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Nobody who watched UPN's America's Next Top Model thinks Elyse Sewell is crushed by losing to gal pal Adrianne. "Too bad!" the pixie-coifed lady laughs to TV Guide Online. "I lost!" Anyway, this 20-year-old was always more jazzed to be a doctor than a supermodel. FYI, she's been accepted to med school down South, but she's deferred for one year to shake her moneymaker (i.e. modeling for tuition cash). Here, she dishes Tuesday's Model showdown, life in the reality fishbowl and that pesky Robin.


TV Guide Online: Did you know you'd lose?
Elyse: I definitely had a feeling I wouldn't win, from the beginning. When the judges called Shannon first, and then Adrianne and I went up together, I knew they'd pick Adrianne. Just because of how the judging session had gone that day. I wasn't trying as hard as they were — and the judges got wind of that. I already had my bags packed before the elimination session. It was hard to concentrate on the competition when I was so unhappy with the circumstances. I was out of my element.

TVGO: Why so unhappy?
Elyse: It was such close quarters, living with all those girls and the cameras. I'm an introvert and need my alone time. Even in the bathroom, 90 percent of the time, we weren't alone!

TVGO: Who did you have the most problems with?
Elyse: Robin. She had her [religious] proselytizing thing going on. And she was loud and the most insistent on always getting her way. The producers of the show even catered to Robin more than the rest of us, so we did "Robin things" more than anything else we wanted to do.

TVGO: Why would producers cater to her?
Elyse: Just because Robin was so vocal, demanding and felt so entitled. She was the only one who demanded to talk to the executive producer this instant because she wanted to go tanning. (Groans) Stuff like that really isn't as important to me as it is to Robin.

TVGO: A fan asks... "Robin often criticized you for being an atheist. Do you believe all Christians are this judgmental and hypocritical?"
Elyse: No, of course not! I think Robin is a terrible representative of the Christian population. I don't know any Christians like Robin. I definitely don't disrespect all Christians. Immediately, Robin expressed her offense with people changing clothes in front of her and cussing in front of her. She and her coalition separated themselves. They also insisted on having quiet time to read the Bible everyday, which nobody else was really interested in, so that contributed to the divide.

TVGO: Robin also had a problem with your lesbian housemate, Ebony. Did she offend any gay professionals working on the show?
Elyse: I never heard her disapprove of homosexuality to anyone who could advance her career. But Robin must have known we were surrounded by gay people all day, every day. She should never have said anything. I think she should bite her tongue all the time.