A note to Ms. Fitzpatrick,
Cycle 13 was a season devoted exclusively to models standing less than 5'7'', not 5'9''.

You are wrong that all the models do is trade show work and catalogue....Elyse Sewell from cycle 1 has done a lot of editorial and high fashion work in Hong Kong for some top designers like D&G....Nicole Linkletter from cycle 5 has modeled in Mexico, Asia, and New York for some pretty respected designers and magazines....Mollie sue from Cycle 6 has modeled in Europe and Asia, and still continues to get high fashion work even into her thirties....Jaslene the WINNER of Cycle 8 gets editorial and commerical work in Asia, New York, Miami, and now India...and even Samantha Francis who was eliminated second has gotten work all over Asia including Thailand, none of the girls from cycle 6 could do that...how do you like those apples....Cycle 9's Chantal and Lisa Jackson both have gotten extensive high fashion work in Mexico and America, and Lisa Jackson has even modeled gowns in Paris....Cycle 10 produced many successful high fashion and beauty models.....Fatima who was worked in Milan, New York, and Greece...Anya has done high fashion work in Hong Kong....Katarzyna walked in Paris Fashion Week in one of the HAUTE COUTURE collections...and Whitney is on her way to becoming a respected full figure model with her work!!!....Cycle 12's Teyona has gotten extensive high fashion work in South Africa, when the girls of Cycle 4 could not even get recognized there....so it is not all catalogue and trade work....an up and coming model's life is different from the singer or actresse's life....even Tyra Banks herself was not fully noticed until 5 years into her modeling....so think before you speak about how Top Model women are successful....DO A LITTLE RESEARCH BITCH!!!!

nicole wasn't from kentucky, laura (the girl who came in second) was.

it's unfair to say all the winners do is catalog work!!!

nicole linkletter was in nylon mexico recently, danielle evans was in the victoria's secret pink collection, jaslene gonzalez was rocking indonesia/malaysia's fashion week while teyona was in south african fashion week. HAH!

right. tokyo, japan, mexico....these are not the "real" market for fashion. this is normally where agencies end their beginner models as it is not very competitive. any model can get ads there.
paris, milan, ny: if you make it there, you are a model. and none of tyra's has been successful there or recognized.

for christ's sake, heidi klum is not even known as a model in paris! and tyra's antm girls are? not so sure

06/25/10 Just watched the show. You kidding me, Tyra! How the hell is she America's Next Top Model? So disappointed. Gonna stop watching it for hours now. Every other winner is now black, you just turned the whole show into Africa...

Exactly, not even Heidi Klum is recognized there. So what the heck do you expect out of these girls. They are beginning models building their careers just as you said. Tyra always says that this is just the beginning, a start, a foot in the door. Without the show, these girls couldn't even get a go see. Stop hating, its not becoming.

ANTM really is life changing... it inspires people to keep on moving... the end of every ANTM Cycle is just a beginning for the ladies' journey in Modelling Industry