronica for her Elle Magazine Cover and spread next week. The theme of the shoot is Hello Kitty and she will be sporting outfits and accessories based on this theme.
Please be on the lookout for that. So there you have it guys! Veronica is the winner of FNTM Season 10. Please like, share or comment down below on what you think about Veronica’s win? Are you satisfied with it or did you prefer Cindy or anyone else to win?
Next week, I will also be posting details about the next Season of photos I will be posting and will be explaining on some small changes to how I will be structuring my posts in the future. I will also announce the winner of the Social Media Star award for Season 10 sometime next week and she will win a special prize as well.Â
