History Characters / AmericasNextTopModelCycleEight

%%* TheCheerleader: [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_cassandra03_carlos_rios.jpg In her second pictorial]].

%%* HollywoodNerd: In her [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_jael03_carlos_rios.jpg?w=480&h=610 second pictorial]].

%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Pre-makeover.

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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: The composed type.
* CloudCuckooLander: In her [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_jaslene03_carlos_rios.jpg?w=480&h=610 second pictorial]].
* DropDeadGorgeous: In her [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_jaslene06_mike_rosenthal.jpg?w=480&h=640 fourth pictorial]].

** ActorAllusion: She posed with [[Characters/AmericasNextTopModelCycleFive Bre]].
** ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: {{Bowdlerise}}d in the photo's thought balloon.

* SpicyLatina: what she describes herself as.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/natasha-galkina_7097.jpg

* ActorAllusion: She posed with [[Characters/AmericasNextTopModelCycleFour Michelle]].
* BodyHorror: During the ContinuityNod [[http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y279/NrllAless/blog/news/antm/natasha-ep7.jpg pictorial]].

* CelebrityResemblance: With Creator/ReneeZellweger.
** Also AngelinaJolie

* TheHeart

* TeamMom: she has a young daughter who she talked about missing a lot.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ReneeAlway3_8668.jpg

* AbusiveDad: She had one.

* ClassClown: In her [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_renee03_carlos_rios.jpg?w=480&h=643 second pictorial]].

* EveryoneLovesBlondes: ''Averted'', all the girls at some point or another had a problem with Renee's bullying personality.

* TeamMom: often talks about wanting to win for her young son.

** ActorAllusion: She posed with [[Characters/AmericasNextTopModelCycleSix Joanie]].

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* BoomHeadshot: In her [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_dionne06_mike_rosenthal1.jpg?w=480&h=640 fourth pictorial]].

** ActorAllusion: She posed with [[Characters/AmericasNextTopModelCycleFive Kim]].

* TeamMom: has a young daughter.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brittany_178.jpg

* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong
* ElectricTorture: In her [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_brittany06_mike_rosenthal.jpg?w=480&h=640 fourth pictorial]].
* FieryRedhead: [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_brittany04.jpg?w=480 Post-makeover]].

* TheRival: To Renee.
* SameSexTriplets: During the ContinuityNod [[http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y279/NrllAless/blog/news/antm/brittany-ep7.jpg pictorial]].
** ActorAllusion: She posed with [[Characters/AmericasNextTopModelCycleSeven the Babin twins]].
* TeenGenius: In her [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_brittany03_carlos_rios.jpg?w=480&h=642 second pictorial]].

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jael_3173.jpg

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Passed away from stage IV breast cancer in December of 2018.

* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Pre-makeover.

* FridgeHorror: After the show she became addicted to drugs.
** She eventually got clean and now works for a rehab centre helping others get their lives on track.

* HollywoodNerd: In her [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_jael03_carlos_rios.jpg?w=480&h=610 second pictorial]].
** NerdsAreSexy: in her second pictorial
* IllGirl: During the ContinuityNod [[http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y279/NrllAless/blog/news/antm/jael-ep7.jpg pictorial]].
** ActorAllusion: She posed with [[Characters/AmericasNextTopModelCycleFour Rebecca]].
** Sadly translated over to real life eventually, where she was diagnosed with terminal and very aggressive breast cancer in 2018, and passed away from it a few months later.
* LesYay: Had a brief romantic relationship with Renee post-show, which doubles as FoeYay considering they were at each other's throats.

* RavenHairIvorySkin: [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_jael04.jpg?w=480 Post-makeover]].

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Whitney_6926.jpg

* AlphaBitch: In her [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_whitney02_carlos_rios.jpg?w=480&h=642 second pictorial]].
* BigBeautifulWoman: along with Diana.

* IvyLeagueForEveryone: She was attending Dartmouth at the time of the show.
* ModestyTowel: During the ContinuityNod [[http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y279/NrllAless/blog/news/antm/whitney-ep7.jpg pictorial]].
** ActorAllusion: She posed with [[Characters/AmericasNextTopModelCycleOne Shannon]].

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sarah_1557.jpg

* TheCharmer: In her [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_sarah03_carlos_rios.jpg?w=480&h=610 second pictorial]].
* DeathByFallingOver: In her [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_sarah06_mike_rosenthal0.jpg?w=480&h=360 fourth pictorial]].
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Pre-makeover.
* IdolSinger: She's even got an album.

* RavenHairIvorySkin: Post-makeover.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/diana_zalewski_7047.jpg

* BigBeautifulWoman: along with Whitney
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: In her [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_diana06_mike_rosenthal.jpg?w=480&h=640 fourth pictorial]].
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: After the makeover.
* HeterosexualLifePartner: With Whitney, doubly ironic since they were in the bottom two together.

* StudentCouncilPresident: In her [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_diana03_carlos_rios.jpg?w=480&h=640 second pictorial]].

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/felicia_provost_9309.jpg

* CelebrityResemblance: With none other than Tyra Banks herself.
* JerkJock: In her [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_felicia03_carlos_rios.jpg?w=480&h=610 second pictorial]].
* [[OffWithHisHead Off With Her Head]]: In her [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_felicia06_mike_rosenthal.jpg?w=480&h=640 fourth and final pictorial]].

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Orange Hair]]: Pre-makeover.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cassandra_watson_323.jpg

* TheCheerleader: [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_cassandra03_carlos_rios.jpg In her second pictorial]].

* TeamMom: The oldest contestant of the cycle.

[[folder:Samantha Francis]]
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Samantha Francis was working as a sales associate in Pinson, Alabama before she joined America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 8. In addition, she didn’t have any professional modeling experience prior to her appearance on the show.

Samantha finally had to the courage to live out her life-long dream of becoming a model when her significant other urged her to try out for America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 8 in Atlanta, Georgia. Although she successfully made it to the finals, she was not able to stay long in the competition, as she was the second girl to be eliminated from the show. For the second photo shoot, the remaining twelve girls were asked to pose as different high school stereotypes, and although most of them were able to pull off their assigned stereotypes, Samantha, along with her fellow Top Model finalist, Natasha Galkina, had a hard time bringing her stereotype to life. The judges decided to cut Samantha because they saw she lacked experience and personality.

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette
* RavenHairIvorySkin: what she had
* [[TheRunnerUpTakesItAll The Second Girl Eliminated Takes It All]]
* TwoFirstNames
* TheVamp: [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_samantha02_carlos_rios.jpg In her second and last pictorial]].

[[folder:Kathleen [=DuJour=]]]
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Before becoming a finalist on America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 8, Kathleen Du[=Jour=] was working as a hairstylist in Brooklyn, New York.

Kathleen was the first to be eliminated from the show despite her confident runway walk because the judges were disappointed with her inability to portray an anti-fur advocate in the politically motivated first photo shoot. Kathleen clearly had the most difficult time with the assignment, and had to keep asking for help from Top Idol judge and renowned photographer Nigel Barker. She could not grasp the “anti-fur” concept because she, in actuality, has no real qualms about the use of fur in clothing, to the dismay of PETA representatives.
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* TheDitz: She thought fur came from animals that were already dead.
%%* FunnyAfro
* WeHardlyKnewYe: for someone who went home early, she sure left an impression.
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** ZettaiRyouiki: Grade B to be exact.

* FunnyAfro: [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_cassandra04.jpg Post-makeover]].

* TheDitz: always misunderstood what directions

* GracefulLoser: she was happy for Jaslene after she won.

* AlphaBitch: She constantly antagonized the contestants in hopes to get them sent home.

%% [[folder:Samantha Francis]]
%% https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/samantha_francis_5602.jpg

%% Samantha Francis was working as a sales associate in Pinson, Alabama before she joined America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 8. In addition, she didn’t have any professional modeling experience prior to her appearance on the show.

%%Samantha finally had to the courage to live out her life-long dream of becoming a model when her significant other urged her to try out for America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 8 in Atlanta, Georgia. Although she successfully made it to the finals, she was not able to stay long in the competition, as she was the second girl to be eliminated from the show. For the second photo shoot, the remaining twelve girls were asked to pose as different high school stereotypes, and although most of them were able to pull off their assigned stereotypes, Samantha, along with her fellow Top Model finalist, Natasha Galkina, had a hard time bringing her stereotype to life. The judges decided to cut Samantha because they saw she lacked experience and personality.
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%%* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette
%% * RavenHairIvorySkin: what she had
%%* [[TheRunnerUpTakesItAll The Second Girl Eliminated Takes It All]]
%%* TwoFirstNames
%% * TheVamp: [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_samantha02_carlos_rios.jpg In her second and last pictorial]].
%% ** ZettaiRyouiki: Grade B to be exact.
%%[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kathleen [=DuJour=]]]
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kathleen_dujour_5001.jpg

Before becoming a finalist on America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 8, Kathleen Du[=Jour=] was working as a hairstylist in Brooklyn, New York.

Kathleen was the first to be eliminated from the show despite her confident runway walk because the judges were disappointed with her inability to portray an anti-fur advocate in the politically motivated first photo shoot. Kathleen clearly had the most difficult time with the assignment, and had to keep asking for help from Top Idol judge and renowned photographer Nigel Barker. She could not grasp the “anti-fur” concept because she, in actuality, has no real qualms about the use of fur in clothing, to the dismay of PETA representatives.

* TheDitz: She thought fur came from animals that were already dead.
%%* FunnyAfro
* WeHardlyKnewYe: for someone who went home early, she sure left an impression.

* DownerEnding: She easily has had one of the worst non-death fall from graces in the show's history. After the show, she became addicted to drugs, lost her husband and her home, started stealing to support her habit, had two more children, had several run-ins with the law for drugs, burglary and assault and was ultimately sentenced to ''twelve years'' in prison.

[[folder:Samantha Francis]]
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/samantha_francis_5602.jpg

Samantha Francis was working as a sales associate in Pinson, Alabama before she joined America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 8. In addition, she didn’t have any professional modeling experience prior to her appearance on the show.

Samantha finally had to the courage to live out her life-long dream of becoming a model when her significant other urged her to try out for America’s Next Top Model, Cycle 8 in Atlanta, Georgia. Although she successfully made it to the finals, she was not able to stay long in the competition, as she was the second girl to be eliminated from the show. For the second photo shoot, the remaining twelve girls were asked to pose as different high school stereotypes, and although most of them were able to pull off their assigned stereotypes, Samantha, along with her fellow Top Model finalist, Natasha Galkina, had a hard time bringing her stereotype to life. The judges decided to cut Samantha because they saw she lacked experience and personality.
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* RavenHairIvorySkin: what she had

* SouthernBelle: she was from Alabama

* TheVamp: [[http://antm411.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/antm_samantha02_carlos_rios.jpg In her second and last pictorial]].
** ZettaiRyouiki: Grade B to be exact.
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* GoOutWithASmile: She accepts her elimination with a smile.

* MayDecemberRomance: It is implied that she's a MailOrderBride.

* TeamMom: has a young daughter

* HideYourLesbians: Has confirmed that she is gay, however some theories that her "girlfriend" that she referenced during one panel was incorrect — she was simply referring to a female friend; she was closeted during the show.

* GreenEyes: has big, green beautiful eyes.

%%* ThePollyanna

* EveryoneLovesBlondes
* FruedianExcuse: she blames her abusive past for her behavior against others.

* LesYay: Had a brief romantic relationship with Renee post-show.

* EveryoneLovesBlondes: After the makeover

* TheHeart: She was always very nice to everybody.

* TheRival: To Brittany.

* RealityShowGenreBlindness

Jael is an aspiring model, who, prior to her participation in the eighth season of America’s Next Top Model, was working as a manager of several bands in Hollywood. She was also previously involved in band promotions in Detroit. She decided to try out for the reality show after a talent scout discovered her through her MySpace account. Other people close to Jael also felt she was a perfect candidate for the modeling competition. Despite making it to the finals, Jael admitted that she had not been a fan of the show prior to her participation and even thought that the competition would be easy.

** ActorAllusion: She posed with [[Characters/AmericasNextTopModelCycleFour Michelle]].
* CelebrityResemblance: With ReneeZellweger.
* CloudCuckooLander: often made things that made zero sense, but she thought they were perfect anyways.

* BreaktheCutie: She took the news of her friends death by overdose really hard.

* Break the Cutie: She took the news of her friends death by overdose really hard.

%%* CloudCuckooLander
%%* TheDitz

%%* GreenEyes

%%* SassyBlackWoman

* UnstoppableRage: When she didn't beat the time limit during the Go-Sees in Austrailia she lost it. Worse, the clients heard her tantrums. It ultimately became her FatalFlaw.

'''Jaslene Gonzalez'''

%%* BrownEyes

'''Natasha Galkina'''

'''Renee Alway'''

'''Dionne Walters'''

'''Brittany Hatch'''

'''Jael Strauss'''

'''Whitney Cunningham'''

'''Sarah [=VonderHaar=]'''

'''Diana Zalewski'''

'''Felicia Provost'''

'''Cassandra Watson'''

%%* BrownEyes

'''Samantha Francis'''

'''Kathleen [=DuJour=]'''

%%* BrownEyes

* [[BlackDudeDiesFirst Black Chick Gets Eliminated First]]: she got eliminated first

%%* CloudCuckooLander

%%* TheHeart

* AlphaBitch: she constantly antagonized the contestants in hopes to get them sent home.

%%* EveryoneLovesBlondes
* HappilyMarried: to her husband at the time of the show.

%%* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong

* EveryoneLovesBlondes: after the makeover

* GoOutWithASmile: she accepts her elimination with a smile.
* GracefulLoser: she accepts her elimination gracefully and thanked Tyra for the experience.
* TheHeart: she was always very nice to everybody.
* TeamMom: the oldest contestant of the cycle.

* TheDitz: she thought fur came from animals that were already dead.

%%* BlondesAreEvil