By now you may have heard that Nicole Fox, former owner of a bloody eyeball and winner of ANTM 13 has landed a gig as the motherfucking face of Alexander motherfucking McQueen's spring/summer 2011 collection. This makes her the first ANTM winner to land an international deal. Well, squint my eyes and tell me I'm smizing, how do you like that? I love love love that when this bullshit-ass show is at its most bullshit-assedness (i.e. a short cycle), it produces results that are actually impressive. That's perfectly absurd for the deliriously skewed universe that is ANTM: this show holds up a funhouse mirror to a fashion world that is already holding up a funhouse mirror to the real world. It's basically logical that the short winner would find actual success. It's simple mirror math, people. (It also doesn't hurt that she's gorgeous.) Regardless: BRAVO! (Thanks for the tips, Miss Crowland and Erica!)
Update: Oops, never mind: "Alexander McQueen denies that the company has any plans to contract the services of Nicole Fox. We wish her the best in her career, but we have had no contact with Ms. Fox or her representatives. The rumors are baseless."
The best winner to ever step foot on that show. She is so hot.
Posted by: James | January 28, 2010 at 02:22 PM
I really hope this is true, but according to this ONTD post, it's yet another fabricated WENN report:
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/43359404.html
Posted by: Jason LeRoy | January 28, 2010 at 02:29 PM
But it has to be true!!
Posted by: abelta | January 28, 2010 at 03:03 PM
I was so stoked when I heard, until I saw this:
http://i45.tinypic.com/2uihmxw.jpg
Posted by: Ross | January 28, 2010 at 03:04 PM
is it still ok to frame the screen cap of Rich saying my name even if it ends up it might not be true?
Posted by: Erica | January 28, 2010 at 03:09 PM
I'm going to hope that the universe is actually going to do something hilarious and Alexander McQueen will now notice her and decide, "Yeah. Let's book her."
Posted by: the maljax | January 28, 2010 at 03:17 PM
I thought she Face Booked that it wasn't true:
http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/43359404.html
But, then I did a little digging and her profile picture doesn't look like the one in the supposed response, and there is a photoshopped picture of R Patz and her in an embrace...so now I don't know what to think.
Posted by: Kent | January 28, 2010 at 04:56 PM
Yeah, this hasn't been confirmed yet.
Posted by: Aaron | January 28, 2010 at 05:01 PM
She is a really good model. At least, she appeared to be a good one on the show. So bravo, indeed!
Posted by: Faith | January 28, 2010 at 05:47 PM
But you only mean the American version of Top Model, right? Because Alice, the winner from Cycle 3 of AusNTM has been pretty successful.
RICH! I hope you watch AusNTM cuz it's the best one! I mean, they actually look like models sometimes.
Posted by: Laura | January 28, 2010 at 07:17 PM
nooo!!! it HAS to be true! Rich, are we still friends?
Posted by: misscrowland | January 28, 2010 at 07:26 PM
She hasn't confirmed or denied anything on her Facebook (her actual one). However, her only Twitter post says "This is for all my fans out there who have begged me to get tweeting! This is for you...I owe you guys. I promise great things to come! ;)" I believe this sounds promising, but I also don't think anyone should get ahead of themselves (which everyone is already doing anyway, haha).
Posted by: AL | January 28, 2010 at 07:46 PM
antm related, is this allison harvard?
http://www.dlisted.com/node/35820
Posted by: lenore | January 28, 2010 at 08:15 PM
It would be really hard to believe that Alexander McQueen would sign a model for for his Spring 2011 collection when he hasn't even shown Fall 2010 yet!
Impossible, in fact.
Sorry Rich, This story smells faker than a giant pile of Tyra's wigs.
Posted by: costume | January 28, 2010 at 08:25 PM
it's a fake.
http://community.livejournal.com/topmodel/2607159.html
Posted by: Rachelannimal | January 28, 2010 at 10:54 PM
that being said, i wish it was real. i feel like she could really work well with the mcqueen look!
Posted by: Rachelannimal | January 28, 2010 at 10:54 PM
i'm pretty sure this is fake too, but man... that would be sweet
Posted by: studpup | January 29, 2010 at 02:05 AM
YAAAAY she was one of my favorite ANTM contestants ever!
I'm so glad she's actually getting success. And it's funny that she wasnt one of those desperately-craycray for modelling girls either.
Go bloody eyeball!
Posted by: A.P. | January 29, 2010 at 06:11 AM
Aw, shit. Nevermind. You got me.
Posted by: A.P. | January 29, 2010 at 06:13 AM
Nicole's great but at 5'7" no way even if McQ does like redheads. Besides, the S/S 2010 campaign stars Raquel Zimmerman and is out now. It's like people don't have anything better to do but start stupid rumors.
Posted by: milkyaqua | January 29, 2010 at 07:03 PM
I thought Elise from cycle one has had a pretty impressive career as a model. No one seems to give her any credit, but she worked for years after her appearance on the show and booked some pretty impressive gigs.
Posted by: hoganbcmj | January 30, 2010 at 01:29 AM
I am still rooting for her...she is gorgeous!!! And, she can model....good luck BE!
Posted by: Dara | January 30, 2010 at 07:49 AM
Has Elise done anything besides working in Hong Kong? That's not exactly a fashion capital
Posted by: matthew | January 30, 2010 at 04:41 PM
to answer the last post: Elyse definitely modelled in Milan, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Paris, and Australia based on tears sheets, commercials and her blog. There may be other markets as well.
Posted by: Alex | January 30, 2010 at 06:05 PM
Oh how I wanted this to be true. But alas, it is not. McQueen himself denied it.
http://www.modelinia.com/blog/modelinia-update-antms-nicole-wont-front-mcqueen-campaign/17412?utm_campaign=Tweets&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=twitter.com
Posted by: Staci | January 31, 2010 at 12:30 PM