I am rooting for my hometown girl, Whitney!

I really would like Whitney to win, but Anya seems really nice so she is my second choice.

I think Anya is going to take it. She has won many competitions. She is very unique. She is confident, but not over confident. She shows personality, but her personality is not overwhelming. I think she has it in the bag.

Whitney is my first choice and Anya is actually my distant second.

But.... I have a feeling Anya will actually win, because as I said earlier, the judges love to pick girls with accents who really can't talk well. (And this is a personal opinion, I just don't think Anya is articulate)

No opinion needed... Anya is NOT articulate by English standards. period!

I'd like Whitney or Anya to win.

Agreed with 33girl that Anya looks better with heavy makeup. IMO the only one of the final 4 that looks good without heavy makeup is Whitney.

ETA: I previously thought Anya was a lock to win, but with the preview at the end of Wednesday's episode I'm not so sure anymore. It looks like she screws up the Cover Girl commercial.

I think Dominique was like Jade: I spent the whole season wishing she'd go home, but now that she has, I miss the entertainment value. :rolleyes:

I'd RRREEEEEEEEAAAAALLLLLLLLLLYYYYY love Whitney to win, but I think Anya will take it. She's been doing better than Whitney and Nigel has shot her privately, so he's more connected to her. As far as Fatima goes, she can take her hairy armpits and get to gettin'. :cool:

i could swear i saw fatima in the background of the red carpet at the met gala earlier this week. which is unsettling. i hope the chick just had that same angry looking sneer of a smile and bony arms.

I won't spoil it yet for those on the west coast who haven't seen it yet...but I LOVE WHO WON!!!!!

^^^Me too! I thought they would go for the other one for sure! I'm extremely proud!

^^^Ditto! So excited she won :)

YAAAAAYYY!! So happy about the winner. :)

Without giving away too much, all I can say is that my mouth dropped open when they showed the winner's picture.

I'm happy with the winner too but I was really shocked.

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I just got a call from my sister screaming "BIG GIRLS UNITE!!!" so I take it West Coasters have had sufficient chance to see the outcome, but I put up the disclaimer just in case. :p

I was so incredibly happy with the winner! But I was super shocked, too. I thought for sure Anya had it locked up until Fatima was eliminated. I figured out a pattern back around Cycle 6--the girl whose name is called first in the last episode rarely ever wins. Usually, the girl who is almost elminated pulls it out in the end. I've thought for weeks Anya would take it, but when Anya was called first, I knew whoever the judges kept would win. I am sooooo ridiculously happy, I know my neighbors think I'm nuts because I sure did scream the walls down. :D:D:D I wish it had been Toccara who was the first full-figured winner, but I'm happy with this, too!

When the final 3 was revealed I knew/hoped it'd be Whitney in the end.

1) Big girls get worked over on ANTM.
2) Girls named Whitney get worked over. :) There are skinny girls named Whitney, right?
3) Fatima and Anya aren't "Cover Girl" Commercial enough though they're both capable high fashion models.

Anybody know how long CG's contract with ANTM lasts? The first season it was Revlon and Adrienne beat Shannon. If they were the final two in any other season Shannon would have won because Adrienne couldn't really pull off Cover Girl. There's been many girls over the seasons that I couldn't help but think if it weren't for CG they would have had a better shot of at least going further.

Why am I sitting here like "I've never even tried out!" :o :rolleyes:

I think it lasts a year (or until the next winner comes?). Yes, Adrienne would've caved to Shannon if it had been CG. What I don't get is why Fatima made it onto the show at her weight. There have been one or two girls in the past who didn't make it onto the show because they were too thin and that's not the image Tyra wanted to present. Fatima is a scary size zero and even a designer said she wouldn't book her because she's too thin. I wonder what it was (her talent, her story, etc.) that got her through? Nothing against her, just wondering.

What's her face won a few cycles ago and she's VERY skinny. But that Fatima girl is disgustingly, unhealth-looking skinny. A HORRIBLE role model for girls.

Wahoo!! That is 2 for the Jacksonville ANTM team!! Yoanna and Whitney! I loved Whitney from the beginning. I am so happy that she won!! Her runway kicked butt. :D

I think they realized they needed to pick someone who could be more "commercial" and All-American. Anya is beautiful and I really like her, but she just isn't cut out for being a spokesmodel. Regardless of her accent, she can't speak in front of a camera or crowd.

I thought for sure that it would be Anya and Fatima (because the judges seemed to LOVE them). When Whitney made it to the final two I was so excited! Then the runway, I thought Anya sucked big time but again I figured the judges would LOVE it. I also figured Anya would win because of the judges habit of picking top models who can't talk.

I was soooooo happy when Whitney won! It's about time they picked a girl, who I don't know, is NORMAL!!!!

Go Whitney!!!!

YAY!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

I screamed too, the cat thought I was nuts.

When they were showing the pics at the beginning, all I could think was how much better Anya looked before they bleached her eyebrows out, not to mention her hair. Whitney though looks great as a blonde AND a brunette.

I can totally see her staying with CG past her ANTM contract - I just look at her and she IS Cover Girl.

God bless Miss J, he was pushing for her big time and he got his wish. I don't know what was up Paulina's ass but it needs to crawl out. If Janice can be happy with Eva after bitching about her being short all season, Paulina can suck it up and crack a smile for Whitney.

I meant the show's contract. I think they should move on to MAC or Sephora or some other beauty company. It'll change the competition and I won't be so good at picking who will go home because they aren't Cover Girl.

[hijack] What was Cover Girl thinking when they signed up Drew Barrymore. I <3 her but I think she's more Revlon than Cover Girl. [/hijack]

You took the words out of my mouth!

Estee Lauder owns MAC. They (EL) are far too control freaky to leave any aspect of their marketing up to fate.

CG was floundering, if I recall, and losing market share to Maybelline and other companies when they became affiliated w/ ANTM. If it's made their sales $$ go up, I doubt they'll be bowing out anytime soon. Not to mention it assures they'll get pages in Seventeen - no small thing these days, especially when stuff like Chanel is being pitched to that market.

I almost DIED when she said Anya looked stupid. :eek:

I am so glad Whitney won!-but for a plus size model, isn't she a little thin? She can't be more than a 10.

Whitney was on Regis and Kelly this morning and said she wears an 8 or 10. She gave such a great interview. I couldn't even imagine Anya doing something like that.

Plus size models have a much greater range of sizes that are still able to get work. A size twelve used to be the average "plus size model". Which I found insane since that's not plus size. If she's an 8-10 she'll be able to get work for "higher end" labels who don't really want to be in the business but feel they have to in order to be competitive. She'd be too small to work for Lane Bryant though.

I thought Anya looked amazing during the runway. I don't think she did a great job, but her face was gorgeous.

And Whitney had to win in my book. Once she was in the final 2 anyway. It was one of those things that ANTM couldn't let pass by. If they didn't have a "full-figured" model win this cycle, who knows when another would come near the top 2 again (they've not had good luck previously).

Whoever said Fatima was way too thin earlier was spot on. I get she's from Africa and has gone through a lot, but she's not even size 0 skinny, she's thinner. It's NO good.

As much as i LOVE MAC and Sephora (i know they have a brand of cosmetics, but i'd say they're more of a chain that sells other brands), the average girl isn't using those. MAYBE a couple of items on a splurge, but everyday makeup in the makeup case... not so much. Sephora isnt everywhere right...? There are 3 i frequent often but what doesnt NYC have? (though i imagine in metro areas/better malls these names are common) i just figure the appeal of CG spreads wider.

I actually watched this morning (was at the dentist office) and i didn't see this season, but against the other girl, her looks wouldve made me root her her. I noticed INSTANTLY that she was plus-sized, and thought, wow OK Miss Tyra...

I went to school with a plus sized model (nothing major she said, a couple catalogs here and there) and she had horror stories of the few jobs she got from high-end labels that--GASP--carried a size 10-12-14-16 and treated her like the plague at shoots.

I wanted Anya to win solely because she's hometown girl, but I am very happy that Whitney won. I haven't watched last night's episodes yet, but judging from past performances, Whitney's clearly the right choice because she speaks and people can understand her!

Now that Whitney's won, I hope we never ever get to see or hear Saleisha ever again. She sounds horrible and the whole "Saleisha-gate" thing was just too much. :mad:

In that case, I think she's lost weight since the end of filming. I can't remember which episode, but it was one of the last 3 or so that either Whitney or Tyra stated Whit was a 12.

Lol at "Saleisha-gate." Well, the whole thing wasn't really her fault, was it? She didn't start the drama surrounding her and it wasn't her that beat the whole thing into the ground. I like Saleisha...I just like Whitney better. :D

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I'm not sure if someone else mentioned this and I just missed it, but CoverGirl's sponsorship of ANTM's winner didn't start until season 3 with Eva Pigford. The first season I don't think they had a campaign sponsor, and the second season (with Yoanna House) was a Sephora sponsorship.

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I, too, am very glad they chose Whitney! :D

The first season was supposed to be Revlon, but I guess Adrianne has said that she didn't get anything she was supposed to get out of the "contract" - exposure or $$. Then again, Revlon has a whole stable of celebrities that they use in their ads, they really didn't/don't need another one. Whether that was Revlon's, Tyra's, or the agency's fault, who knows.

Yeah, I don't know about that. Adrianne has changed her story a few times. First she said the thing with Revlon was only for a two day event and she never got paid for it and Tyra backstabbed her and all this crap. Then she said she still had animosity with Revlon, but Tyra was a very fair person and nice person throughout. I guess we'll never know. :shrug:

She only changed her mind about Tyra because Tyra got her mafia and threatened to cut Adrienne off at the knees. Nobody crosses Tyra, NOBODY. lol. I think this would be funny if this is true... Tyra is the head of the gay mafia, she took over for David Geffen

Interesting...Adrienne did land that diamond campaign after ANTM, but it wasn't one of the "prizes."

Well she landed the Brady Bunch guy too but that wasnt a prize either. though she'd have you believe otherwise.

Im SO glad the show is 10 seasons later with bigger budgets to find better models. she was freaking wretched.

I don't know about that...compared to past cycles, this one was so "blah." Nobody really had the star quality of Eva, Danielle, Joanie, Heather, etc. These girls didn't have the fire and sparkle of past girls and they definitely weren't nearly as entertaining. Personality-wise, this cycle was like the best of the mediocre. Halfway through, I was ready for Cycle 11.