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Last night saw the finale of the 11th season of America’s Next Top Model. The twitchy French girl, the arrogant Angelina Jolie wanna-be and the loud Asian chick who admitted to a boob job had all been sent home. The remaining three were sweet, peace-sign wearing Analeigh, blond Samantha, and Mckey, who pulled some killer poses throughout the competition. 

For the night’s first challenge, the girls had to memorize a script for a CoverGirl commercial. I forget the product, as the girls kept tripping over their lines. Analeigh especially had trouble. Though she was brilliant in the commercial with the teleprompter, she completely blanked out here and had to be fed each line. Unsuprisingly, she was given the axe at halftime.

Now Mckey and Sam had to battle it out on the runway. The runways always contain challenges intended to trip up the nervous contestants, and this one was no different. It was straight out of Alice in Wonderland: pink with hills and slopes galore, snaking over a giant space in front of the audience. In order to attain the hills in high heels, the girls had to get a running start, and I was just waiting for a weak ankle to take a girl down along with her Top Model dreams. Fortunately, nobody fell. Samantha and Mckey aren’t the strongest walkers, but the judges agreed that Mckey’s long legs gave her a little more grace.

Tyra declared the final winner in a truly bizarre outfit, which was navy blue, part Star Trek and part head mistress, with pointy shoulders. I don’t know if she’s trying to inspire awe in her contestants when she stands before them in these laughable get-ups, but I think I speak for all viewers when I say WTF? As expected, Mckey was crowned winner of Cycle 11. She’s the first Top Model to pick up Tyra numerous times while hugging her, a gesture that, believe it or not, actually seemed to embarass Tyra.

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