#cycle11

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I did not watch the finale of the cycle but I know who won, via Tumblr. I went to watch the post-elimination interviews and Jeana's interview was so wrong. Drew was majorly shading her the whole time, poor girl. Kyla was so bland, she honestly doesn't even look excited to have won. Khrystyana was the positive burst of energy we all knew she was so that was refreshing and of course Shanice was sassy and shady and funny all at once. What do you think?

I haven’t actually see the post-elimination interviews, but all of them seem fitting. Jeana was treated awfully by the judges, I don’t know why they took such a personal hatred to her while on the show, as while she did some annoying things, none of those happened when she was interacting with the judges.

To be honest Kyla seeming bland is fitting. She seemed like a nice enough girl, but her storyline has to be one of the worst for a winner, up there with India, McKey and Naima. The only personal content we got was that she is an activist, and had a brain injury. Both of those are okay, but then with Rio having brain cancer, and the activist thing running really stale after a few episodes I just didn’t find her that compelling.

Khrys was definitely the delight of the cycle, she just treated every girl so nicely, and even when she was in fights with Jeana she came off as incredibly sweet, like saying a bad girl was physically hurting her. Similarly Shanice is a character who could easily have been edited as a bitch, but besides negative characters like Jeana, Brendi and Rio just came across as hilarious, and that personality was what made me okay with her staying around so long.

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#10 – Analeigh’s Fierce Eyes Shot

While the unparalleled legs still annoy me, I cannot deny this is one of my favourite shots from my favourite shoots. Her eyes are just stunning, she is piercing through and it is just beautiful. This was where Analeigh began to become one of my favourite contestants from this cycle.

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Another month another negative...

I was already not very confident in our trying to conceive efforts for this month, mainly because we didn’t really try. My husband spent most of the time frame out of state and by the time he got home, we were very short on time for my fertile window.

But still, after having a late period or super long cycles the last few months, I’ve been an absolute mess since starting my period early.

This was cycle 11. Which means that as of next cycle, we’ve been trying for our baby for a year.

My heart is aching. I feel like I’m letting my husband down, i definitely feel like I’ve let myself down. I feel so sad and absolutely heartbroken. I never thought that getting pregnant would be this difficult for me.

I keep trying to tell myself that it’ll happen one day, and that it’s just in God’s timing... but it’s really hard to keep the confidence up.

I go to the Doctor on September 4th, and I’ll try to make an update then. I’m extremely nervous and very anxious, but maybe he’ll be able to help.

I’ll keep praying. I know I’ll have my baby one day.

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#7 – Lauren Brie Harding

Lauren Brie has one of the most intriguing and fascinating faces we’ve seen on this show. In person she looked like some high fashion alien, with bulbous sea blue eyes, satin white skin and gorgeous defined bone structure. It really was spectacular to look at, especially paired with her beachy blonde hair. The strength of her face made up for her lack of height, to the point it wasn’t even an issue; she was one in a million, so you’d put up with the slight flaw. I expected her to slay the high fashion shoots but was worried versatility would be an issue. She perhaps seemed a bit too strange. Fascinating faces are few and far between on this show, but when they come around it is always interesting to see how they translate on film. Sometimes they work; sometimes they change; sometimes they lose their magic. For Lauren Brie it seemed to be different every time she took a photo. We had shoots where she looked like some high fashion goddess, others where there was a sweet, Californian surfer girl, and others where she gave us more conventional beauty, paired with fierce intensity. She was far more adaptable than I expected, but it made me love her look even more. The spark was never lost though; even when giving commercial beauty, there was just a high fashion edge. She stood out regardless. It is hard to think she was eliminated so early, as she really had shown she had more than what it takes to be a real contender.

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CYCLE 11

Model Ranking

Top 10 Favorite Photos

Call-out Orders

Week 1: Voter Promotion Campaign

Week 2: Hot Air Balloon

Week 3: Swimwear in Malibu

Week 4: Fierce Eyes Above Water

Week 5: Natural Disasters

Week 6: Award Ceremony Scenarios

Week 7: CoverGirl Commercial 

Week 8: 17th Century Dutch Pirates

Week 9: Simplistic/Dramatic 

Week 10: Windmill Couture

Week 11: CoverGirl Print Ad & Commercial

Final Runway

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Yes that’s them with the Allison avatar!

Ah, then I love them. Anyone who gives Nik multiple first and second call-outs will instantly be a great ranking blog in my books.

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antmranking has been posting too, you could check them out

Is that the blog that has Allison’s paint shot as their avatar who are currently ranking Cycle 6? As if so I am following them, but if not I will totally start following them.

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How did you feel about Elina? Not so much her modeling (as that is already clear) but just as a person. I have been watching cycle 11 and I feel like she was given such a negative edit over nothing. I originally loved Sam but now I think she's kind of annoying and she just automatically targeted Elina as a rival whereas Sheena who argued with her more than once was at least fair with her and in her elimination, next to Elina, handled it very maturely and even congratulated Elina on surviving.

I haven’t watched Cycle 11 in a long time, but I seem to remember never being that bothered by Elina. For me she was just slightly pessimistic, which doesn’t read well on TV, but in real life isn’t that unusual. In fact I’d probably fall into that category more than the bubbly and lively types. Overall though I did tend to support Sheena’s side, but that was purely because I loved Sheena. Sam annoyed me too, I just found her to be incredibly immature and frustrating.

I think most conflicts on the show come down to a few heated moments, and the majority of the time the models actually get along. It tends to show when a model is eliminated and how they react with the other cast mates, and I think this rivarly was a case where the editing intensified the reality of the feud.