Cycle 11 had a crystal clear Top 4 and it sucked to see Simone lose out on her deserved spot in the top tier. The girl had an incredible face; her bone structure was to die for and she showed a ton of versatility in the photoshoots, proving herself to be quite the chameleon. She ended up having my best call-out average of the season, mostly because she was so consistently strong in the first half of her run. I ranked her in the top 2 of my call-outs five out nine times, four of those being the first four weeks of the season. While her two FCOs came in the least successful photoshoots (Garnier and Underwater), she legitimately impressed me in those weeks when a majority of the others failed. She rarely disappointed either, only her Distorted Dreams and Natural Beauty shots were somewhat lackluster. I also thought she was good on the runway (though admittedly a step behind the top 3 girls). However, as strong as Simone was I can see why the judges eliminated her when they did. She set the bar high for herself at the start and her performances did start to trend downward after the Night Club photoshoot. All of her weakest shots came toward the end of her run, right when Jennifer and Alannah were dominating the late game. Simone may have declined at a critical time, but I think she deserved to go farther. If she had bounced back in the last two weeks she even could’ve been a worthy winner.