America's Next Top Model

She talked a big game but on last night's episode of America's Next Top Model, Allison became the second model eliminated from cycle 10.  Having the most experience of any of the contestants, according to her, Allison felt that it would be a piece of cake to make it to the finals.  Unfortunately, she didn't count the fact that personality is a large factor into getting ahead on Top Model.  When she was complimented during panel and didn't thank the judges, she was sent to the bottom two, and promptly dismissed from the competition.  Today, she spoke to BuddyTV about, what she felt was, unfair treatment by the judges as well as her blowout with fellow model, Fatima.

Below, you will find the complete transcript and mp3 of the interview.

Hey everybody, this is Gina from BuddyTV, and today I'm talking to Allison from America's Next Top Model. You talked a lot about your modeling experience. Can you talk a little bit about your background in the industry?

It was mostly in the Asian market.


How long were you modeling before you tried out for the show?

Off and on, because I was in school since I'm only 19-years-old right now, I started when I was 16. I've just kind of been in and out of Asia.


Was this your first season trying out for Top Model?

Yeah.


What was it like when you first got there and you went to Top Model prep and got to meet Tyra? Was it very surreal for you?

Oh definitely, it was just crazy. She's like a big human Barbie doll hologram. It was very surreal.


When you guys first got to meet Paulina Porizkova, she really gave the girls some harsh realities about themselves. Did she give you any criticism?

Yeah, she certainly did, but she was very upfront about it in a more subtle way. She kind of laid it on very easy, in my opinion at least. Like she says in other interviews, I think she did some with The CW Source, she's like, "What we say on the show is compliments compared to what they hear out in the real world," which is probably the truest statement I've heard about it. What she said about me was pretty much the same thing she said about me in the judging panel.


Can you talk about the fight that you had with Fatima? I don't think you meant any harm by the jokes that you were making with the dolls last night. I was just wondering if when you watched it back you felt like it was taken out of context.

Well, the fight, we were both in the wrong. We were both being very immature and stupid, but yeah, it happened.


There's been a lot of fighting this season and you managed to stay out of most of it. How did you stay out of the drama?

I don't even consider these real arguments, in my opinion. It's just girls talking out of boredom, and sometimes it gets taken out of context or heard the wrong way. That's when all the chicken squawk, if you will, kind of happen. It's a lot of arguing over nothing.


What happened on the Elle MacPherson lingerie photo shoot? I didn't think that you would end up being in the bottom two, but what do you think happened?

What happened was how I presented myself in the judging was just wrong on every level. I don't think it really had anything to do with the picture.


Do you think it had to do more with your personality than anything else? That's definitely what it seemed like. I thought for sure that Dominique was going home.

I knew once we were in the bottom two that I was done for.


The same sort of thing happened with Jenah last season, and she said that she just felt like she should be able to be herself and still be in the competition. Did you feel the same way, like you shouldn't have to change who you are in order to get ahead with Tyra or on the show?

It was definitely wrong to forget to apologize. Not that this is an excuse or anything, but it looks so easy on TV when you see those girls standing in the judging room, but it's really not. It's the most nerve wracking, adrenaline rushing, very, very intimidating experience ever. When they're talking and critiquing you, you don't always pay attention to what they're saying because you're just worried about not looking like an idiot. I totally missed all the compliments and I froze.


Are there girls this season that really have impressed you as models?

Definitely. I think, you know when you're watching past seasons and you look at some girls and you're like eh, I don't know about her? I really didn't get that impression at all out of any of the girls in this cycle. It's like what even Tyra said, I completely agree with her when she said it's the most competitive cycle. Not only for looks as models, but the competitive attitude that most of the girls had. It really brought out an ugly side in most of the girls, and that's why there seems to be a lot of fighting. All the girls, and myself included, want it so bad.


Have you kept your makeover this season or did you go back to your dark, cynical look?

That Sarah Silverman crap really had to go. It was a very harsh look what I had before. The red that they put in my hair, the color faded a lot just because my hair is really naturally dark. When you put all the lightener it doesn't hold color very well for very long. When I was on the show it looked alright, but then the roots started growing in. I liked the color, I wanted it, but it was really expensive and difficult to maintain. What I ended up doing is just going back to my natural color, which is more of a light medium brown.


You were one of my favorite models from the very first episode. Will you continue to pursue this as a career?

Yeah, I will.


What's in the future for you?

What's in the future for me? I'm going to weigh my options, look for agencies, hopefully settle in L.A. or New York sometime soon.


Well I just wanted to thank you so much for your time, Allison.

Alright, thank you.


- Gina Scarpa, BuddyTV Staff Writer
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