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Nicole's "Top Model" Triumph
America's Next Top Model winner Nicole Linkletter is ready for her close-up.
Nicole, a 20-year-old student from North Dakota, was awarded Top Model status Wednesday night, beating out runner-up Nik, to land a $100,000 contract with Ford Models and an Elle Girl magazine cover alongside the reality competition's host and creator, Tyra Banks.
At the start of the final episode, three girls remained in the running for Top Model glory. The would-be fashionistas faced off against one another by shooting a commercial for CoverGirl's True Blend Powder Foundation.
Nik nailed the commercial challenge, while both Nicole and Bre flubbed their lines on camera. Ultimately, the judges chose to eliminate Bre after deciding that Nicole had displayed more consistency over the course of the show.
The remaining two girls then went on to face their final challenge: starring in a runway fashion show for designers Nargess Gharani and Vanya Strok.
Both aspiring models strutted the catwalk admirably, but in the end, judges Twiggy, J. Alexander, Nigel Barker, Jay Manuel and Banks selected an overjoyed Nicole as the winner.
"I was always the girl who never got that much attention, and now here I am," Nicole exclaimed to the judges. "I'm a CoverGirl, I'm a Ford Model!
"Throughout this whole competition, I just feel like I've grown so much, not only as a model, but as a person," she continued. "This is the beginning of something great for me."
Clearly devastated by her loss, Nik accepted a hug from Banks before slinking offstage, leaving Nicole to celebrate her victory.
"I want that," she told the camera backstage. "That was my goal, that was my dream, that's what I want. I want people to know my name. I wanted to win so bad...I don't know. Maybe it hasn't sunk in yet that I'm not that girl."
With her win, Nicole joins the ranks of previous Top Model winners Adrianne Curry, Yoanna House, Eva Pigford and Naima Mora.
Having just wrapped its fifth cycle, America's Next Top Model continues to generate strong ratings for UPN.
Some 6.4 million viewers tuned in to watch the final three contestants battle it out for the Top Model crown, earning the network some of its best numbers ever.
Nor is Top Model showing any sign of losing momentum. Producers for the show are currently casting for the seventh cycle, which is scheduled to shoot over the summer of 2006.
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