Girl You Better Work! Saleisha Wins America's Next Top Model

It all seems so obvious now, doesn't it? Saleisha walked into America's Next Top Model as arguably the competition's most naturally beautiful contestants, and she walked out of it the winner. Yes, Heather was a more compelling "character" and Jenah took better photos, but Saleisha had the whole package, and I can't say I'm sorry to see her win.

The episode was magnificently watchable, from the predictable commercial flubs to the catastrophe on the catwalk. I wasn't at all surprised to see Jenah go, despite taking what Tyra called "some of the best pictures [she'd] ever seen." It always makes me a little uncomfortable to watch Tyra perform psychotherapy on these poor girls, and then eliminate them five minutes later. But hey, that's reality TV kids -- you get what you signed up for.

I've gotta give it up to Chantal for putting up a good fight throughout the competition. Like Tyra, I had originally written her off as a dumb beach blonde, but her very obvious passion for modeling shone through, and she did take some pretty fierce pictures. It is a shame, though, that her final runway experience was marred by the great-stilts-incident-of-'07.

Ah well, it wasn't like she was gonna win yesterday. Saleisha had this one in the bag (I even called it in my post Battle to the Finish: Who Will Win Top Model?), but she proved she's worthy of the title with a professional-esque runway performance. Work it out, girl!

PS. Ms. J, Twiggy, Nigel and the one-and-only Tyra walking down the catwalk? Classic.

PPS. Jaslene? No comment.

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