America's Next Top Models Cycle 14 -

[Nils]

Lulu looks like Chanel Iman imo

 

[dpbenson]

Photographer: Debora Spencer
Model: Elina Ivanova

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[Gainsbourg]

I wonder if this has been said in previous ANTM threads, but Tyra always seems to find a girl or style a girl who already looks like a top model today. Some of these are obvious, others are my opinion

Erin (Cycle 13) = Ginta Lapina (dead on)
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Erin I think had Natalia Vodianova's lips. And Fatima was a baby Iman lol

 

[soymilkfreak]

I noticed Erin/Ginta resemblance as soon as Erin got her hair bleached lol.

yes Lulu is like poor man's Chanel Iman in a way.
She's looking good in those pictures, besides that nasty *** tattoo.

 

[KatJenahMckey]

I actually think Lulu looked like Hollis Wakeema in her pre-show photo.

 

[Gainsbourg]

Elina's STILL stiff in those new shots of her. She's such a gorgeous girl but she just can't seem to break into "model", it doesn't come naturally at all, everything's way too posed and tight

 

[Zann]

Elina's STILL stiff in those new shots of her. She's such a gorgeous girl but she just can't seem to break into "model", it doesn't come naturally at all, everything's way too posed and tight

i knowwww. those poses... are so stiff.. it's like seriously? did you not pay attention to any of what they said at ANTM or did you not watch your season?

 

[dpbenson]

I still believe the final 2 should have been Nicole & Erin - both girls very high fashion and they're the best from the start so it wasn't fair that Erin didn't get a chance to compete against Nicole.

I agree with this. Erin and Nicole were the best two from their season and should have been in the final two. Laura is a cute, sweet girl. However, her features are a bit course and I really don't see the model.

watching Teyona made me wonder again How could Tyra choose her over Allison it really doesn't make sense and I'm still pissed at that , but at least she learned from her mistake this time.

I felt the same way until I started seeing post-show work. Allison's lastest photos for Burger & Friends at Karmaloop.com are just awful. She looks greasy and unwashed, and she never should have removed the blonde. I am totally over her not winning.

Teyona has been turning it out in Cape Town. I am impressed that Elite sent her to South Africa to build her book and that they ordered so many tests for her. This is something they've not done for anything other winner.

Plus, Teyona is the only winner to book magazine spreads from the get-go without the words "ANTM" splashed across the pages.

IMHO, Celia looks like an old woman. The fact that she cannot get signed with an agency speaks volumes. This post here comments on her look. I agree with everything that is said.

am not so keen on both cover girl shots, they just dont stand out. The ones from prev seasons hav been better.

Yes, Nicole looks like an amputee in the solo shot. Something about her face looks off in the picture with Tyra. The photoshopping is awful.

If these girls were really smart, they would enter into contests that are held by major modeling agencies, like the Ford contest. I think being in a reality TV show with Tyra in it makes them believe it's a big gateway into the modeling industry.

For some contestants it has been a win. Mollie Sue (Cycle 6), Eugena (Cycle 7), Bianca (Cycle 9), and Lisa (Cycle 9) were not able to get signed with an agency before appearing on the show. Mollie, in particular, was too short and too old. Elite, who was not even the agency associated with the show, saw her and signed her.It has worked out for some contestants, and I think that's what the girls are banking on.

Yes, Fatima and Katarzyna and Shandi would have been far better off had they never gone on the show in the first place. However, that's not true for every contestant.

^^As much as we bash Tyra, and she deserves many of the criticisms, she is immensely admired by young models and young women in general

This is quite true. Both Chanel Iman and Sessilee Lopez have stated that she is their role model. Tyra's talk show also consistently scores in ratings with young women. Why? I have no idea. All she does is talk about herself. However, she is popular.

Re the discussion above about the ANTM finale shows not being the designers FW shows:

I can't see any designer, unless it is one who really wants publicity or that is new and cannot afford the top ranked models let ANTM use their FW showing for reasons that have nothing to do with the reputation of ANTM or how high fashion the show and its cast is or is not, letting the ANTM production team have the access they need for filming is too disruptive. Was C2 finale for D-Square a FW week show? Also the question is moot because the ANTM finale does not coincide with FW and also it is a huge spoiler if the show is big enough to be covered by the major online fashion magazines and blogs like style.com.

Yes, the shows are not real. Even with the eliminated contestants used as decoys - this cycle was *not* the first time that eliminated girls walked in the final runway - it would be difficult to hide who the final two were. In fact, the final two for Cycle 12 were spoiled early by someone that attended the final runway show.

We know her patterns on ANTM:
1. Every 3 season, a black girl wins..regardless!!!
2. Winners don't repeat (ex. blonde wins, blonde won't win again next season etc.)
3. Each season she picks girls that will fit the following roles: b*tch/villain, ugly duckling/awkward girl, girl with a sob story, girl who has no personality and a black girl who does so bad but since Tyra likes "her", she saves her repeatedly

Since you took it there, I will throw my own comments in.

You have forgotten the patterns of:
1. Every few seasons a white girls wins...regardless!!!
2. Each season she picks a white girl who does so bad but since Tyra likes her she saves her repeatedly.

Lulu looks amazing with that cut. Much better than that weave.

Agreed. Each cycle, Tyra usually ruins someone with the makeover. This time it was Courtney, Lulu, Rachel, and Sundai.

 

[KatJenahMckey]

I disagree about Celia. Tbh they gave her the wrong makeover.
They should've still kept it blonde, but it was too thick and too straw-colored in castings.

I think her look coincides the most with Lara Stone in terms of bone structure.
Celia knew that at 26 years old (She was 26 when she did her post-show interviews) she was not going to get signed.

I like Allison Harvard. I see tremendous potential in her. She's very dollish which I love. I prefered Teyona and I'm thrilled that Elite believes in her.
If only they'd put her back on the website already!

I think Fatima's one of the few ANTM girls who can really achieve a lot of success.

 

[dpbenson]

I disagree about Celia. Tbh they gave her the wrong makeover.

They should've still kept it blonde, but it was too thick and too straw-colored in castings.

While it did not help, IMHO Celia looked old before the makeover.

I prefered Teyona and I'm thrilled that Elite believes in her.
If only they'd put her back on the website already!

She is on the Elite site. Just pull up Elite Model Management Cape Town, and you will find Teyona.

Elite did the same thing with Katarzyna. She is still with Elite New York, but she's not up on their site because she's in Europe right now.

 

[KatJenahMckey]

I was talking about Elite NY, but I understand why you'd think it was Cape Town.


I can't wait to see more from Fatima. I believe in her more than any other antm contestant. NY Models does great with their black models and they seem to believe in Fatima quite a bit.

 

[Trends]

IMHO, Celia looks like an old woman. The fact that she cannot get signed with an agency speaks volumes. This post here comments on her look. I agree with everything that is said.

I remember she tweeted that she had a meeting with Ford Models and she didn't get signed. She had more issues besides looking old (see casting episode- bikini shot).

Allison also tried to get signed in NY after she left Nous but she came up empty. I always thought she overplayed her hand by leaving Nous just because it was a LA agency. There's plenty of editorial models that are signed to LA agencies and she could've made the best of being signed with Nous.

 

[kbella]

Via Nylon

 

[simplylovely]

Nicole looks amazing!

 

[Mea Culpa]

nylonmag.com

 

[MyNameIs]

Nicole looks great in that picture. Jennifer looks decent. Erin looks awful. What happened?

 

[dpbenson]

Nicole looks great in that picture. Jennifer looks decent. Erin looks awful. What happened?

Erin's hair looks dry and her roots are showing. She needs to maintain the blonde in her eyebrows and hair, and she needs to invest in some deep conditioning.

 

[Leeroi]

Erin's hair looks dry and her roots are showing. She needs to maintain the blonde in her eyebrows and hair, and she needs to invest in some deep conditioning.

Deep conditioning will really be difficult if she keeps on bleaching her hair to death. Girl needs some hair extensions, or weave or something.

 

[lanvinray]

Could Nylon be the new editorial prize for ANTM? that would be so cool! Seventeen is getting old Apparently, ANTM Cycle 14 is already filming in New Zealand! Pack you're bags because you're all going to NZ!!! I bet Lord of the Rings will be part of the Photo Shoot!

 

[Leeroi]

Could Nylon be the new editorial prize for ANTM? that would be so cool! Seventeen is getting old Apparently, ANTM Cycle 14 is already filming in New Zealand! Pack you're bags because you're all going to NZ!!! I bet Lord of the Rings will be part of the Photo Shoot!

New Zealand!? Beautiful country, but what's so fashion-y about New Zealand? Haha. Tyra will probably say it's the next hot place of fashion or whatever.

I'll probably try and watch this season since I hope Tyra renovates the whole show.

A Nylon ed would be amazing, no?