Nicole Linkletter

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Nicole Linkletter
<tr><td style="text-align:left;">Birth name</td><td class="nickname">Nicole Linkletter</td></tr>
Date of birth	February 27, 1985 (1985-02-27) (age 26) [1][2]
Place of birth	Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S. [1]
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Measurements	(US) 31-24-35 (EU) 79-61-89
Dress size	(US) 4 ; (EU) 34[1]
Shoe size	(US) 9 ; (EU) 41[1]
Agency	Nous Model Management L.A. Models,Ford Models
Spouse(s)	Philip Clarke White

Nicole Linkletter (born February 27, 1985)^[1] 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.^[3]. She is the only winner not to have a guest appearance on ANTM since her win.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 America's Next Top Model 1.2 Career 2 References 3 External links

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; she is currently attending California State University Northridge. She had previously worked at Victoria's Secret and Old Navy stores^[4].

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^[5], 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, diversity, 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.

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." Fellow judges Twiggy and Nigel Barker likened Linkletter's look to that of an "English rose". Although she had some of the best photos of the whole competition, she often did not receive as much recognition as some of the other contestants because of her seemingly "sour" facade and not breaking from pretty to beautiful in her photos.

“

I was always the girl who, like, never really got that much attention. And now here I am — I'm a CoverGirl and I'm a Ford model... my life is beginning right now — Nicole's life as a CoverGirl!

”

Career

In August 2006, Linkletter left her original agency Ford Models (NY division), and signed with Elite Model Management^[6] , LA division. Later, Linkletter left Elite Model Management and signed to Nous Model Management in L.A.^[7] 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, and also signed to L.A. Models runway division.

Linkletter 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).^[1]

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 , Sele Clothing, Milk Boutique, So Low, Crystal Rock by Christian Audigier, Trovata, People Magazine, Jewel magazine, US Weekly Magazine, Girlfriend Magazine, Celebrity Living Magazine, Golf For Women Magazine, Grand Forks Herald, In Touch Weekly Magazine.^[8][9][1] . She is also currently modeling for the Christian Audigier "Crystal Rock" collection.

L.A runway shows include: Gharani Strok Fashion show ^[5], Alice and Olivia (Fall 2006) ^[10][11], Fashion for Life Benefit Show 2006, The Society of Young Philanthropists Gala/Fashion Show 2006, Bebe (Spring 2007) ^[12], Rozae Nichols Spring 07 ^[13], Juan Carlos Obando Spring 07 ^[14], and Italian Trade Commission Spring 2007 for Grimaldi Giardina Spring 2007.

Linkletter was a finals judge at the Miss USA 2006 pageant^[15]. Linkletter's television credits also includes numerous appearances on The Tyra Banks Show ^[16][17]. 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 starred in a commercial for Play Station Portable ^[18]. She has been featured on Cycle 11's Top Models in Action, where it was revealed she modeled for Sketchers. Nicole has also modelled for Liberty's of London^[19].

References

External links

• Nicole Linkletter in the Fashion Model Directory
• Nicole Linkletter at the Internet Movie Database
• Nicole Linkletter at MySpace

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 • 11: McKey Sullivan • 12: TBA For the entire list of contestants, click here.