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[TWoP Pembleton]

THE COMPETITION IS DOWN TO THE THREE FINALISTS AND THE WINNER IS CHOSEN! Judge Kelly Cutrone meets the models on the streets of Jamaica to mentor them through their official Nine West photo shoot. Then, the girls pose across Half Moon Bay for their Nylon Magazine photo shoot. Finally, the battle for the fiercest will be fought at the most famous - yet infamous - property in all of Jamaica, the mysteriously haunted Rose Hall Great House in Montego Bay. The previously eliminated contestants return to join the finalists and their families for an unprecedented runway show that embraces all the beauty, culture, history and music of the island as the winner of America's Next Top Model: Cycle 19 is revealed.

[Leighdear]

Leila wuz robbed!

No matter what, Leila is the only one that looks like actual working runway models. I guarantee that if she spent 3 days with our beloved and dearly departed Miss Jay, she'd be strutting the catwalk like Kate Moss.

I don't think that Laura will ever make it in the industry.

I'm glad Kiara had her grandmother.

Too funny how Kelly & the photog were sniping, and Laura was Soooo offended that they DARED to ruin HER 9 West shoot....Shut up Laura, you're just a damn coat hanger!.....*LOL*

I'll admit, she did look pretty, just not model-like. Kinda like Anna Nicole Smith was back in the 90's...She was
fine to sell a single fad designer and line (Guess) for a particular campaign, but was never taken seriously as a
model by any real high fashion houses.

Leila looked fabulous & different in the 9 West shoot. It didn't even look like her! She's got that Chameleon thing.

Kiara looked exactly like she always does.

Laura's hair looked like straw in the Nylon shoot. Absolutely agree Leila was the most "Nylon".

DAMN Tyra, bringing in the family members! I always cry when that happens!!!!

Some of those runway outfits were ridiculous like hideous bug cocoons, but some were gorgeous.

The whole runway concept was pretty unique. A bit cheesy with the ghost stuff, but unique.

Poor Lelia, those steps were horrible. She was a trooper though.

I felt for Kiara too with the claustrophobia of that gown. Kinda like a shroud. She really rocked the catwalk though.

Interesting them bringing in so many of the eliminated girls, but I didn't see Kristen there....She was probably still choking on those sour grapes....*LOL*

Edited by Leighdear, Nov 16, 2012 @ 9:04 PM.

[Fabricationary]

I knew when Laura walked into final judging with the standout gold dress that she was a shoo-in to win. It seems like the other two girls were wearing the same type of clothes as in the fashion show, but Laura was styled differently.

I don't know what kind of statement Tyra is trying to make this cycle. Laura is what, a size 4 or a size 6 at the very largest? She has a healthy figure that most girls would covet, but she's too big to be a model and too small to be a plus-size, and with that horrid bronzed tan (her doing) and the platinum hair (the show's doing), her look won't get her noticed for any of the right reasons.

This finale fashion show reminded me of cycle 7's demented brides showdown with eventual winner CariDee's wild shrieking. The dresses the girls were wearing tonight looked like human-sized recreations of Barbie and friends' 80s prom dresses.

Interesting them bringing in so many of the eliminated girls, but I didn't see Kristen there....She was probably still choking on those sour grapes....*LOL*

Kristen was there - they showed a clip of her backstage where she said she wanted Laura to win because she was the prettiest. They also showed her runway walk right after Sophie's. I didn't see Victoria though, but I wasn't paying much attention to that part.

Edited by Fabricationary, Nov 16, 2012 @ 9:19 PM.

[MKL122788]

Well, that sucked.

Congrats to what appears to be the lovechild of a glamazon and an oompa loompa.

May I just say what a joke the final rankings of the performances are. Apparently Rob Evans thought the entire journey for Laura was a 10? Is that a joke? If Leila's virtually flawless portfolio was knocked down 3 points by him for her walk, then Laura should've lost at least 1 for portfolio and 1 for her walk. As for the other 2 giving her a 9? Well, who knows.

I simply do not buy that scoring breakdown at the end. I knew Leila was toast when they averaged the challenge score in because she hasn't done well in challenges.

Also, justifying how Laura's downhill slide was because Leila came back to the competition and tossing it aside as if it didn't matter? How totally unbiased.

Lastly, the girl with the 2nd best 9-west picture and worst dream come true picture and definitely not the best Nylon photos gets the win? I am sure ths sponsors will just eat that up...

[milkyaqua]

So they manage to snag the same dresses that were worn on GNTM's finale...nice. Also, Furne One loves Raina Hein as she's done at least three of their runway shows and is the face of their new perfume.

I have no problem with the outcome. Leila can get signed without the tag of ANTM winner and have a decent career.

Good luck Laura and Kiara in whatever you finally wind-up doing but modeling probably won't be it.

[rustyspigot]

Nice of Tyra to assume the role of Swamp Thing at the final runway.

I was genuinely surprised by Laura's win. I hope she doesn't have any photo shoots on the side of a breezy mountain.

Ghost Brides II - Sophie's Revenge was perfectly stupid. And those outfits were ridiculous.

[Leighdear]

Thanks Fab, I was just HOPING Kristen wasn't there...*LOL*....I actually only watched 1/2 of the runway show ...

I thought Sophie looked great...I hope she's finding some success out there.

[Xazeal]

Didn't like any of the three girls, and didn't think any of them deserved to win a title with the word "model" in it, so yeah, why not Laura. Congratulations, I guess.

Really though, I'm actually somewhat pleased with the result, simply because a Leila win would've been way, way too predictable. I have been 100% convinced she's the winner ever since the first episode, so I enjoyed being surprised.

[markiemarkie]

I think Leila would have won if she hadn't tripped during the final runway. Too bad since she was my favorite, and the only hamster who was even remotely high fashion. Hopefully she goes on to have a successful modeling career without the ANTM stigma.

[Dixit]

But seriously though - how much of a c*nt was Ms Cutrone? I felt bad for Jez Smith, who ultimately is the photographer who has to stand for the final shots. And she's the one who tries to teach professionalism?
HILARIOUS!

[Edith Bluth]

So at the start of the TV show they cut to the audience after Trya introduces the runway show. We see a woman nudge her husband with her elbow and mouth to him to "clap." Clearly the guy did not want to be there, and I died laughing that the editors slipped that shot in to.

Then, two minutes later we find out that it's Laura's parents.

I'm still laughing about it.

[Dixit]

And then later the Cutrone Gorilla has the audacity to bark at Leila for falling on the runway and I had to fight my urge to throw my computer out of the window. She is the most vile woman to ever appear on television. Urgh!

[Bebecat]

Ugh. An ugly end to an ugly cycle. To me, Laura and Kiara were equally bad. And Laura winning anything with the word "model" in it is a joke. As was most of this series for me. Hated the whole finale.

[phoenix780]

I thought it was frickin' hilarious when Laura's parents walked up in Jamaica and her response was "Is this supposed to happen?" Do they frequently holiday in Jamaica so that a coincidence would make sense?

Despite that, I thought it was pretty touching when the family members rolled up. Until Kiara. Who was watching her 19 younger siblings if her grandmother was in Jamaica?

I guess I'm OK with the outcome. Although I have to say, it's ridiculous to have runway suddenly appear as a determining factor when walking was, far as I can recall, never a part of the competition (they did that weird strip club thing, but I don't remember any runway shows).

I'm curious how the scholarship money works if Laura has graduated, as she said in a talking head a couple weeks ago.

Overall I enjoyed the finale (wine helped). But I think my favorite part was finally getting to see Leila's bruise from the dolphin. She really did get quite a smack.

Oh, I feel robbed of a final Victoria appearance. If they were just pulling random girls for the runway, I'd have liked her to be a part of it (although from an "artistic" standpoint I think they should have found former winners to be ghosts slayed by Sophie, or whatever).

Oh again- Tyra. I think this was Tyra's best cycle in years, I really enjoyed her at times. And genuinely, not in the sense of having fun making fun of her. Once they hit Jamaica, she was super entertaining, imho.

[Picky Eater]

Still processing what I just watched. Laura was my least favorite of the three, so of course that meant she would win. I'm still trying to figure out how the girl with a so-so walk, so-so pictures and who was not the favorite of any of the sponsors won. But I think the thing that bugs me the most is -- other than the "social media score" -- the rest of the scores were completely subjective. Yet Tyra always acted like this new way of judging was fair and impartial.

Ugh....when will I learn with this show?

Also -- not to be mean, but... Laura's dad has not aged well.

[Genevamom]

Tyra is into trends, and the moment she mentioned Kate Upton after Laura's win, I thought this is what Tyra is trying to reference for this cycle. I'm really confused about it as a win because she has no strength of character. She falls apart over everything. Can you imagine what would've happened if she'd tripped on the runway? The whole show would've had to stop and reassure her. I also find her face to be so average. And her dad used to be so handsome. He looks like he's enjoyed about 30 years of heavy drinking.

Well, at least Leila will have an actual chance at a modeling career now.

[StarForeman]

Did they even mention furne one?

And Kelly should be fired by nine west. The photographer would be right to walk off the shoot. Nine west would have been out tens of thousands.

[Bebecat]

I agree about Laura's dad-I did not even recognize him. Laura had better be careful, if it is in her genes, and stay out of the sun and tanning beds too, lol.

I think all of the girls in the American cycles are too old to be realistically starting out as models. I have noticed in the Australian, NZ and British versions, some of the girls are as young as 16, and many about 18. The last winner in Aus. is only 19 now and has already been working in Paris for a season or more, making a real splash, Montana Cox. I don't see any of the ANTM girls having that kind of success, certainly not Laura.

[Lambsendbeds]

What a load of crap. I was really rooting for Leila, but as everyone has pointed out no one that wins ever really becomes a top model so hopefully she will have a chance at an actual modeling career so good luck to her.

Yikes - I never watched Dynasty but I've seen the old pics of Laura's parents on the show and I'd never have recognized either of them when they showed up tonight. They've got the generic Frankenfaces all the pricey plastic surgeons seem to produce. Do none of these people have mirrors? I guess they have magic mirrors like Snow White's evil stepmother, except that these mirrors lie and tell these people the surgery makes them look like they haven't aged a day since they were 25. Sheesh ! Take a good look, Laura. That's you some day. Tyra might need to think about that too before she has any more work done. She's looking more plastic and less (fiercely?) real every cycle.

Oh well, on to Cycle 20 !

[babysmith]

Those dresses were sooooo tacky and a poor copy of the Givenchy ones from fall 2010.


Laura's mom telling her husband to clap at the start of the episode was the best part, he seemed like he was on another galaxy and I bet he didn't even noticed the runway show started tbh.

[Bebecat]

I know I am an "old" but I really hated the gowns and the whole styling of the show. I want to be able to see the model as well as the dress, hate all of that covering up their faces crap. It just felt more like a tacky circus to me.

[SashaVanGenius]

Ugh. Why do mean girls keep winning?

C16: Brittani wins after her outburst at Alexandria. Ok, Alex was annoying them, but she wasn't mean as such. Brit took it there and still managed to win the entire competition.

C17: Ok, Lisa won, but we all know it was originally Angelea. The less said there the better.

C18: Sophie. She seemed harmless enough. But reports from other girls in the house said that she was sneaky and manipulative. I do not find this hard to believe since on her original BNTM cycle this was shown on camera.

And now Laura.

Ugh. I'm sure it's not deliberate and I know it's not America's Next Top Best Friend, but it really bothers me that this keeps happening. We know the competition isn't really about modelling, and since it's reality tv, personality DOES come into it more than it would in any other competition.

More than that, Tyra is all about the role models and these are the ones she is giving to young women? Add to that Kelly who is pure mean and Rob who is a wanted felon. I mean, seriously? It's becoming really poisonous!

Maybe I'm overreacting. But I do love a good rant.

[Isuzu]

Wow, Leila did have a big bruise on her thigh and that was several days after the initial blow.

Maria, Jessie and, inexplicably, Victoria were the only girls left out of the Final Runway. What the Heck about Victoria though? Has she spoken about that on Facebook yet?

Finally, I have to say the real winner this episode was Camden, the gorgeous guy that hit on Rob and then said Leila should win. He was perfect. Hopefully he'll be on the next cycle so I can ogle him some more.

And congrats Laura...I guess?

[Crucial]

I find Kelly just digusting and I really don't know how she has a business at all. If I was in this business I would not want to be connected with her at all. Nothing about her says she knows anything about this business. Her last reality show showed that and her on this show shows it even more. The whole scoring this season, along with Brian Boy, was just a way of getting the one Tyra wanted. If they really wanted the online vote to count they would show the photos on one show, all voting in "real time" to see the way the girls act and then count the scores. No way those pathetic mean girls Kristen and Laura would be still standing. Whatever...Tyra BUT on the other hand Tyra you just gave the ones who actually can model a chance to have a career.

Laura...stay out of those tanning beds and use conditioner on your hair - better yet go back to your original color because that fried bleach blond hair looks in need of help.

Edited by Crucial, Nov 17, 2012 @ 8:33 AM.

[zookeepertx]

Leila got seriously robbed! The stick the girls in sky-high heels, put them in comically stupid dresses that block their view of the ground/their feet, give them stairs to navigate & then act all surprised when someone falls! First off, they're lucky there weren't MORE falls. Second, they're lucky that the fall on the stairs didn't treat their lovely guests to a view of Leila getting a really graphic broken leg or something. Third, Leila appeared to be walking okay before the stairs (although it's hard to tell, the way they were fritzing the picture in & out like idiots!!), but kinda seized up afterwards. Who can blame her?! Well, okay - Kelly did, but she's a first-class beyotch! (And I hope her employer is SO impressed by her snarky, childish throwdown with the photographer! Impressed enough to dump her ass, with any luck at all!)

Anyway, Leila's probably better off without the ANTM title (stigma). I hope she has a great career, if for no other reason than to spite Tyra & co.

[Kaleficent]

Clues (or bad editing) that led me to believe Laura had this in the bag during the finale episode:
1) She got the most screen time. Even the behind-the-scenes stuff at the "fashion show" during talking heads of designers, make-up people, etc., there was Laura in the background.
2) Once they showed Luara's parnets, I knew she'd win. There is no way in hell two Hollywood-types would allow themselves to be shown on TV, especially looking like that, unless there was a payoff somewhere.
3) Neither of Laura's dresses during the "fashion show" covered her face. She wasn't encumbered by anything at all. Since Tyra and Co. knew Laura was gonna win (to pacify Hollywood because of her parents), I think they deliberaty gave Leila that monstrosity to wear so she would do poorly, and gave Kiara two outfits that covered her face.
4) Laura had on a winners-edit dress at panel.

I changed the channel once Leila was out. I didn't want to see the mean girl win.

Speaking of mean girl, the editing monkeys certainly didn't do Laura any favors during the entire cycle. She did not come off as sympathetic at all. However she does fit in nicely with her Gossip Girl, 90210, Heart of Dixie stereotype sisters on the WB. Laura is a character right out of those shows. Maybe that's why she won. Maybe this entire cycle was Laura's audition for acting gigs, because she certainly isn't a model.

[SashaVanGenius]

Makes you wonder. If this was a winners edit, they must have had so little to work with.

[realityremote]

Naomi Campbell famously fell on her ass in a Vivienne Westwood show (google it!) and it sure hasn't hurt her career. And I was at the Marc Jacobs show in 2006 where at least three models fell on the runway due to their unwearable shoes on plexiglass. And yes they're all still working. So I call bullshit on Leila's critique. Also did you notice that Laura was the only one who didn't have her vision completely obliterated by those stupid dresses? Poor Kiera would've shown more face wearing a Burka! And I was hoping they would show us some of Leila's photo shoots after she had been eliminated but was still participating in the shoots for the home viewers. I hope they don't do the social media aspect again, as I don't believe civilians know what really works in the modeling and fashion industry.

[Bebecat]

I have to admit I deleted the show before the winner was announced. Once Leila was out, I was done.I only saw who won here. Ugh. I am looking forward to the NMT cycles in Britain and Australia to start up again; the girls look like models for the most part and their photos are really judged constructively. Plus the girls are younger.Also, Laura would have been a plus-size in most of the other NTM competitions.

[Dolphincorn]

It's about time that Tyra picked a commercial girl with an unlikeable personality and a "flawsome" body whose hair was ruined in the makeovers. Someone needed to snatch the title of "Worst Winner Ever" from Tootie.