America's Next Top Model: Who Was Eliminated 2/29?

America's Next Top Model: Who Was Eliminated 2/29?

 

America’s Next Top Model premiered Cycle 18 February 29, 2012. The CW series has gone international.   American fashion publicist, Kelly Cutrone joins the cast, replacing Vogue Editor-at-Large Andre Leon Talley. Kelly joins Tyra Banks and Nigel Barker on the judging panel. Jay Manuel and Miss J Alexander will return as creative director and runway trainer. 

Cycle 18 returns with its first-ever “British Invasion,” featuring former contestants from “Britain’s Next Top Model” and an all-new crop of American model hopefuls competing for the grand prize. The American contestants are: AzMarie Livingston, Candace Smith, Ebonee Davis, Kyle Gober, Laura LaFrate, Mariah Watchman and Seymone Roth. The British contestants include: Alisha White, Annaliese Dayes, Ashley Brown, Catherine Thomas, Jasmia Robinson, Louise Watts and Sophie Sumner.

The premiere episode, titled “Kelly Osbourne”, will have the women squaring off while posing as famous British and American public figures. 

RECAP:

Ms. J. starts the show by telling the contestants that it is the Americans vs the Brits. Nigel tells them there is going to be a parade and a pose off at the end. 

Mr. Jay welcomes everyone to the very first fierce parade. Michael Buffer introduces the models representing the UK and USA. And the runway starts. The Americans are loud which annoys the Brits. They then go to their new home and the models get separated in different rooms based on their nationality. 

The Brits spend the night getting to know each other and the Americans go skinny dipping. The next morning , they get Tyra mail: ‘Prepare to Clash Cultures.’ Mr. J. later tells them that he is aware of the rivalry between the girls. Today, the show will pose one US and one UK girl against each other to pose as an iconic figure from their country--the models will be shot in 3D!

The characters they pose as:

(Catherine) Queen Elizabeth and Azmarie (George Washington)
Janet Jackson and Annaliese (Spice Girl Mel B)
Laura (Madonna) and Alisha (Elton John)
Sophie (Margaret Thatcher) and Seymone (Michele Obama)
Kyle (Andy Warhol) and Louise (Amy Winehouse)
Mariah (Pocahontas) and Jasmia (John Lennon)
Eboni (Jacqueline Kennedy) and Ashley (Princess Diana)

At the judges' panel, we have guest Kelly Osbourne. Kelly is not impressed with Eboni’s pose and Tyra feels the same about Ashley's pose. Kelly loved Laura’s photo. Nigel is not impressed with Alisha’s pose and does not think she looks like Elton John.

Kelly did not like either Mariah or Jasmia’s pose and Nigel does not feel Mariah committed. They loved Kyle's impression of Andy Warhol but did not feel the same about Louise’s pose. Kelly liked Louise’s photo. Everyone loved Symone and Sophie. Nigel said Candace possessed little charisma.

VOTES

Update: Jasmia Robinson was eliminated.Seymone Roth - best girl in the photo.  Runner up for best photo: Kyle
2nd – Kyle Gober
3rd – Sophie Sumner
4th – Laura LaFrate
5th - Catherine Thomas
6th - Candace Smith
7th - Mariah Watchman
8th - AzMarie Livingston
9th - Ebonee Davis
10th - Louise Watts
11th - Alisha White
12th – Annaliese Dayes
Jasmia Robinson – bottom two
Ashley Brown – bottom two

America's Next Top Model: All-Stars contestants wear Oliver Tolentino

America's Next Top Model: All-Stars contestants wear Oliver Tolentino



(SPOT.ph) From dressing Glee star Amber Riley for the Golden Globes and whipping up crazy costumes for "Forget You" singer Cee Lo Green to wear in his "I Want You" music video, Filipino designer Oliver Tolentino has moved on to his latest venture: Tyra Banks' America’s Next Top Model: All-Stars. Tolentino's evening gowns and cocktail dresses debuted in the hit reality show's makeover episode, where seven contestants wore his creations for a shoot.
Known for incorporating indigenous materials like piña and abaca in his designs, Tolentino was also the first Filipino to show last year at the Islands of the World Fashion Week in the Bahamas, where he won the Sustainable Eco Fashion Award. This March, Tolentino headlined the El Paseo Fashion Week in Palm Springs, California, where he was deemed “Designer of the Week.” Tolentino’s 68-piece set wowed the crowd enough for him to receive a standing ovation.
Tolentino is the second Filipino designer to be featured on America’s Next Top Model, after Dubai-based Michael Cinco in Cycle 16. He took a few moments to chat with SPOT.ph about his ANTM stint:

How did Tyra Banks approach you for the dresses to be featured in ANTM? Did they ask for anything specific?
The stylist from ANTM came to my Melrose Avenue boutique and asked to pull dresses for their show.  They asked for cocktail dresses and evening gowns.

How many of the dresses featured used abaca and piña cloth?
I was flattered that they dressed seven of the 13 ANTM All-Stars in my outfits.  The salmon cocktail and red cocktail dresses are made from piña and the purple cocktail dress’ skirt is made from abaca and piña.  Without spoiling the surprise, one of my dresses was worn by the winning model for that week's challenge.

You've dressed up celebrities like Sophia Bush and you've been tapped to make costumes for Cee Lo, among others. Who is your dream client and what would their outfit be like?
Angelina Jolie. The outfit would depend on where she's going.

What other projects will you be busy with for the rest of the year?
I just did a 12-piece Philippine fabrics collection at United Colors of Fashion during New York Fashion Week at the Pierre Hotel. The Natural Resources Defense Council (Leo DiCaprio's favorite charity) asked exclusively for my piña dresses to be modeled at their charity event in Washington DC on Sept. 18 in front of congressmen and ambassadors. The next project I'm excited about is to be honored as the Metrowear Icon for 2011. I am very much looking forward to my gala in Manila at Sofitel on October 24.

Bits & Bytes: McQueen Mania this is models of 2012 rocking

Alexander McQueen preview image from the Guardian, for other images, click here. Image Sølve Sundsbø/Metropolitan Museum.
We, along with the rest of the fashion world are in a tizzy over the upcoming McQueen retrospective at the Met.
Apparently these are 4 real models photoshopped to look like mannequins, check out the fascinating story on the NY Times.
Fashion news:
“Phoebe Philo is known for her woman-friendly, effortless style and has reoriented fashion away from a past decade of overly girly, trendy clothes, into a more grown-up minimal aesthetic,” she said. “It is a stealth brand of pure design.” Finally, clothes designed for real women. (subscription required)
After 16 years, Alex White has left W, to be replaced by Edward Enninful.
Victoria’s Secret has a secret.
In preparation for the Met Ball, Daphne Guinness will turn fashion into art appearing in Barney’s windows at 5pm on Monday.
Richard Chai is posting a new model every day on his Twitter wearing his charity T-shirt for Odin. Check out Richard’s Twitter.
Modeling news:
We knew that Asian models were on the rise. James Lim keeps track of the hottest girls. Speaking as an Asian person, all I can say is, it’s about time!
“If there’s a camera over there it’s like a laser in the back of my head– I can feel it and I will model for it.” Why we love Crystal Renn
V Man is previewing pics from their upcoming issue, of agencies from around the world. Did you know there’s an agency in Dubai?
Love Irina Shayk? Catch the Russian beauty signing copies of her Sports Illustrated cover, tomorrow, Thursday April 28, 6-8pm at Quattro New York at the Trump SoHo Hotel, 246 Spring Street, to raise money for the Red Cross. With a minimum donation of $25, all proceeds go to the organization.

Vintage Shoot Challenge….UCC Next Top Model 2012 By Miki Barlok

Vintage Shoot Challenge….UCC Next Top Model 2012 
By Miki Barlok

When I spotted today’s gorgeous styled shoot by Miki Barlok, not only was I taken in by the stunning vintage styling, but I was also delighted to hear that it was a homegrown Cork event (I’m rather found of my home city, you may have noticed!)





The shoot was produced in association with UCC’s Next Top Model competition 2012, where 13 model hopefuls are battling it out, with the dream of securing a contract with Lockdown Models at the grand finale on March 1st. All of the competitors are students at UCC and have been put through their paces during the selection process/

This beautiful sooth is one in a series that each of the model hoping royal visit! Miss Daisy Blue provided a gorgeous dress for a recent styled shoot I did, and is well worth a nefuls have participated in, and clearly Dthe competition is godhead rather famous this Summer by a certag to be tough! The dresses are from Miss aisy Blue, a fabulous Vintage clothing shop in Cork’ Engslish Market, whis mvisit if you’re looking for aght a seriouses of ation. do statement vin gotagewn for a wedding! And for the gents, Cork’s latest fashion arrival, ch waSalingesophisticrs brou.

There’s no doubt Vintage and the word Weddings have been synonymous for some time now, and it doesn’t look like the trend is going to decline any time soon. Yes there’s been a backlash against couples choosing to go ‘vintage’ simply as it’s in fashion, but as wrong. So if your  long as you embrace traditions and trends that are meaningful to you as a couple, you can’t goof fantastic vintage shops in Cork (I’ll be revealing the other gems in an up coming poed tun’ve your heart set of vintage, consider a trip into Miss Daist so staysy Blue, one of a numbeed!)

And in the mean time, best of luck to all the contestants, and thanks to Miki Barlok for capturing such smouldering vintage glamour! Would you embrace any of these styles on your wedding day? Or be tempted to go vintage as a wedding guest?

Credits: Photography: Miki Barlok | Styling: Yvonne Cronin | Hair: Origin Hair Design | Makeup: Upstyle Junkie | Clothing: Miss Daisy Blue and Salingers | Event by UCC Fashion Society

The hills are alive – with a changing plant mix,January 14, 2012 — andyextance

The hills are alive – with a changing plant mix

January 14, 2012 — Andy extant

 

Higher temperatures could lead plants living at the top of Europe’s mountains to decline and disappear, as they face greater competition with plants from warmer, lower levels. That’s one finding from surveys of 17 mountain areas conducted by 17 different research teams, co-ordinates by Harald Paul from the University of Vienna and Austrian Academy of Sciences. Comparing surveys performed in 2008 and 2001 shows that changes are already happening across the continent, and faster than the scientists might have thought. “Alpine vegetation often is given aee dramatic changes over decades,” Paul said. “Based on previous studies, we did expect that species composition will change, but not that we would get a significant signal after just 7 yes.”s an example of a highly resilient ecosystem, with slow-growing but long-lived plants that may not s

surveys to collect long-term measurements on what climate change is doing to mountain plant

The idea to perform regular ss came during the 1990s, when such studies were still rare. Pauli and his colleagues were comparing modern species numbers in mountains with those measured by botanists 50-100 or more years earlier. They found more species than had been previously able to live there, but data were patchy and limited to the Alps and Scandinavia. “This obvious scarcity of comparable data from permanent plots across many mountain systems led to the establishment of the GLORIA network around the turn of the century,” Paul said.

On  four coach summing-up points, a cluster of four 1 x 1m monitoring plots was installed. Plant cover was surveyed for each plot, and soil temperature was recorded hourly from 2001-2007. Credit: Nature/GLORIA

For a paper published in Nature Climate Change last week, 32 GLORIA scientists from 13 countries used the same methods to study 867 vegetation samples from 60 different mountain tops. The group was divided into teams based near the mountair methods relied on visually estimating how much of the area of marked-out and temperature range they studied, meaning they had the best knowledge of nth local plants. Their-monitored plots on each mountain is covered by each different type of plat. “The basic unit is a 1 x 1 me square plot – four such plots are arranged in each compass point of each summit site, making 16 such plots per summit,” Paul explained. “The distribution of the plots over all main compass directions should result in a maximum coverage of vegetation types that occur on a summit site.”

PICK OF THE DAYMISS GUYANA IS MISS INDIA WORLDWIDE 2012

PICK OF THE DAY

Today's pick of the day is from Bhārat Gaṇarājya- India that is. At today's all staff meeting at Beauty School, only Dean Harris and Ms. Chandni, Beauty School's chemistry teacher, could agree on today's pick of the day. It is Miss Universe India 2008, Simran Kaur Mundi. Dean Harris, of course, loves all things India, and Ms. Chandni showed, as is characteristic of devout, fundamentalist Miss Universe worshipers, extreme nationalism in her choice. Beauty School's librarian, Lorraine, has made her pick (Brazil) and is sticking to her like bikini wax. Professor Scribner is engaged in a heated, metaphysical interior debate with herself over her pick. Madge, the cafeteria lady, has made her pick and will serve it up soon. Dean Di Maggio is abstaining for fear of aggravating the Miss Universe fever that is clearly affecting everyone else. Nonetheless, Simran shined at the presentation show today and has earned the Pick of the Day, favoritism or not! Will Simran give India a Universal hat trick? If Dean Harris and Ms. Chandni have anything to do with it, the answer is yes!

" Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people" - the title of India's national anthem

MISS GUYANA IS MISS INDIA WORLDWIDE 2012

Alana Seebarran of Guyana is the new Miss India Worldwide 2012. She was crowned by Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani at the climax of a glittering gala last night in Paramaribo, Suriname. Miss India Worldwide 2012 first runner-up was Kuwait's Anvita Sudarshan, and Miss India Worldwide 2012 second runner-up was Australia's Olivia Rose. 35 women competed for the coveted crown of this regal and storied diaspora pageant.

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A message on the programme's website added: 'This week we received the sad news that Claudia, who was seen in the past week at The Perfect Dinner has died.

She struck us as a friendly, open-minded young woman. We were all surprised and shocked by the news.'

Friendly and open-minded: Shocked friends paid tribute to Ms Boerner, who became upset at nasty comments about her appearance

In the show competitors all cook for each other over a series of evenings and then give their score based on the meal. 

Ms Boerner was up against two women and two men when she took part in the show. 

Not quite a Demi Moore! Pregnant Chantelle Houghton wears just a sheet in new shoot  to recreate iconic Vanity Fair pose as she talks about her terrifying heart condition

pushed the boundaries by posing naked on the cover of Vanity Fair, celebrities have been trying to recreate the look.

Chantelle Houghton is the latest star to attempt the pose - but she cheated a little.

The Celebrity Big Brother contestant stripped for New! as she started her new column for the magazine, but kept on a white sheet.

Risque: Pregnant Chantelle Houghton posed wearing just a sheet in a new photoshoot as she opened up about her terrifying heart condition

The 28-year-old's baby bump could be seen peering out slightly from under the sheet.

Chantelle, who is expecting a daughter with cagefighter Alex Reid, spoke about her terrifying heart condition and her fears she will die during childbirth.

It was revealed last month the blonde had an irregular heartbeat.

She has been diagnosed with Supraventricular Tachycardia which has see her heart reach 256 beats per minute when the average is between 60 and 90 bpm.

Rocky relationship: Chantelle is expecting her first child with cagefighter Alex Reid

The full interview with Chantelle is in this week's New!

She is unable to take medication while pregnant and may have to have surgery after the birth.

She is considering having a cesarean to take the stress off her heart.

'About four-and-a-half weeks ago I got up from the sofa and my heart was going wild. It lasted less than a minute. Then the next day it happened again.

'I was born with it but I've only noticed since I've been pregnant. The pressure on my heart has made my symptoms rear their head.

'I'm absolutely terrified of giving birth... I'm worried something could happen to me or the baby.'

Chantelle also spoke about her feud with the winner of Katie Price's search for a model show, Amy Willerton.

The 19-year-old had tweeted Alex congratulating him on their baby and said she would like to meet him one day.

He replied simply: 'Hope so x'.

When Chantelle found out about the message she refused to talk to Alex.

Amy then blamed her reaction on her hormones during a magazine interview.

Chantelle said: 'Maybe Katie Price was right to get rid of her.

'She's 19. She doesn't have a clue about hormones or pregnancy, so I'll talk to her in 10 years time and see how she's getting on!

'She's young enough to be Alex' daughter... It will take more than a 19-year-old girl to break us.'