Americas Next Top Model Cycle Seventeen All Stars / Characters

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Lisa

The Bus Came Back: Although she guested in Cycle 6. It should be noted that Lisa was the first non-winner to guest (followed by a few returning contestants this cycle) in an on going future cycle after her initial season.
The Cast Show Off: In episode 8, which was the music video episode.
Shannon: Lisa raised the bar pretty high.
Dominique: She's basically saying [to us] Fuck you all!
Character Development: Gets past her Dark and Troubled Past, underwent self-reconstruction, made peace with most of the jury after her Rage Against the Mentor statements after losing Cycle 5. Upon retuning, she had a strong run in this Cycle ultimately winning it. Tyra's closing statement of this Cycle sums it best.
Tyra: "I'm so proud of your growth, La Puchinetta. Love, Tyra."

Earn Your Happy Ending: After all the Character Development, it's great to see her win this. Listening to her closing statements best describes it.
Lisa: "I feel that the universe has finally aligned for me."

Pink Means Feminine: She mostly wears pink. Neon, which is usually associated with said color, is her personal "Color Motif".

Allison

Always Second Best: The show's poster girl.
Blessed with Suck: Having beautiful eyes also meant that she would face difficulty in the sunlight.

The Bus Came Back: Not counting her appearance in the Cycle 12 Reunion Show, it picked her up at the same spot as the last time.
Butt-Monkey: Bordering on Designated Monkey.
Call-Back: She's wearing blue in her CoverGirl print ad just like in Cycle 12.
Cat Girl: In the motion editorial complete with Spy Catsuit.
Character Development: Allison is more sociable this time around.

Disappeared Dad: Her Leitmotif, Underwater, was inspired by her deceased father.
The Ditz: ZigZagged. She is a clever girl, but she does have ditzy moments, oh boy! In the end it just adds to her overall cuteness.

Friendly Rivalry: With everyone, especially with Laura and Angelea.
Friendship Moment: Mainly with Laura, especially in the last episodes. She also had one with Alexandria during the latter's fight with Bianca in episode 7.

Hidden Depths: She can be a Jack of All Stats or/and The Ace when she needs to be.

Indy Ploy: The entire Episode 8, as well as the photo and video shoots involving sunlight in the last few episodes.

Moveset Clone: Her and Laura. Both of them are previous runners-up, have blond hair, and were fan favorites. This became a factor during the final elimination, sadly (the one that took an hour and a half) leading to Laura's Shocking Elimination.
My Greatest Second Chance: Double Subverted. Though she's Always Second Best, she's actually more stronger in challenges and pictorials compared to Cycle 12.
Nerdgasm: The music video puts the creepy personification to creepy-chan's essence perfectly.
Neutral Female: When some of the girls start losing their tempers and becomes emotional (read: Lisa, Angelea, Shannon and Bianca), she just stay calm and generally avoids getting caught in the drama.

The Pollyanna: With the death of her father, she can't be considered a Wide-Eyed Idealist anymore compared to her Cycle 12 self. Fortunately, she retains the positive attitude and outlook in life that people like about her.

Red Oni, Blue Oni: She is the blue to everyone competing. Especially Laura.
Shadow Archetype: Of Cycle 3 second runner-up Amanda Swafford. Both of them are blond with beautiful eyes as their assets. Said assets are also their biggest flaw. But while Allison sucked with the light, Amanda needed it to do well.

Tomboy and Girly Girl: By default, she is everyone's Girly Girl. Including Shannon.

Too Quirky to Lose: Unfortunately averted. Again.

Weaksauce Weakness: Sunlight. Probably, her runway walk as well.

Angelea

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Because Destiny Says So: Unfortunately subverted.
Being Good Sucks: She's more fierce and competent during her Alpha Bitch days in Cycle 14 than in this one.
Big "OMG!": Everytime towards the celebrity guest judges.
Break the Haughty: Not as bad as Bianca though.

The Bus Came Back: It should be noted that she had an Early-Bird Cameo during Cycle 12's casting week prior to her stint in Cycle 14.

Canon Discontinuity: After she gets disqualified, her entire work during the competition is nullifed. Lisa and Allison were then re-evaluated only against each other.
Cerebus Syndrome: She started this Cycle as an arrogant yet funny girl to a Wangsty one.
Character Development: Unfortunately tainted due to Cerebus Syndrome.

Diabolus ex Machina: She was plagued by this in the duration of the cycle. Everytime she gave a strong performance, she either gets upstaged by someone (e.g. Bre in the acting challenge) or make a last minute mistake (the public speaking challenge with the Greek dignitaries). Then there's the disqualification controversy..

Downer Ending: Her run in this Cycle.
Even the Girls Want Her: Dominique's interview after the public speaking challenge in episode 9 have shades of both Les Yay and Foe Romance Subtext.
Dominique: "Angelea is so cute. I want to grab her."

Inferiority Superiority Complex: A form of recurring plot-device from the late episodes of Cycle 14.
Ironic Echo: Her Leitmotif have words in the lyrics that are Harsher in Hindsight.

Kirk Summation: Dominique and Laura's speech in episode 10 claiming that she Does Not Know Her Own Strength qualifies as this.
Dominique: "Being an All Star, you gotta know it, you gotta own it, and you gotta believe it if you want everyone else to believe in you."
Laura: "You can sing. You can act. You can model. But you don't know it!"

Leitmotif: I'm Here, which is about her being a Plucky Girl her whole life.

My Greatest Second Chance: Zig-Zagged. She managed to reach the finale this time around, but she still finished 3rd. Also, her run this Cycle is considered inferior compared to her strong run ^note in Cycle 14.

Noodle Incident: She was disqualified in the finals for unspecific reasons. This caused a lot of speculations, obviously.
- In 2014 she revealed that it was because she had worked as as an escort for about a month, but that the producers had already known this before her original season, and that she would be filing a lawsuit against the producers, the network, and the studios for breach of contract (among other things) for $3,000,000 in damages.
Odd Friendship: With Laura.
Pretty in Mink: She wore them during her first and fourth pictorials.

Red Oni, Blue Oni: She's generally the red, unless you pair her with Bianca or maybe Alexandria.
Sassy Black Woman: Half black, but she still fits.
"Shaggy Dog" Story: She is a Plucky Ascended Fan Girl who came back after nearly reaching the finals in her original Cycle. She returns this time and survived four eliminations until finally reaching the final runway.. only to be disqualified in the end.
Smarter Than You Look: She's a history buff and had a quick analysis on the Greek language.

Tomboy and Girly Girl: The Tomboy To Laura's Girly Girl.

Unknown Rival: Sans Allison, she is this to everyone else, most notably Lisa. Subverted in the finale where Lisa considered her as her greatest competition based on how badly she wanted to win.

Laura

Covert Pervert: Maybe even a Good Bad Girl if her Cycle 13 bicycle metaphor and the orgasm conversations with Lisa and Shannon are indications.

Hotter and Sexier: Lampshaded many times during panels, notably by Nigel.

Leitmotif: "Southern Sweet Girl"

Moveset Clone: Allison and her. Both of them are previous runners-up, have blond hair, and were fan favorites. This became a factor during the final elimination, sadly (the one that took an hour and a half) leading to her boot.

My Greatest Second Chance: Zig-Zagged. Her rank fell two notches lower compared to her original Cycle finish. However, she had a stronger run on this Cycle and won best photos twice (something she didn't achieve in her original Cycle) and a challenge.
Neutral Female: Much like (and usually, along with) Allison, she walks away from the scene when some of the girls are having a commotion. Except the time when she gave Angelea some words of advice.

Odd Friendship: With Angelea, Bianca and, to a lesser extent, Lisa.

Red Oni, Blue Oni: Depends on whom she's with. She's the blue to Angelea and Lisa but the red to Allison.

Tomboy and Girly Girl: She is the Girly Girl to both Angelea and Lisa's Tomboy and the Tomboy to Allison's Girly Girl.

Dominique

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Being Good Sucks: Maybe not (see My Greatest Second Chance below), but she was eliminated over the girl she tried to help.
Bifauxnen: In her first pictorial.

Celebrity Resemblance: To Leona Lewis. Additionally, Game commented that she's like a mix of Jennifer Lopez and Beyoncé.
Character Development: As with other former Alpha Bitches from their Cycles. In fact she was the most obvious case. Marriage and motherhood probably helped.
Cool Big Sis: Subverted with Angelea but played straight with the other [younger] girls.

Fanservice Pack: As Mr. Jay said, getting rid of her "masculine vibes" she used to have on Cycle 10 made her Hotter and Sexier.

Leitmotif: Tooch Ya Booty.

My Greatest Second Chance: Zig-Zagged. She finished a rank lower compared to her original Cycle finish, yet she won best photos twice. Like Laura, that's something she never achieved in her original Cycle.

Tempting Fate: She laughed at the idea of being photographed by Nigel Barker is her Curse.
Dominique: "Last time I was shot by Nigel.. I went home. (chuckles)"

Took a Level in Kindness: Unlike most of the former Alpha Bitches who entered this Cycle still in the process of defrosting, she came completely warm and nice.

Younger Than They Look: While she definitely looked fresher compared to Cycle 10, she still looked like someone in her thirties. At the time of filming, she's only 27.

Shannon

Alliterative Name: Subverted that she's married now.

The Bus Came Back: She did guested a few times in the past, however.

Chekhov's Boomerang: Her reluctance to pose in underwear and lingerie becomes a plot device once again. And when she did refused, the panel declared that they'll consider Shannon's entire body of work. They did. Including those from Cycle 1. Ultimately, the deciding factor whether she stays was her very first photo.
Drama Queen: Ironically, one of the more drama creating models in the house (Considering the contestants were mostly Drama Queen from their original cycle..).

Honor Before Reason: This, coupled with Badass Decay, ultimately became her Fatal Flaw.

Insane Troll Logic: The panties and bikinis debate.

Leitmotif: World Go Round.

Onee-sama: To the younger girls, Alexandria most notably.
Our Angels Are Different: In her first pictorial.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Generally, she is the blue by default. The only time she could have been the red is if she paired with Allison.

So First Cycle: She might have survived elimination after her reluctance to do a sexy photoshoot in Cycle 1, but not this time.

Token Wholesome: Deconstructed. She tried so hard to be this and it caused her the competition.
Tomboy and Girly Girl: The Girly Girl to Lisa's Tomboy.

Alexandria

Being Good Sucks: Like Angelea, she's more fierce in her bad days.
Celebrity Resemblance: With Amanda Seyfried and Jordana Spiro.
Character Development: Surprisingly, she was tame compared to her original season.
Chilly Reception: A variation. The other girls weren't mean to her, the audience at the live event in episode 1 were. Basically, the other former Alpha Bitches weren't heckled for their past antics but she was.

Important Haircut: Her change of heart started after this.
Leitmotif: Hers is titled Go, Go, Go!.
Lighter and Softer: In both good and bad ways.
Tyra:(episode 6) "I'm surprised. You're pictures are usually high fashion. Here, you look like a reality star being shot next to Coco [Rocha]."
Tyra:(episode 7 during panel deliberations) "Her photo is more character than high fashion. And I like it."
My Greatest Second Chance: Subverted.
Odd Friendship: With Shannon. In a slight degree, with Allison.

Reformed, but Rejected: In a more meta way, the viewers and bloggers somehow have more beef against her than the contestants themselves.

Tag Along Kid: She fits by being one of the youngest girls in the competition as well as the girl from the newest (previous) Cycle.

Bianca

Alpha Bitch: Unlike most of the Alpha Bitches who returned this Cycle, she didn't change her ways.

Celebrity Resemblance: With Logan Browning.

Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Bre.

My Greatest Second Chance: Subverted.
Odd Friendship: With Kayla and Laura.
Pet the Dog: She's the first to rush to Kayla and ask for help when the latter was awfully sick in episode 4.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: She is the red to everyone competing. Especially Angelea and Alexandria.

Sit Com Arch Nemesis: To both Lisa and Shannon, though she got better with the latter.
- Rivals Team Up: She was paired with both respectively in episodes 3 and 6.
Small Name, Big Ego: Ultimately became her Fatal Flaw.
Smug Snake: At her worst.

This Is a Competition: Her Jerk Justifications is this.
Tomboy and Girly Girl: The Tomboy to Bre, Kayla and Laura's Girly Girl.

Kayla

Blond, Brunette, Redhead: She appeared with dark hair in episode 1. For those who haven't saw Cycle 15, Kayla is naturally blond but her hair was dyed red, thus donning all three colors in her two Cycle appearance. The makeover team bought her back to being a redhead in 2.

Chekhov's Boomerang: Free was actually a Call-Back from her very first photoshoot in Cycle 15. It served as her power word from Queer.
Curse: Double Eliminations.

Morality Pet: To Bianca.
My Greatest Second Chance: Subverted. Not only did her ranking fall five notches, but she was eliminated in the same manner.
Odd Friendship: With Bianca.

Overshadowed by Awesome: She herself lampshaded this during one of her interviews.
Kayla: "Am I doing my best? Yes. But am I standing out of the pack? I don't think so."
The Quiet One: Most of the time.
Tag Along Kid: She is the youngest girl in the competition.

Unknown Rival: Briefly towards Allison.
Vomit Discretion Shot: In episode 4.
What Kind Of Lame Brand Is Free Anyway?: And she actually admitted being confused to it during her interview.

Bre

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Character Development: She's no longer ill-tempered compared to her Cycle 5 self.

Camille

Being Good Sucks: Especially if you're one of the series' celebrated (or not) Alpha Bitch.
The Bus Came Back: Though she guested in Cycle 7 along with Shannon and Brittany.
Call-Back: See Gratuitous Italian below.
Character Development: She ditched her old Alpha Bitch self like most of the girls this Cycle. That's good considering she's the Trope Maker for the series.
Competence Zone: Discussed. See Jade-Colored Glasses below.

Gratuitous Italian: Her Elimination Statement, Ciao, bellas! It's actually a Call-Back from her Cycle 2 exit speech which was simply Ciao!
Jade-Colored Glasses: Her interviews pretty much translates as Growing Up Sucks or/and how she doesn't have the same opportunity as the other girls in the house because she's already 33.
My Greatest Second Chance: Subverted.

Reformed, but Rejected: Majority of the other girls were unhappy when they realized she's also in the competition. Fortunately, they got better.

Isis

The Bus Came Back: Like Angelea, she also had an Early-Bird Cameo before being part of her cycle. In her case she was an extra on Cycle 10's second pictorial.

My Greatest Second Chance: Double Subverted due to snagging the first best photo this Cycle, she is the lowest ranking contestant (tenth) from her original Cycle compared to the other girls who finished between sixth to runner-up. Unfortunately, she was out two judging later.

Sheena