Nicole Linkletter

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Nicole Linkletter
Birth name	Nicole Linkletter
Date of birth	February 27, 1985 (1985-02-27) (age 23) [1][2]
Place of birth	Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S. [3]
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Measurements	31B-24-35 (US); 78-60-88 (EU)
Dress size	(US) 2 ; (EU) 32
Shoe size	(US) 10 ; (EU) 41
Agency	Nous Model Management

Nicole Linkletter (born February 27, 1985)^[4] is an American fashion model, winner of Cycle 5 of the reality TV series America's Next Top Model. Her prizes as winner were a contract with Ford Models, a $100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics, a fashion spread in Elle magazine , and the cover of Elle Girl magazine.^[5].

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 America's Next Top Model 1.2 Modeling career 1.3 Television appearances 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Biography

Linkletter graduated from Grand Forks Red River High School in 2003, and attended the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks and St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minnesota as a marketing major and is currently attending California State University Northridge as well. She had previously worked at Victoria's Secret and Target Corporation stores^[6].

[edit] America's Next Top Model

Linkletter appeared in Cycle 5 of the show after auditioning for the show at the Mall of America. During the finale fashion runway show for Gharani Strok^[7], Linkletter's strong runway walk demonstrated how much she had improved throughout the competition. In the final judging, the judges selected Linkletter over the runner-up Nik Pace due to her portfolio, model attitude, and fierce catwalk. Nicole's win made her the youngest winner in the history of the show at the age of 19 years and 9 months. Nicole in the end won because she was easily moldable and had succeeded in being a chameleon in many different challenges.

Tyra said of Linkletter, "...she has the model 'thing' more than any of our other winners – the body type, the face type and the attitude,...... She reminds me of the girls I modeled with when I was in Europe when I was 17 years old."^{[citation needed]} Fellow judges Twiggy and Nigel Barker likened Linkletter's look to that of an "English rose", while she had some of the best photos of the whole competition. Linkletter, however, wasn't called early as frequently as other constestants on some instances on the show, despite her fierce photos, because of her seemingly "sour" facade and not breaking from pretty to beautiful in her photos.

[edit] Modeling career

In August 2006, Linkletter left her original agency Ford Models ( NY division), and signed with Elite Model Management^[8] , LA division. Later, Linkletter left Elite Model Management (LA division) and signed to Nous Model Management in L.A.^[9] She also signed with the international model scouting company ModelScouts.com who then signed Nicole to Diva Models in Singapore, Dream Models in Hong Kong and Agence Presse in Tokyo.

Linkletter has appeared in Elle Magazine (April 2006) for a couture spread shot by photographer Gilles Bensimon in Paris as part of the America's Next Top Model Prize.

In addition to this, she has appeared on the magazine covers of Elle Girl (February 2006), Women's Health and Fitness Magazine (Mar 2006), Lemonade Magazine (April 2006), and Vanidades Magazine (July 2006).^[3]

Linkletter has modeled for CoverGirl cosmetics and eyewear, Ford Fusion, Secret Deodorant and Vigoss jeans, as part of a prize from a challenge of cycle 5; Yank Clothing [4], Sele Clothing, Milk Boutique, So Low [5], Crystal Rock by Christian Audigier [6], Trovata, People Magazine, Jewel magazine, US Weekly Magazine, Girlfriend Magazine, Celebrity Living Magazine, Golf For Women Magazine, Grand Forks Herald, In Touch Weekly Magazine.^[10][11][3] . She is also currently modeling for the Christian Audigier "Crystal Rock" collection.

L.A runway shows include: Gharani Strok Fashion show ^[7], Alice and Olivia (Fall 2006) ^[12][13], Fashion for Life Benefit Show 2006, The Society of Young Philanthropists Gala/Fashion Show 2006, Bebe (Spring 2007) ^[14], Rozae Nichols Spring 07 ^[15], Juan Carlos Obando Spring 07 ^[16], and Italian Trade Commission Spring 2007 for Grimaldi Giardina Spring 2007.

[edit] Television appearances

Linkletter was a finals judge at the Miss USA 2006 pageant^[17]. Linkletter's television credits also includes numerous appearances on The Tyra Banks Show ^[18][19]. Linkletter was a guest on the internet talk show Covergirl's Talk Model and had weekly "My Life as a Covergirl" segments which ran during Cycle 6 of America's Next Top Model . She has also hosted a series of segments for VH1, in which she reported on Fashion Week. Linkletter has also modeled for the E! Pre-Oscar show and has appeared on E! news modeling summer shorts from Alice & Olivia. She has even starred in a commercial for Play Station Portable ^[20].

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Nicole Linkletter in the Fashion Model Directory
• Nicole Linkletter on ModelScouts.com
• Nicole's profile on AskMen.com
• Nicole Linkletter at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by Naima Mora

America's Next Top Model winner Cycle 5 (2005)

Succeeded by Danielle Evans

v • d • e America's Next Top Model Current Judges & Personnel Tyra Banks • J. Alexander • Nigel Barker • Paulina Porizkova • Jay Manuel Cycles: Former Judges 1-4: Janice Dickinson • 1: Beau Quillian • 1: Kimora Lee Simmons • 2: Eric Nicholson • 3-4: Nolé Marin • 5-9: Twiggy Cycles: Winners 1: Adrianne Curry • 2: Yoanna House • 3: Eva Pigford • 4: Naima Mora • 5: Nicole Linkletter • 6: Danielle Evans • 7: CariDee English • 8: Jaslene Gonzalez • 9: Saleisha Stowers • 10: Whitney Thompson Please see individual cycle articles for additional contestants.