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Q&A: Canada's Next Top Model Finalists - Nikita, Meaghan, and Linsay

Source: By CHRIS JANCELEWICZ

Posted: 07/09/09 3:21PM

Filed Under: Canada's Next Top Model

AOL Canada sat down to speak with the three finalists - Meaghan, 19, from Winnipeg, Manitoba; Nikita, 20, from Calgary, Alberta; and Linsay, 22, from Sucker Creek, Alberta - about making it this far on Canada's Next Top Model.

Working on one hour's sleep (they all slept in the same bed last night, since they 'missed each other so much' during the hiatus), they're a bit giddy and rambunctious. Nikita is Nikita, outspoken and straight-forward. Meaghan is a little more subdued, though just as sarcastic, and Linsay sits quiet and digified on the corner of the couch.

Final Three's Portfolios

Linsays Final Portfolio

Linsay started off slowly with this pic. We think it's because her hair was still long and a little boring. But then again, she IS holding a hawk.

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Jay cut off her long hair, and it really brought out her striking, angular features. It also made her seem older and more mature.

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And thus began Linsay's difficulty with looking at the camera. Though still striking (and those shoes are awesome), the judges expressed their dislike of the looking-down eyes.

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The body language is - well, non-existent - and again you can barely see her face. If all modelling involved laying down on the beach, I'd sign up in a heartbeat.

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Arguably her worst photo, Linsay looks kind of possessed and a tad too toothy.

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Both cute and diva-esque, Linsay really embraced the theme of the photo and ran with it. LOVE the scissors in the mouth touch.

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She's stunning in this picture - her Vulcan brows and sharp eyes bring us in, and her cheekbones and body language are beyond description.

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Though we don't think Linsay looks like herself in the photo, it's a good one. She would work as a Cover Girl, no question. And it would be great to have one of aboriginal descent, for the first time in history!

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The girls open up about the whole ganging-up-on-Maryam thing, their favourite photo shoots, and what it was like working with Top Model favourite, Miss J.

(This reporter has a pretty distinct feeling about who the winner is, but won't spoil it for the rest of you. Make sure to check out the final episode, as it promises to be a good one.)

So I spoke with [ousted contestant] Maryam earlier today, and she didn't really seem to be too fazed by your mockery of her. What's your side of the story with that?

Nikita: [Laughs] I don't know. She used to joke around about it too. She started the whole 'Whaaaat?' and the 'So sorry, so sorry' thing before we ever did. She made fun of herself first, so we thought it was OK to play off the joke. Like my heinous bangs, if I legitimately didn't make fun of myself first, they wouldn't have said anything, because it's mean.

Meaghan: I put a bowl on Nikita's head, and we still talk. We're still friends.

Do you think, in retrospect, you were too harsh on Maryam?

Nikita: Like I said, it was an inside joke between all of us. It wasn't portrayed like that.

Linsay: It's not like they were bad-mouthing her, they were just mocking her.

Meaghan: She makes fun of herself! The whole sex tape thing, not knowing that it's real? C'mon!

And the runway walk mockery too.

Linsay: If I walked like that, I'd make fun of myself.

Nikita: If I walked like that, I wouldn't walk. And apparently, Linsay thinks my walk "reeks of sex." [Looks at Linsay]

Linsay: It's not really a bad thing.

Is there anyone from the show who you felt got eliminated too soon?

Meaghan: Heather.

Linsay: Heather. She sort of just gave up on herself, I think.

Nikita: I agree, Heather. Except, the only thing was that she realized it's not what she wanted to pursue.

When my friends and I watched the second-last episode, we were worried that Meaghan was going to be voted off. We were so happy when you weren't.

Meaghan: I thought so too.

Nikita: Maryam was too complicated. Too many complications with her.

What's been your favourite part of the whole show?

Linsay: Travelling.

Nikita: She'd never been on a plane before coming down here.

Linsay: That's true. I grew up in Sucker Creek, Alberta, and now I live in Edmonton. Sucker Creek is 3-and-a-half hours north of Edmonton, along Lesser Slave Lake.

What was your favourite photo shoot?

Meaghan: I had fun at the beauty shoot.

Nikita: Yeah, I really enjoyed the beauty shoot. I liked the ladder shoot [at the AGO] as well. I thought it was something different, really cool.

Linsay: Yeah, you looked like a Romulan...is that what they're called? From Star Trek? Wait, what's Spock?

Vulcan.

Linsay: No, not a Vulcan. A Romulan, because of the dress you were wearing. Those shoulders.

Meaghan: [Laughs] You definitely looked like a Vulcan with those bangs.

Nikita: Whoa, I'm so lost right now.

I see you got rid of the bangs, Nikita. [Her hair now has longer bangs, swept to the side]

Nikita: It's not that I got rid of them, they got rid of themselves by growing. Of course I grew them out, would you have kept them?!

Have you learned things about yourself on the show that you didn't realize before?

Linsay: Yes. You learn how much you can put up with. Also how long you can go without sleep. And food.

Meaghan: You also learn how far you can push yourself.

Nikita's big on the no-sleep thing.

Meaghan: That's an understatement.

Nikita: It's just the kind of person that I am. If I get run down, I don't eat. If you don't eat, you get weak. And if you get weak, you just fall apart. That's what happened to me in Bahamas.

What was it like working with Miss J.?

Nikita: I love Miss J. I don't know if you heard me scream like a 12-year-old child when he came in.

Linsay. Miss J. is my favourite. I got excited when he came because I knew we'd be doing runway. Miss J.'s opinion on runway is the ultimate.

Meaghan: Yeah, we didn't do it until really far into the competition.

Linsay, you got to go shoe shopping with him at Holt Renfrew.

Linsay: Yeah, and I got to see him, the real him. When the cameras are off, he's so different. He's more subdued. He definitely has a character. I got to see that, which was cool.

Do you get hate mail or fan mail?

Nikita: It makes me sad how much hate mail I get. Facebook messages, you wouldn't believe what they write me. Some woman asked Meaghan and I to kiss her baby on the plane. Bizarre.

Linsay: Fan mail. People send gifts to my parents' house.

Meaghan: Fan mail. I had one person come to my house, and I had to call the police on them.

Who is your favourite working model today?

Meaghan: Lily Donaldson.

Linsay: Jessica Stam.

Nikita: I am a Jessica Stam fan. I'm also friends with Coco Rocha.

How have your personal lives changed because of the show?

Meaghan: What personal life? There's no such thing as a personal life anymore, unless it's behind closed doors.

Linsay: Everyone on the street thinks they know you.

Nikita: Yeah, people are like, 'Nikita? Did you win?' I'm like, clearly I can't tell you that.

Does any part of you like the attention?

Meaghan: I think it's still new to me.