Jaslene - Cycle 8

[Celestique]

Love the new pics and looking forward to this new campaign.

[Google]

 

[TexMix]

Why Jaslene wasn't one of my favorite, well cycle 8 didn't appeal to me. I am so glad she is getting work, I'm glad she is showing that top model winner can be succesful, well ANTM in general at that matter too.

I wish her best of luck and hope to see more of her. And hopes she keep getting better.

[amazonophile]

Originally Posted by ax80

Here's the interview for Time Out Chicago: Can she stay on Top?
If America’s Next Top Model winner Jaslene Gonzalez has her way, no one will ever dub her a reality show has-been.

By Kevin Aeh
Jaslene Gonzalez promises she won’t be competing on Celebrity Apprentice, or any other reality show for that matter.

“No, no,” she says emphatically. “I’m at a different level now.”
Unscripted television is so last year for the Humboldt Park native—literally. It’s been almost a year since Gonzalez became the first Latina winner of America’s Next Top Model. And instead of wasting away as reality-TV roadkill (we can think of only a handful of reality “winners” who have made something of their 15 minutes of fame), Gonzalez remains optimistic that she has a bright career in high fashion ahead of her.



So, what exactly has this hometown hero been up to since her ANTM win? Get this: She’s been living in New York and working as a model. On a typical day, Gonzalez says she attends about three or four casting sessions, and she books about five photo shoots a month. In addition to making appearances on the two Top Model cycles (Tyra Banks calls them “cycles” instead of seasons, okay?) since her big win, Gonzalez also has appeared in the ad campaign for urban clothing line Lot 29 (which included a billboard in Times Square), was nominated for a Teen Choice Award and appeared in New York’s Fall Fashion Week in February (in the Project Runway and Armani Exchange shows). When visiting town recently to pose for the cover of this magazine, she also shot an ad campaign for online retailer Shop Bop and filmed a cameo for the movie Humboldt Park, starring Debra Messing and John Leguizamo.

While film cameos seldom land you on the cover of Vogue, they’re jobs other models with only a year of experience couldn’t easily get. Gonzalez admits the Top Model connection has its pluses and minuses. “I don’t know if [casting directors] sometimes hold that against me because they think I’m just a reality star,” she says. We pressed her for more details, but Gonzalez always puts a positive spin on things. “It’ll be a bother at times and I’ll probably sit there and dwell on it for a few minutes,” she says, “but as I go on and prove myself through my work, hopefully I’ll get better results with my castings.”

Another Internet battle Gonzalez fights is the reporting of her height. She says she’s 5'8", (a height her PR rep assures us is respectable for working models), but many websites list her as 5'7". (And at the TOC photo shoot, our associate photo editor, who’s 5'7", noticed Gonzalez was about as tall as she is.) Once again, Gonzalez doesn’t let it become an issue. “Look at Kate Moss,” she says of the short supermodel whose height has been reported as being anywhere from 5'5.75" to 5'8". “I carry myself as a very tall person, and I’m 5'11" once I have on my six-inch stilettos.” (Which, using that math, would make her 5'5". We’re just saying.)

Not that she has much time to relax. Gonzalez is prepping for a trip to Amsterdam, where she’ll promote her cycle of Top Model, which is just now airing there. The trip fits with her plan to conquer Europe. “That’s my next focus,” she says. “I’m trying to showcase myself more as a high-fashion model, and I want to take it further. I want to be a supermodel.”

Well I wonder how Tyra+Gang of Four feel about Jaslene not doing reality Tv anymore. I am so glad that Jaslene has decided to continue to continue her modeling carrer. This article also explains how it is I can like Jaslene so much even though I prefer tall women. Yes Jaslene is short but because of how she carries herself and the clothes she wears she looks as if she was a tall woman. I woyuld add the length of her legs is a factor. Personally, I think in some pics that Jaslene could pass for six feet tall. like in this latest pic that I love: BTW it is intresting that Jaslene goes to Europe. Maybe she will stop over in France and visit Mollie Sue(C6)? I wonder if Jaslene is aware of Mollie Sue? Anyway since Jaslene intends to be a supermodel I hope we get to see alot more of her(hopefully also in magazines like Maxim and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition).

[ax80]

Four ANTM winners. I think they all look beautiful. Didn't know Nicole was at the Fiercee Awards.

[starburst.]

Whoa, that pictures she's holding looks drag, but it's Fierce.

[duckiies]

I am no fan of Jaslene, but she looks really pretty in that picture.

[nyc22skinny]

Four ANTM winners. I think they all look beautiful. Didn't know Nicole was at the Fiercee Awards.

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj108/ax80ax/l_5de7131fa2e656fce07cc451b894 27ec.jpg

I have to be honest. All the girls looked god awful in that Fiercee thing or whatever. Dreadful hair, makeup and outfits.
Just because Tyra likes to wear cakey makeup with like 100 layers doesn't mean all those girls should.

I love Jaslene and I think she's a gem and a great model, but I just hope she distance herself from Tyra for the time being and keep on building that portfolio.

I mean Jaslene is still unbranded and undiscovered, I just hope a famous photographer, Designer or Casting director sees some of her work and books her.

I honestly think Jaslene has the chops to be a supermodel, she just need a big break.

So start working in Europe soon and keep on building your portfolio Jaslene.

[Leah4532]

Saleisha is almost as thin as jaslene which is I guess a good thing.

[nyc22skinny]

Originally Posted by Leah4532

Saleisha is almost as thin as jaslene which is I guess a good thing.

You would think right? But Jaslene has very modelesque and editorial look that works with her body. Saleisha still looks commercial to my amazement even with the now thin frame. So sad.

[Leah4532]

Oh Saleisha will never be like Jaslene but her losing weight will book her more jobs than her previous look.