Wednesday, November 23, 2011

ALL-STAR CAST: Allison Harvard of Cycle 12


The American artist and fashion model from Houston, Texas, resided in New Orleans, Louisiana during her appearance on America’s Next Top Model. She is a painter and photographer, who describes her style of art as “surreal” and “psychedelic.” Her artwork is featured in the novel The Story Told at Night by Lisa Kuznetsova.

In late 2005, Allison gained notoriety as an internet meme on 4chan, where she became known as “Creepy-chan” due to her ghostly digital photos of herself in heavy eyeliner and broken-baby doll outfits and poses, as well as her fascination with nosebleeds. When cheerier images later surfaced, her moniker was updated to “Cute Chan.”

Allison successfully auditioned for Cycle 12 of America’s Next Top Model. She stated that she wanted to enter the competition because she was into art and photography. During the audition process, she stated that she loved nose bleeds and hemophilia.

Allison performed consistently throughout the competition. She was called first by Tyra Banks four times, in episodes two, ten, twelve and thirteen (the first part of the finale). Despite her consistent performance, Harvard was in the bottom two twice. In episode four, she landed in the bottom two, with contestant Nijah Harris, because she was said to have over-analyzed her shoot. In episode seven, she landed in the bottom two with contestant Tahlia Brookins because she had a lackluster commercial and she was told she wasn’t versatile.

Episode 2 Photo Shoot: Childhood Games


BEST PHOTO OF THE WEEK



Episode 3 Photo Shoot: Lighting Oneself


3RD BEST PHOTO



Episode 4 Photo Shoot: New York City Sight-Seeing


BOTTOM TWO



Episode 5 Photo Shoot: Ellis Island Immigrants


RUNNER UP FOR BEST PHOTO



Episode 6 Photo Shoot: Extreme Beauty Shots Evoking Different Colored Powders


RUNNER UP FOR BEST PHOTO



Episode 9 Photo Shoot: Crazed Ciara Fans Tangled in Cord Webs


5TH BEST PHOTO



Episode 10 Photo Shoot: Embodying Carmen Miranda


BEST PHOTO OF THE WEEK



Episode 11 Photo Shoot: Swimsuits in Brazil


RUNNER UP FOR BEST PHOTO



Episode 12 Photo Shoot: Exotic Birds


BEST PHOTO OF THE WEEK



Episode 13 Photo Shoot & Commercial: CoverGirl Outlast Lipstain / Seventeen Magazine Cover


BEST PHOTO OF THE WEEK





Allison made a significant improvement, and during the finale episode of America’s Next Top Model, she gave a convincing Covergirl commercial and was hailed for her improvement from the previous commercial. Allison made the final two due to her improvements in her Covergirl commercial and her unique high-fashion look. In the final runway walk, she was deemed the most improved, despite being deemed the worst walker out of the bunch at the beginning of the competition. Paulina Porizkova commended Harvard’s runway to Tyra Banks by saying, “She looks awesome!” while Banks replied, “She does.” during the fashion show. Despite her improvements and strong look, Harvard lost the competition to Teyona Anderson, making Allison the runner up.

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