#bntm

[ya-boi-haru]

I would like to bring this back up, as it really does mean that much to me...

Months ago, when Sherb reacted to cmvs, and mine was in the mix (the first one, in fact) that stream means so much to me.

Tbh guys "Be Nice To Me" got to the point where all I could see was the flaws and errors in it and I started to not be 100% proud of it. After seeing what Sherb had to say about it and even chat (random people who I don't even know - and *a lot* of them) going bonkers over it, i think that really helped my confidence with my film/editing.

I'm currently in the middle of getting a new CMV together and I've gone back to watch that moment multiple times, whenever I start to question my work, I go back and watch that and it instantly makes me feel better (and motivates me to get more done lol).

So once again, thank you so much to everyone who supports my work (even just by giving a positive comment) it means so much to me and truly helps me continue to do what I do!

I love and appreciate you all so much <3

- ybh <3

[f4gwithf4ngs]

asks are fun so top favorite 3 songs, go:

“be nice to me” by the front bottoms (+ twin size mattress. yes i’m including two here shhh)

“daydreams / heartbreaks” by hunny

“thank you for the venom” by mcr

i’m gonna be honest two and three change like almost daily but there solid favs from those bands discographies.

also TFB is like one of my favorite bands ever and those songs mean so much to me so they’re tied for first <3

[mily-is-a-star]

ngl bntm hits HARD

REAL!!!! Be nice to me is my favorite!!!! 🙏🙏🙏

[heartstoppermybeloved]

I didn’t say it the filter did 🤭 #kitconnor #heartstopper #celebrity via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNTm-3e1waU

[transfemlogan]

VAMPIRE EMPIRE & BNTM NECK TO NECK !!!!

*i have like . 6-ish other ideas i could do, so if none of these win i will just hold another poll !!! ^_^

**obviously, not the entire song as it is mocking incest & the strange relationship twilight has with her brother. just that one snippet. you know the one.

"why only song titles??" i want to keep a little mystery. i do think some choices, like the FiW is obvious cuz like. that 1 is quite literally talking about siblings. but i think the rest could be more mysterious . idk i am a bit silly . i will probsbly b revealing what sides r connected w/ which song soon :P

[thatbitchsimone]

[antmrankingskd]

8. Laura

Laura definitely showed improvement from the previous photoshoot. Her 3/4 profile is gorgeous and I love the expression of sorrow mixed with romantic longing (though she needed to lower her chin just a tad bit). Her hands could be more delicate since they look a little heavily placed here, but I love how she elongated her body and propped herself up against the armrest. I wasn’t really too surprised by Laura’s elimination but I do believe it was too soon. Most of her shots were good (including this one) and I think she had more to give.

[cyrsn]

Chapters 11 and 12 are now available.

I’d like to thank everyone who has been re-reading this story, or even reading it for the first time.

In the past, I complained about a lot of negativity that I received in association with this story. It was near constant, and I was very much aware that it was coming from only a handful of people.

Nothing I had ever created before or since has matched the following that Be Nice to Me once amassed on tumblr and elsewhere. I was never prepared for the issues that came with so many people investing their time in something that I had created, and I became incredibly jaded as a result.

For those that don’t know, much of this story is semi-autobiographical. In writing this, I used the creative space it offered as a means to cope with things that I had struggled with. Which is to say, I was just a fucked up kid struggling with life, and loss, and love. I had no business exposing myself when I was still in a vulnerable state, to people who didn’t know and didn’t care that I was a person. Hindsight is 20/20, as they say.

Of course, I would be remiss to claim that I was only a victim here. I did lash out at people, or hurt others who came to me because they admired what I did, or flat out miscommunicated to an extreme degree. Not to make any excuses, but I was still dealing with the act of growing up. I would do things a lot differently now, or so I’d like to believe. I would have also likely written the story differently (better, for one thing). Be Nice to Me is a relic of my life that could have only existed the way it did when it did, and as I move forward there will come a time where I will have to finish the story once and for all. Will it be the same story? Will I be able to write a fitting conclusion to this tale, this far removed from its origin? There’s no point in worrying about it now. There were, at the time of its takedown, 55 chapters, with two more already written.

That being said, I feel I should explain my absence. Without going into too much detail, life has simply gotten in the way. In addition to the stress and anxiety of a global pandemic, there have been quite a number of matters in my own life that require my full and undivided attention. I do wish to finish this story, but time is a resource most precious. While I can’t devote every day to churning it out*, I will make more of an effort wherever possible. If anything, for my own sake. To close a chapter of my life so I can move ever forward.

That is not to imply that reposting it has been a source of despair for me. I was quite apprehensive at first, but now it’s almost nostalgic. I have been enjoying myself immensely in reliving the story that I’d created, as well as the many memories associated with the scenes written therein. And, I’m happy to report that those people who harassed me in the past seem to have moved on with their lives. My only regret is that there are people who cherished what I’d created who may never read it again.

Thank you, to all the people who gave me their time, and who laughed and cried alongside me.

-Cyr

*Inexplicably, fanfiction.net removes all of my formatting. I have to go back and meticulously re-italicize or add line breaks. Additionally, I have corrected some spelling or grammar mistakes that were left in and forgotten about.

[poetrymafia]

Mecia Simson, Britain’s Next Top Model

[topmodelranking2]

Hiya! I’ve been loving your comeback content. Keep it up xx

Question

Name one NTM model for each (from any franchise) that has that quintessential, signature look for:

- Beauty

- High Fashion

- Editorial

Use a different model for each.

Have fun answering!!

Okay, sorry for taking so long to answer this question, but I wanted to give it a lot of thought. So here are my rather hesitant answers. I am only using the American, Australian and late British cycles for this mainly, with the odd reference to some of the other international cycles I’ve seen.

High Fashion

I feel like this was the easiest one to decide, as I think High Fashion in general has a much more stereotypical look, and is much more focused on the look than their skill, so picking a quintessential choice was pretty easy.

Instant ones that came to mind were Ann Ward, Leila Goldkuhl, Jane Randall, Fatima Siad, all have really strong expensive looks, strong faces, tall, have that runway look. For me though it came down to two winners from different countries, Aamito Lagum and Alice Burdeu. Both of these I feel would be clear answers in terms of why, but I guess for the final answer I’ll go with Alice. Feels like such an easy answer, but nothing else feels right. Alice’s look was just perfect for high fashion, especially at that time. It also was the first time NTM had really felt like it hit that high fashion angle perfectly. There is a reason that ANTM tried to just find a virtual clone of her when it came to their high fashion season.

Editorial

I found this one harder, as I think editorial has a much wider definition, and is far more skill focused. There is also a big difference between being a successful editorial model in Vogue than in Marie Claire, so answering this was a lot more difficult.

I think when looking at those more high fashion magazines like Vogue or Harper’s Bazaar, any of the names I mentioned above have that look that feels very editorial. I think though a lot of them besides Jane feel a bit more niche, she is the only one who I could then see doing the more commercial feeling magazines as well, so I think she is a contender. Chantelle Young/Winnie Harlow is another shot in terms of having a unique look, I think it is so unique it is hard to pick her as the quintessential choice, but felt like I needed to give her a shout out.

Kathryn Lyons was another one whose portfolio proved she could also do the same, but I think her actual look is quite underwhelming, and it is more skill and being photogenic than that quintessential look. Another one that came to mind was Chantal Jones, I think she has such a versatile look, sort of similar to Jane. I could see her doing those more high fashion magazines, commercial, but then even going into men’s magazine, women’s health magazines, just really anything. She has such a wide editorial appeal. Similarly, considered maybe Shanali Martin. But no one felt fully right.

In the end, once I thought about Montana Cox, she became the clear answer for me. Yeah, so two AusNTM as my choices, but I do think that franchise knew how to do it well. Montana has that look that I feel can do anything, and while there may be others who have the more quintessential looks for individual styles of editorial modelling, I think Montana can do them all successful. Her portfolio is still one of the most diversely strong, but I really feel every shot could come straight from an editorial from a wide variety of magazines. I think that versatility is so essential for an editorial model, so is why I chose Montana as my quintessential editorial model.

Beauty

So this is all about the face, again I think there is a large part of skill, but natural beauty still shines here. I think again there is a slight distinction between those who could succeed in more commercial beauty modelling, for make-up brands and skin case, like Covergirl of course, and those who can do the more high fashion beauty shoots.

I think Olivia Wardell and Jennifer Malengele from Cycle 11 of BNTM help exemplify this sort of distinction, Olivia didn’t show the greatest range in angles, but had such a stunning face that took the more dramatic make-up well, while Jennifer excelled in the natural, commercial beauty shoots. I think those two nicely complement each other really in showing the diversity of beauty shoots, but neither has the look that really feels as wide-ranging.

Some other names to come to my mind are Mikaela Schipani, her bone structure is incredible, perfectly symmetrical features, and has shown she can look great at a few different angles, similarly Alex Sinadinovic for much the same reasons, or Yoanna House, who provided one of the best beauty shots in NTM history because of her bone structure. I think there are also a few models who just have more traditionally simple, yet stunning faces, with flawless skin, so stand out in a different way. So for those Fatima again is a contender, or Kendal Brown. Linnea Stevens-Jones also probably deserves a mention, as well as Sabine Jamieson, both had incredible faces.

Honestly, think I need to just go with Yoanna on this one. There are so many stunning faces, who are distinct, unique, and could excel in so many ways. I’ve spent way too long going through each season, trying to extract unorthodox choices, but sometimes you just need to go with your gut instinct. There may be some technically stronger, but her classic beauty really just is timeless in terms of beauty shots.

[topmodelrealm]

Alexandra “Alex” Evans

Place: Winner

Average: 2.8

Alex carried the torch for the vast majority of the cycle, no doubt! Her face is one of the most memorable of the bunch. Honestly, my rankings for most of her photos have been very pleasant as I have adored her shots. Do I even have to name them? What I will say though, although she was a beast in front of the camera, her attitude just stank. I mean, they way she would just talk non-stop about Rachael at times. I mean yeah, Rachael would be annoying at times but the extra teasing and underlying immaturity her and Catherine showed just always rubbed me the wrong way. But I guess whatever was going on between them has only to do with them alone so, what can I say really? Back to her beauty; magnificent features! Aside from Stefanie and a couple others; 100% a beauty and commercial girl. Can’t see her doing any other form. Like I sayid with Leanne; I felt she was robbed but Alex really improved and proved everyone wrong! She started to grill the others with her fantastic photos basically from her Artistic Album cover shot. However, her runway walk was not it though. Now that was her only prime flaw.

Post-show work/portfolio:

[walnutwaxstreet]

Ivy Watson by walnutwax

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[violetablesims]

[btnm] So Many Puppies! 1+ 2

Here are the two versions of my So Many Pups! - Poses.

DL: V1 ; V2

[jaytopmodelrankings]

Actually excited to see what you'll think of the first BNTM cycle, I skipped to the final 2 deliberation. was thinking neither of the girls looked at all modelesque, and realized I far-and-away preferred the runner-up's shots, and can't remember the winner's. Wonder if that'll hold up!

Yeah... the first cycle was a train-wreck in many ways, and I don’t think any of the girls realistically would stand a chance at surviving more than a week or two in any other cycle. The final two were Lucy and Edwina, and I didn’t really care for either of them. Neither had held my attention or offered satisfactory portfolios in the long run, but I’m sure our opinions might change once the ranking begins. It’s going to be a nightmare to rank at all, lol! x

[thatbitchsimone]

[antmrankingskd]

Sorry, if you have answered this before, but who sould you say are the most surprising/undeserved early boots on ANTM and other NTM franchises?

There are plenty and I’m sure I left off some obvious ones

ANTM

Megan C7

Felicia and Samantha C8

Courtney C13

Gabrielle C14

Rhianna C15

Maggie C24

Chantelle C21 and Tash C23’s first exits were pretty surprising and a bit undeserved, but at least they came back

AusNTM

Shannon C7 (should’ve cruised into the final 16)

Neo C7 (I know she went downhill, but still!)

April C8

Phoebe C9

AsNTM

Trang C1 (unsurprising based on how she was treated though)

Franchesca C3

Other

Abby BNTM 11

Eva NZNTM 2 (kinda pushing into mid-cycle boot though)