Lauren - Cycle 10

[ANTopmodel]

^Awww, Thanks for that Roguesinx, that was a good read.

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[Roguesinx]

^ no problem =D i have plenty of lauren interviews and THANK GOD i don't have to type the others out....

[nicfreakz]

love it .. thanks ! .. i'd always wanted to see or watch or read anything from her ... interesting ...

[Roguesinx]

lol after reading the comments on her myspace =P... i found out her birthday is February 17. She fits the aquarius description so well its pretty cool...

[phat_prince]

thanks a lot, Roguesinx

KEN MOK wanna see anya naked.

[Roguesinx]

Yay more interviews ^_^!

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to interview the most recently eliminated contestant on America’s Next Top Model, Lauren Utter.



Tell us how you got inolved in Top Model.

My friends turned me on to it. They had me try out. They thought it would be funny or something, I don’t know. So I tried out for cycle 9 and never heard anything back. But then I got a call about cycle 10 and they wanted me and there you go. It was my friend from high school and I was so annoyed by her. I was like “Shut up. Okay. I tried out. Happy?” I guess I secretly wanted to try out though. The rest is history.


I didn’t realize it at the time, but I can model. You know, when you look at my pictures, they were way better than the other girls. I can’t walk, but I can learn. I was never the type of girl wore my mom’s boots and heels. I wasn’t raised in that environment. I was surprised by what I saw when I was made up. It was cool. It was fun.

What was your favorite part about being in Rome?

Oh man. There was lots of screaming. I didn’t like that. That was annoying. I liked trying to see the architecture, but that was constantly interrupted by mindless screamig.

On your seqwey tour of Rome, you had on heels. Why?

I spent most of the show trying to learn to walk in heels. I never did it before the show and I knew I had to try it, I had to learn. So while I was on the show, I lived and breathed in heels. I’m better now, but it’s not up to par.

What did you think of your makeover?

Throughout the show the extensions were shedding. They were molten! It didn’t last long and it’s all fallen out now.

Which girls are you planning on keeping in touch with?
Anya, Amis, Claire and Eat. Everyone else, I don’t know.

Now that you are eliminated, who are you rooting for?

Maybe….Kat and Anya. I wanted to win. But them, I guess. They are the most real people in the house. They are nice and kind-hearted. Some of the other girls are so fake. It’s sad to see people living their lives based on makeup. The show isn’t real and some girls need to realize that. Kat and Anya didn’t manipulate people, like a lot of the other girls.

What do you mean?

Dominique, Whitney and Fatima are not nice girls. They give you the guise of being nice and sweet but underneath, there’s something else there. They are not good role models. They talk a lot of crap about the other girls and about the judges. They are insecure people and use those insecurities to prey on others. It’s disgusting.

What are you up to now? What are your plans for the future?

I’m an artist and I plan to continue that. But yeah, modeling would be cool. Being on the show, they don’t show you how to do that. I need real model training. I want someone to train me how to walk and how to be in front of a camera. The show exists with this level of expectation that you know what you’re doing and will be able to handle the twists they throw at you. There wasn’t training. I’m going to start a website for my art, too.

Tell us about your art.

It’s a nostalgic gesture. My past was dark, but the show didn’t get into that. It reflects how I grew up, my friends. It’s very illustrated and has lots of details, but it is still kinda cartoonish. I also do fliers and cartoons and covers for punk bands. It’s paper and ink and sometimes there’s watercolor in the back. It’s pretty muted.

What did you think about the judges comments about you not putting effort into your Covergirl performance?

I don’t think I was defeated. Like, I’m not going to be amazing. I knew that. They knew that. But I’m not going to BS like the other girls. Jeez, their commercials were awful too. Like, how fake was Whitney? That was horrid. And Dominique? She looked like a drag queen. The guy shooting the commercial was more of a girl than her. She was a hooker. Also, they made me take off the bandage around my thumb. My thumb hadn’t healed yet. The show tried to make it look like it was a teeny nick, but I cut it off. Cut! Tt! Off!!! So that hurt. And it affected my performance. Many factors made me nervous. I had to memorize a script in a different language in the time it takes for them to do my hair and makeup. I don’t think real models would be expected to perform under these circumstances.

Were you surprised to be in the bottom two?

Yeah, that hurt. I didn’t think I was going to go home before Whitney. She sucks and she’s fake. But I don’t know. I guess they want the girl who they think will bring in the dough.

Do you think the judges have favorites?

Faves? I think so. I was Paulina’s favorite, I think. So that’s sad. Tyra? I don’t know. She doesn’t like Kat much though.

What’s the best advice you received on the show?

It was NOT be less Frankenstein-y. I don’t know. It was all an experience on its own. i tried not to take it too personally, but to take it all in. I learned a lot.

What advice would you give to future contestants?

Be yourself. Don’t try to be a tv character. You’re beautfiul. Girls need to know that it’s okay to be weird and unique and that’s beautiful.

Why were you so quiet at panel?

I don’t know. I was trying to watch my mouth, I guess. I didn’t want to offend the judges. That would be wrong. Then Fatima called me on it and I was like “Oh, so then act like a bitch in front of panel!!” C’mon! I was trying to be courteous and professional but I guess it came across as meek.

Thank you for speaking with us today!

Thank you!

[phat_prince]

YOU ARE THE BEST! Thanks!

[Roguesinx]

^ no problem ^_^ I wanna read stuff bout her and whilst i do that why not post it here where everyone can see?

[Roguesinx]

INterview/ article you may enjoy

Lauren Utter surprised at 'Top Model' ouster, criticizes other girls

"I knew I was going to be in the bottom two," she told Reality TV World during a Thursday conference call. "I wouldn't have thought I would have went home before Whitney. Hers was awful! What was with the gasping? I don't understand! It was horrible, and Dominique's was horrible. It was like watching a drag queen. The guy at the table looked more like a chick then she did! It was horrifying! She looked like a hooker!"

While Utter didn't think she was the worst, the judges disagreed and the 22-year-old artist from Brooklyn, NY became the eighth girl eliminated from Top Model's tenth season during Wednesday night's broadcast of The CW reality series.

Utter may not have been eagerly anticipating the commercial shoot, but she takes exception with the judging panel's comments that she was defeated before it even started.

"I don't think I was defeated. I was trying to be realistic about it because I'm not going to be amazing at it," Utter told reporters. "I wish I could have done better in the commercial, but that's how things work out."

As if knowing she wouldn't excel at the commercial shoot in Rome wasn't enough, Utter said she was also dealing with a finger injury that occurred while the girls were still in the States and she was slicing an onion.

"My finger was kind of screwed up and they made me take the bandage off -- they didn't show that," she said. "It was painful removing it and hitting my finger that hadn't even healed yet. That made me look defeated because I cut my finger off! They were playing it like I nicked it, but I cut it off. That's a lot to deal with, and I don't want it to be a copout. It sucked. I admit that. But so did everyone else's [commercial]. They all blew."

Despite not wanting her finger injury to be an excuse, Utter said it genuinely hindered her effort during the commercial.

"I can't really open a bottle of lipstick," she said. "I'm fighting through this pain, and I don't even get painkillers. We're not allowed to get that stuff. They tell you models are supposed to perform under these crazy, extenuating circumstances. But I don't think a real model would do a commercial with a chopped up finger."

Utter was the tenth season's edgy contestant, constantly professing a petulance for punk rock. However she said the way Top Model is produced and edited made her position as the outcast more overblown than it actually was.

"I wouldn't say it out of character, like one-on-one with someone else, 'I'm so weird. I'm an outcast.' They ask questions and get you to repeat what they say," she explained. "I wouldn't normally say those things. Every other sentence isn't, 'You know I'm punk rock, right?' That's just not how I talk, but they make you answer questions in a certain way."

However Utter didn't argue that she was the girl in the competition who had an "edge."

"I was a whole different person aside from being a model," she said. "It's kind of scary when someone lives their life in a certain way that they see is the best way to live when it's kind of fake. It's kind of sad to see."

Top Model judge Paulina Porizkova described Utter as "kind of Frankensteiny" -- a sentiment that was painfully obvious since Utter seemed so awkward whenever she was trying to walk in heels. To improve, she wore heels during the girl's tour of Rome.

"They didn't show it, but I was trying to learn how to walk in heels," she said. "It just takes me longer because before the show I had never walked in heels. I was trying to do it without struggling... I never mastered it. But I tried."

In addition, Utter criticized Top Model for not even taking the time to properly train her on how to walk in heels.

"I want somebody to actually train me," she told reporters. "They expect you to know how to do it and they throw these turns at you like you're supposed to learn over night. It just doesn't happen that way. They don't really train you."

While she was labeled as "awkward" and the "outcast," Utter was constantly praised for taking some of the best pictures on a weekly basis.

"After being on the show for a little bit, I saw that I can actually take good pictures -- some were actually better than other girls who have been modeling for a lot of years and said their childhood dream was to be a model," she said. "I was never that girl. I never walked in my mom's heels because she had boots. I wasn't raised in that kind of setting. I was very surprised at what I saw when I was made up."

Overall, Utter said Top Model was "just an experience on it's own."

"Every little aspect I tried to absorb. Some things I didn't want to take too personally because they can eat your soul if you let it. But I learned a lot from it," she said before offering some words of wisdom for future contestants.

"Just be yourself. You don't have to be like the girls that you see on TV. You just have to be yourself... You can be weird and be unique and it's okay."

As for what's next, Utter said she'd like to try her hand at modeling.

"I'm also an artist, so I continue doing that. I'm not giving up that part of me," she said. "But I'm going to model, I just want to be hooked up with some gigs here. Hopefully I will, because I've never modeled before so I don't even know the first thing."

Regardless of where she ends up next, Utter said viewers shouldn't expect to see her on television again anytime soon.

"I'm not going to act," she said. "I'm not going to go that route."

[nicfreakz]

^ thanks again . you are awesome ...
i am actually kinda desperate to watch all her videos posted in cw ..