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Ajoh Chol for Looxx Magazine

~ New Zealand (1) ~

by Claudius Holzmann

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2. Michaela

Michaela’s shot is so cinematic! Her face is just glorious: her skin is glowing and her powerful yet serene stare into the distance is amazing (plus this really shows how stunning her eyes are). The animalistic body language is so cool, and I love the way she slanted her shoulders and kept all of the accessories on full display. Michaela was incredible this week and continued to reinforce her frontrunner status!

(side note: I feel like this is what Naima’s Kloofing shot should’ve been)

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Thoughts on New Zealand's NTM C3

fear me bitches

Random? Yes I know but this was a request for someone, aka they wouldn't shut the fuck up about how horrible this cycle is, aka Sherry (love you). So you may wonder, why do Sherry (and I) hate this cycle? It's the successor to NZNTM C2, which if you guys have seen antmrankingskd's review on it, you know it's a pretty high quality cycle all things considered. It produced 2 really good runner ups, a dramatic icon that is Dakota and Danielle, one of the most successful Maoi models and generally one of the most successful from NTM, only recently retiring.

So why the long rant, why explain the cycle in detail and why even do this? Because friends, this is what I considered the biggest downgrade in any show really. We went from the high quality to decent cast of the second cycle (I haven't seen the first yet but it seems eeh) to a bad cast and really shitty cheap photoshoots and let's not ignore the favoritism for the winner and the multiple models robbed for the likes of Izzy, Brigette, and Amber.

Oh yeah, Brigette our winner. I expected a lot of her considering how much the judges loved her and RBG eats her shit up. Seriously, before looking at the cycle, I was spoiled by the winner so I wondered "Hey, she could live up to Dani could she?". She quit after the show and hasn't been seen since 2010, yeahh, it's those cycles where the winners are pushed to hell and then never purse modeling because their heart wasn't in it.

My biggest problem with Brigette was her face. Clearly, she's a beautiful girl as you can tell here. But 1) she's resting on her pretty and 2) she looks drugged. In every one of her shots, there's no energy, she looks tired and sick and yet the judges loved it and ate that shit up like it was dinner for days. In every fucking shot, she looks so dead and tired which is a shame since she was so beautiful in motion.

Actually, that's my problem with this cast, they were just all weak, especially my winner pick, I never was obsessed with her, she was just my last resort since everyone else sucked

Key Models:

- Bianca is my personal choice even if she wasn't the best, she was very over the top at times and looked off in photos but at least she was giving changes and chances in set besides being pretty and boring

- Rosanagh AAAAH HER FACE IS JUST MAGIC BUT SHE WAS SO MEDROICE. In every shot, she's beautiful but just boring. I wanted her to do good but she never was great but just fine.

- AJ was really robbed in my opinion. She had such a crappy attitude but she was just amazing in photograph. I really would've loved to seen her at final 4.

- Amber started off amazing but then she just went down and down. She was one of the worst of the cycle and it was painful to watch her go by week by week.

- Aroha's elimination was just cruel, they eliminated her because she was wearing PJs to the plane as a challenge that they never told them? What BS. She was a decent model and far better than most of the final 7, fucking bullshit

Now we do my little awards!

Best Model

Biana

Like I said before, she should've won and I'm still pissed that the judges just kept her as a afterthought when she clearly wanted it over Blahgette

Best Photo of the Cycle

Bianca's Diamonds Shot

This shot is just hot and Bianca just looks like a total badass here. However, like C3 of AsNTM, it was hard to choose a top photo since I didn't care about most of them.

Worst Model

Issy

Funny how the worst model of the group is still modeling, fun fact but as a model in the show, she sucked frankly. The fact that she made final 4 is a joke. She was the Katarina of the cycle, stiff and uncomfortable to look at

Overall Thoughts

Really disappointing cycle after the awesomeness of C2, I expected better from New Zealand and the fact that the show got canned after this says something, sad shit man. At least Dani carried them well but Blahgette and Crisonope did not impress in general

(this is for you @finesherry, love you)

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1. Nellie

Nellie’s picture is out of this world, it’s so edgy, fierce, and creative! Her pose is genius. She modeled every aspect of the outfit flawlessly, and I love how she interacted with the fake tiger and framed it with her arms. She looks like a super villain offering up a toast to the viewer’s demise. And that face! Her bangs are partially covering her eyes but it doesn’t even matter because there’s so much incredible intensity in them, and her bone structure is crazy amazing. It’s wild to me that Nellie was somehow in the bottom 3 at panel this week, her picture is spectacular!

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10. Holly

Hey Holly, why are you still here and how did you survive yet another elimination?

Holly:

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1. Elza (right)

Elza has generally been softer in her pictures, so color me surprised that she was able to go entirely fierce and convincingly pull it off! She’s never looked so edgy, her eyes are on fire and she almost looks like she’s growling. I love all the angles she created with her pose and how she connected with her sister, and the kicked up leg creates movement and also draws attention to the shoes. Elza was really turning into one of the frontrunners at this point, I love this photo of her!

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1. Nellie

Nellie has been quietly improving week to week but she burst through to the top of the pack with this performance! This picture is so transformative, she looks completely different from any of her previous shots. Her bone structure is insane, and I adore her powerfully piercing stare and the way she subtly parted her lips; it’s like she’s about to command her bird companion to attack. The pose is strong as well, and she did an excellent job of showing off the jewelry. Nellie blew away her competitors and delivered one of my favorite shots of the cycle!

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Michaela Steenkamp for Generation Clay

~ New-Zealand (2) ~