New Supermodel Is No Naomi Campbell

By Marc Malkin Apr 04, 2008 8:41 PMTags
Holly, Make Me A SupermodelBravo Photo: Barbara Nitke

Holly Kiser may have just won Bravo’s Make Me a Supermodel, but don’t worry—she’s not about to turn into one of the reality show’s surprise guests, Naomi Campbell.

“I promise I won’t be a diva,” Kiser says. “I promise not to throw any phones at you.” 

All kidding aside, the 21-year-old native of the Appalachian Mountains beat out 14 other supermodel wannabes last night during the finale of the series’ first season, hosted by Tyson Beckford and Niki Taylor.

Kiser takes home $100,000, a modeling contract and a fashion spread in GQ. Even so, she’s hoping to remain a simple country girl. “I’m not gonna go out and a buy a Louis Vuitton purse or anything,” she said. “I’ll maybe go to the flea market and go to some yard sales. I just wanna be myself and buy some cool vintage things.”

The best part of the competition may have come at the end, and I’m not talking about the win, but Kiser’s reunion with her fiancé, Ray (his last name hasn’t been released). The contestants were sequestered, so Kiser and her man hadn’t seen each other in three months!

“Thankfully, he’s not a jealous fiancée,” Kiser said. “He had to watch me on TV every week making out with different people [during photo shoots] and getting nude. But we have a lot of trust, and that’s the only thing that matters anyway.”