Air Date: Feb 20/08 - May 14/08
Contestants: 14
Episodes: 13
Runner Up: Anya
Winner: Whitney
Congratulations Whitney, the first plus size to win ANTM!
Taken by Nigel Barker
Pre-show pictures (before plus size)
Elite Test Shots
Fatima is angry!
"When [Claire Unabia] and [Lauren Utter] and [Katarzyna Dolinska] got kicked off, I was just like this whole thing is a joke," Siad told reporters during a Thursday conference call. "They look like models. If this supposed to be a modeling competition, one of them should have won or [Anya Kop] should have won. But it goes to show you that it might be about politics."
The reason why Siad thinks "politics" might have played a role is because Whitney Thompson, a 20-year-old student from Atlantic Beach, FL, became the first full-figured woman to win Top Model during Wednesday night's tenth-season finale.
"Whitney took great pictures and she definitely knows how to conduct herself -- she's very outspoken and she speaks really well," explained Siad. "I think that's why she won over Anya, otherwise I wanted Anya to win. Anya has that high-fashion look and she really knows how to model. But she lacks the confidence and speech skills that Whitney has."
In addition, Siad doesn't feel Thompson should be considered full-figured.
"To be quite honest, Whitney doesn't look like a plus-sized model to me. I feel like she doesn't look like a plus-size model, and therefore it's sending the wrong message because there are women who are actually full-figured and they see her and say, 'Wow, if she's a plus-size model than what am I?'" Siad told Reality TV World.
"But honestly I think it's about time if that's what it takes to change the face of fashion, than that's a tiny step. Hopefully we will have another woman who represents a larger portion of American plus-size models."
Siad was Top Model's third-place finisher, a position the 22-year-old student from Boston, MA said exceeded her expectations.
"I figured that I was going home," she told Reality TV World. "Well, every week I think I'm going home. But I'm actually really surprised that I made it that far. I kind of had an idea that Whitney was going to win."
Despite making it as far as she did in the competition, Siad said her Top Model journey began on a whim.
"I never thought about trying out for America's Next Top Model and I never really watched the show completely," she said. "So it was really a random thing. I just went and auditioned one day."
Once she became a tenth-season finalist, Siad said she realized that the competition was going to be more difficult than she originally anticipated.
"It's not as glamorous as it looks on TV," she said. "Definitely make sure you want to model and be on the show. It's really hard and it's not as easy as it looks on TV. It's not always so glamorous. It's very tough."
BONUS: Anya's 7Up Ad
KATARZYNA + WHITNEY UPDATE!!!
Omg. I love this girl. (Talking about Kataryna, obviously.)
At the end ... Looks like Kat was the one on TOP.
