Last night's two hour season finale of America's Next Top Model kicked off with an episode entitled "Ugly-Pretty Women". The four remaining girls were flown off to the beautiful Queenstown countryside, where they were asked to show off their beauty in an unconventional fashion. In a surprise twist, Jay Manuel revealed that only two of them would remain after this meeting of the judging panel.
In the next episode, the two remaining girls pose for their Covergirl and Seventeen magazine shoots, as well as a very special family portrait shot by Tyra Banks. Once that's all over, they work their runway walks in a totally boring Anna Sui fashion show. And then it's time to find out who wound up on top. Click through to find out who won!
– Dewitt
Photo credit: Martina Monica Tolot
To find out who won this cycle of ANTM, follow the JUMP:
WINNER – KRISTA WHITE: We can't say that we're surprised with this development, even if this final Covergirl shot seems a bit too severe for the brand's image. Krista has become the oldest winner in the history of America's Next Top Model, which I'm sure Tyra Banks won't let us forget any time soon. Work it out, gurl!
SECOND PLACE – RAINA HEIN: The cards were stacked in Raina's favor. Her ability to pull off a more commercial look made her a shoo-in for CoverGirl and Seventeen magazine. The final runway show seemed like it was inspired by her over-the-top bubbly persona. But there could only be one winner.
ELIMINATED – ALEXANDRA UNDERWOOD: Frankly, it took a while for me to get over this elimination. Alexandra clearly had the best "ugly-pretty" picture of the bunch, but it does feel a little more cinematic than fashion. As a plus-size model, she has huge potential. Yet in the realm of high fashion? Not so much, unless there's a drastic change in the industry.
ELIMINATED – ANGELEA PRESTON: Angelea's downward spiral was actually quite tragic. Whether we liked it or not, she seemed like a frontrunner for the win a few episodes ago. And then the "oomph" just died somewhere along the way. We're not too worried about her though. After booking six out of six go-sees in New Zealand, she could very well have a promising future as a model.
well krista deserves it, but raina was also amazingly beautiful – i still would have let them both win
I figured Krista would win about 3 episodes ago. Angelea just lost steam when she needed it the most.
dewitt can’t we have a ANTM day at Manhuntdaily and replace Pedro’s picture up there on the banner with Kristas for one day.
Or have Krista standing next to Pedro in celebration of her win.
for next season i hope tyra puts a list up of all the former antm runners up and semi-finalists and lets america vote on who should be in cycle 15 as the final 11.
i’d vote for Raina, Ann Markley and Sara -Tabrizi
Wow! Surprise surprise. Another black chick gets picked over the white girl. Tyra is just too racist on this show. I mean c’mon. Whenever it is between a black and a white in the final two, the black girl always wins. The only time this didn’t happen was in cycle 4.
J.C. you’re way off base. I don’t have the energy to research this but when has Tyra ever put TWO black girls in the final two. The black girls win because they deserve to win, and its more racist that Tyra feels the need to “rotate” between various races between the cycles.
Heath — u forgot Eva vs. (whats her name?)
Two black girls in the finale
J.C. that’s not always true but what Heath said isn’t always true either. Whatever the girls name who won two seasons ago didn’t deserve to win and Saleisha didn’t deserve to win either. I normally think Tyra gets rid of the best girls around 5th or 4th and the top 2 normally suck but Tyra’s been picking better girls the past two seasons.