Interview with Camille
 

This week, fans of UPN's America's Next Top Model weren't singing
along with Tyra's "Shake Ya Body." Nah, they were merrily humming a
more familiar tune: "Ding-dong, the witch is dead!" Why? 'Cause that
lying, egomaniacal troublemaker Camille McDonald went down, baby.
Here, TV Guide Online grills the dethroned drama queen on her litany
of sins. And just so you know, there's no sarcasm in her responses.
She's for real.


TV Guide Online: You're the most dramatic Model of the bunch!
Camille: [Giggles] Yes, I'm the girl everyone loves to hate.

TVGO: Were you acting diva-esque just to stand out on TV? Or are you for real?

Camille: I wasn't acting, I was being myself. I am 26 years old. A
lot of the girls are 18 and they've never been away from home before.
I'm not a supermodel - that's why I'm on the show - but I'm more
experienced. I went to college, I've been in a lot of pageants, I've
graced the pages of Glamour magazine, I've done stuff for Chanel and
I've had internships with W magazine and Diane von Furstenberg. For
me, it's either now or never. My level of competition is higher than
these fresh 18-year-olds.

TVGO: Do you stay in touch with that good-lookin' Italian with the
Vespa? What's his name?

Camille: Um, I forgot! We don't stay in touch, no. But I have
everyone's information who I worked with throughout the show. But he
was great and really gave me the support I needed. I'm happy that I
had a good connection with my driver, because it was his
responsibility to bring me to each go-see. He even bought me ice
cream, or as we call it in Italy, gelato. He had a girlfriend and I
have a boyfriend.

TVGO: Was it annoying that Yoanna kept referring to you two as "Ebony and Ivory"? It was cute once!

Camille: You know how they say, "Keep your friends close, but your
enemies closer." Yoanna has a distaste for me, for whatever reason,
which is unfortunate. She's beautiful; that's why I told her to get
her portrait drawn [by the street artist] because I wanted her to
have some of that self-confidence that I have. One reason Yoanna
didn't like me was I had something she didn't.

TVGO: You hinted at dinner that Yoanna has an eating disorder. Did
that contribute to your downfall since Tyra knew you were back-
stabbing?

Camille: That was messed up. There's things Yoanna did to me behind
the scenes - I didn't run to Tyra to complain. But I understood she
didn't want her weight issue to affect her chances of winning. That's
the avenue she chose to deal with it.

TVGO: Wasn't Yoanna right to talk to Tyra, since you told a lie about her?

Camille: No, I didn't tell anyone a lie. I want to clarify this. They
asked at dinner, "Does Yoanna disappear a lot?" She went to the
bathroom and was gone for awhile. The girls were like, "No, she
doesn't disappear a lot." So I said, "Yeah, she does." To do what, I
don't know. She could have gone off to a corner to pray for all I
know! Yoanna did take a lot of energy supplements, like Red Bull. But
she lost a lot of weight healthily, with a personal trainer. She
doesn't have an eating disorder and I wasn't trying to sabotage her.
I'm a bigger person than that.

TVGO: What's up with your crazy "signature walk." Will you reconsider it after watching yourself?

Camille: I can walk any way a designer wants me to walk. You never
know, you might see my walk on a runway somewhere!

Will you make an attempt to be less boastful and curt with people?

Camille: Yeah, definitely. I learned a lot from watching the show.
Seeing myself from the outside gave me a lot to think about. Nobody
is perfect. We all have our flaws. Janice came down on me for my
bitchy attitude, but she was a diva in her day! People think I'm the
sistah with attitude and the girl people love to hate, but it's
working to my benefit. My phone is ringing off the hook!

Wow Camille. Her phone is ringing off the hook. It must be nice.

She does have a point though. People like drama and contention. Although I didn't like her attitude, I do think she's a beautiful sistah and doesn't need to sabatoge other folk (in my opinion that's what she did).

The walk has to go b/c as someone said she "looks like a camel in the desert looking for water." LMAO

I want Mercedes to win, but she may be too cute. If not Mercedes I'll route for Shandi. Although I think April is beautiful-she needs more confidence and needs to relax and just do.

I agree. She may not win but Tyra ADORES her and Janice likes her so she will get work, she just won't be ANTM. I think the final two will be Yoanna and Shandi. April is gorgeous but she has no feeling. This is a competitin to her, not a dream and she treats each assignment (like I said before) like a math problem on the GMAT.


Shandi's boyfriend next week

*YOU HAD SEX WITH HIM?!?!?!?!?!?!*

ANTM
 

I think this show rocks. I am routing for Shandi . At first I thought Shandi was ehack but she is really growing into her own and doin it bug! I really wanted Mercedes to win but I know she will not with the whole commericial thing looming over her. I like Yoanna and she would be my next pick but I don't think she will when because of what they keep saying about her body. April is gorgeous and consistent but I don't think she is doing it because its in her heart. She wants to win,win, win, the competition. I am so happy that Ms. Nasty Attitude Camille is out of there because she was throwing the shade left and right and I think she got what she derserved because she had not one once of humility in her mean body. I mean that was an opportunity of a lifetime and she was not humble about that fact that she was blessed in the first place. She keep saying that she beat out millions of other girls... honey please... I know other women who look better than her.

Who is everyones favorite?:D

Re: ANTM
 

Shandi

Re: ANTM
 

I missed the first half hour...what did they say about her body?

My favorite is Mercedes :D

What is up with Tyra's makeup!!!!!!!!!
 

I just saw a preview of tomorrow's show and it does not look like it will be a normal show. They talking about outtakes and stuff. I hope it's just that they had to fill up the time space, because I am ready to see Miss Shandi.

Jay and Janice's part has me CTFU. . . .I hope it ain't no BS mess either.

Tyra Banks beefing with Naomi Campbell
 

Catwalk catfight

Tyra rips 'hateful' Naomi

By BILL HUTCHINSON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER


Tyra Banks


Naomi Campbell

Sassy supermodel Tyra Banks is fueling a catfight with catwalk counterpart Naomi Campbell, telling a national magazine how "hateful" she is.
Banks gripes that Campbell has treated her so badly at times that she's almost given up the runway.

"She did so many hateful things, like getting me thrown off shows because she was more famous," Banks told Newsweek.

The feud between the Victoria's Secret lingerie ladies was revealed last year in the unauthorized biography about Campbell, "Naomi: The Rise and Fall of the Girl From Nowhere."

Banks is so miffed by the London-born diva's fits that she can't even bring herself to utter Campbell's name.

"It got so bad that I called my mother and told her I wanted to just give up," said the 30-year-old Banks, a California-born cutie who began modeling in Paris at 17.

Campbell's catty conduct is no big surprise in the world of jet-setting fashionistas.

The 33-year-old Campbell, who has been modeling since she was 15, is known for making demands like being the first and last to appear on the runway at fashion shows.

She was once arrested for grabbing an assistant by the throat and assaulting her with a telephone. She pleaded guilty to the charges in 2000.

In 2002, Campbell admitted to a British court that she was a drug addict after she sued the London Mirror for running a photo of her leaving a Narcotics Anonymous meeting.

Banks, a Catholic high school graduate who has been the goody-goody of the fashion world, said she's not about to let the likes of Campbell deter her from being the next Oprah Winfrey.

"I want to be successful across the board," said Banks, whose new TV reality show "America's Next Top Model" is a ratings bonanza for UPN.

"I want an empire like Oprah's," said Banks, who also is trying to launch a singing career. "I may do it with a little more cleavage, but I plan to get there."

Re: Tyra Banks beefing with Naomi Campbell
 

I hate to break it to her, but she won't get there with that singing career. :rolleyes:

Re: Re: Tyra Banks beefing with Naomi Campbell
 

She betta get a talk show first.

They both have acted before. . . some say horribly, but Tyra and Oprah are both less painful than Faith Evans in The Fighting Temptations.:o

I know that's right. But she actually sounds better than J Lo.

I have so much to do today. I hope I'm back in time to see the show tonight. I don't wanna wait 'til Wednesday:( !

Re: Re: ANTM
 

I believe the issue is that she lost a lot of weight rather quickly and her body is not toned...even though she is skinnier she still looks "flabby." (In Model-Land, that is.)

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Shandi