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Jaelle Leclerc

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8. Laura

Laura definitely showed improvement from the previous photoshoot. Her 3/4 profile is gorgeous and I love the expression of sorrow mixed with romantic longing (though she needed to lower her chin just a tad bit). Her hands could be more delicate since they look a little heavily placed here, but I love how she elongated her body and propped herself up against the armrest. I wasn’t really too surprised by Laura’s elimination but I do believe it was too soon. Most of her shots were good (including this one) and I think she had more to give.

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Mecia Simson, Britain’s Next Top Model

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Chapters 11 and 12 are now available.

I’d like to thank everyone who has been re-reading this story, or even reading it for the first time.

In the past, I complained about a lot of negativity that I received in association with this story. It was near constant, and I was very much aware that it was coming from only a handful of people.

Nothing I had ever created before or since has matched the following that Be Nice to Me once amassed on tumblr and elsewhere. I was never prepared for the issues that came with so many people investing their time in something that I had created, and I became incredibly jaded as a result.

For those that don’t know, much of this story is semi-autobiographical. In writing this, I used the creative space it offered as a means to cope with things that I had struggled with. Which is to say, I was just a fucked up kid struggling with life, and loss, and love. I had no business exposing myself when I was still in a vulnerable state, to people who didn’t know and didn’t care that I was a person. Hindsight is 20/20, as they say.

Of course, I would be remiss to claim that I was only a victim here. I did lash out at people, or hurt others who came to me because they admired what I did, or flat out miscommunicated to an extreme degree. Not to make any excuses, but I was still dealing with the act of growing up. I would do things a lot differently now, or so I’d like to believe. I would have also likely written the story differently (better, for one thing). Be Nice to Me is a relic of my life that could have only existed the way it did when it did, and as I move forward there will come a time where I will have to finish the story once and for all. Will it be the same story? Will I be able to write a fitting conclusion to this tale, this far removed from its origin? There’s no point in worrying about it now. There were, at the time of its takedown, 55 chapters, with two more already written.

That being said, I feel I should explain my absence. Without going into too much detail, life has simply gotten in the way. In addition to the stress and anxiety of a global pandemic, there have been quite a number of matters in my own life that require my full and undivided attention. I do wish to finish this story, but time is a resource most precious. While I can’t devote every day to churning it out*, I will make more of an effort wherever possible. If anything, for my own sake. To close a chapter of my life so I can move ever forward.

That is not to imply that reposting it has been a source of despair for me. I was quite apprehensive at first, but now it’s almost nostalgic. I have been enjoying myself immensely in reliving the story that I’d created, as well as the many memories associated with the scenes written therein. And, I’m happy to report that those people who harassed me in the past seem to have moved on with their lives. My only regret is that there are people who cherished what I’d created who may never read it again.

Thank you, to all the people who gave me their time, and who laughed and cried alongside me.

-Cyr

*Inexplicably, fanfiction.net removes all of my formatting. I have to go back and meticulously re-italicize or add line breaks. Additionally, I have corrected some spelling or grammar mistakes that were left in and forgotten about.

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Hiya! I’ve been loving your comeback content. Keep it up xx

Question

Name one NTM model for each (from any franchise) that has that quintessential, signature look for:

- Beauty

- High Fashion

- Editorial

Use a different model for each.

Have fun answering!!

Okay, sorry for taking so long to answer this question, but I wanted to give it a lot of thought. So here are my rather hesitant answers. I am only using the American, Australian and late British cycles for this mainly, with the odd reference to some of the other international cycles I’ve seen.

High Fashion

I feel like this was the easiest one to decide, as I think High Fashion in general has a much more stereotypical look, and is much more focused on the look than their skill, so picking a quintessential choice was pretty easy.

Instant ones that came to mind were Ann Ward, Leila Goldkuhl, Jane Randall, Fatima Siad, all have really strong expensive looks, strong faces, tall, have that runway look. For me though it came down to two winners from different countries, Aamito Lagum and Alice Burdeu. Both of these I feel would be clear answers in terms of why, but I guess for the final answer I’ll go with Alice. Feels like such an easy answer, but nothing else feels right. Alice’s look was just perfect for high fashion, especially at that time. It also was the first time NTM had really felt like it hit that high fashion angle perfectly. There is a reason that ANTM tried to just find a virtual clone of her when it came to their high fashion season.

Editorial

I found this one harder, as I think editorial has a much wider definition, and is far more skill focused. There is also a big difference between being a successful editorial model in Vogue than in Marie Claire, so answering this was a lot more difficult.

I think when looking at those more high fashion magazines like Vogue or Harper’s Bazaar, any of the names I mentioned above have that look that feels very editorial. I think though a lot of them besides Jane feel a bit more niche, she is the only one who I could then see doing the more commercial feeling magazines as well, so I think she is a contender. Chantelle Young/Winnie Harlow is another shot in terms of having a unique look, I think it is so unique it is hard to pick her as the quintessential choice, but felt like I needed to give her a shout out.

Kathryn Lyons was another one whose portfolio proved she could also do the same, but I think her actual look is quite underwhelming, and it is more skill and being photogenic than that quintessential look. Another one that came to mind was Chantal Jones, I think she has such a versatile look, sort of similar to Jane. I could see her doing those more high fashion magazines, commercial, but then even going into men’s magazine, women’s health magazines, just really anything. She has such a wide editorial appeal. Similarly, considered maybe Shanali Martin. But no one felt fully right.

In the end, once I thought about Montana Cox, she became the clear answer for me. Yeah, so two AusNTM as my choices, but I do think that franchise knew how to do it well. Montana has that look that I feel can do anything, and while there may be others who have the more quintessential looks for individual styles of editorial modelling, I think Montana can do them all successful. Her portfolio is still one of the most diversely strong, but I really feel every shot could come straight from an editorial from a wide variety of magazines. I think that versatility is so essential for an editorial model, so is why I chose Montana as my quintessential editorial model.

Beauty

So this is all about the face, again I think there is a large part of skill, but natural beauty still shines here. I think again there is a slight distinction between those who could succeed in more commercial beauty modelling, for make-up brands and skin case, like Covergirl of course, and those who can do the more high fashion beauty shoots.

I think Olivia Wardell and Jennifer Malengele from Cycle 11 of BNTM help exemplify this sort of distinction, Olivia didn’t show the greatest range in angles, but had such a stunning face that took the more dramatic make-up well, while Jennifer excelled in the natural, commercial beauty shoots. I think those two nicely complement each other really in showing the diversity of beauty shoots, but neither has the look that really feels as wide-ranging.

Some other names to come to my mind are Mikaela Schipani, her bone structure is incredible, perfectly symmetrical features, and has shown she can look great at a few different angles, similarly Alex Sinadinovic for much the same reasons, or Yoanna House, who provided one of the best beauty shots in NTM history because of her bone structure. I think there are also a few models who just have more traditionally simple, yet stunning faces, with flawless skin, so stand out in a different way. So for those Fatima again is a contender, or Kendal Brown. Linnea Stevens-Jones also probably deserves a mention, as well as Sabine Jamieson, both had incredible faces.

Honestly, think I need to just go with Yoanna on this one. There are so many stunning faces, who are distinct, unique, and could excel in so many ways. I’ve spent way too long going through each season, trying to extract unorthodox choices, but sometimes you just need to go with your gut instinct. There may be some technically stronger, but her classic beauty really just is timeless in terms of beauty shots.

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ANTM C18 had British all-stars from the first 6 cycles, but if another British Invasion cycle happened who would you cast from C7-12?

Just asking since you seem to have a lot of knowledge about BNTM in general!

OMG!! Thanks for asking a question. This will be my first question I’ve received on here and I really appreciate it! I’m super stoked to answer this. Yh, I really do love BNTM😂😂 since I’m from England.

So on ANTM cycle 18, there were 7 brits…..

Here are my picks for another British Invasion:

Cycle 7: Jessica (I really loved her portfolio and her look!)

Cycle 8: Emma (very strong runner up)

Cycle 9: Sarah (full package really)

Cycle 10: Angel (modern and unique look!)

Cycle 11: Alannah and Simone (very competitive with great portfolio)

Cycle 12: Kira (lovable personality, edgy yet soft look and fierce runway walk!)

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