7.01.2010

throwback: antm # 3 featuring eva.

so one of my occasional saturday rituals is to watch a throwback season of america's next top model. as long as it is a good season, i'll kick my feet up after running my errands and watch back-to-back episodes from first to last. last saturday i was hype to find my favorite season ever of antm - cycle 3. you had tocarra, the vivacious brickhouse stallion. you had yaya, the refined, nose-in-the-air beauty. you had tomboy and envious, anna.

and of course, you had the one and only eva. eva the diva. i remember watching the first episode back in september of '04. i immediately declared eva the winner. i rooted for her as if i was getting the $100,000 contract if she won. i mean how intense was it when it got down to only4 ladies left - eva, yaya, anna and amanda - and they all turned on her because they secretly saw her as a threat? and when it got down to the final two - eva and yaya -everyone was divided. team eva saw her as gorgeous and approachable. team yaya saw her as typical model beauty.

and of course eva took it home! and thinking about seeing her on the red carpet of the bet awards last sunday (and those shoes still have me salivating) i appreciate the fact that you still see her around. i think it is very disappointing to compete and win on a show like antm and then quickly fade into obscurity. what a rip off. somewhere, one of those girls, would have loved the opportunity to call herself the winner. eva took the win and ran with it. 6 years later she's still relevant. so is tocarra. she finished in 7th place and was still determined. yaya had a few acting roles, too. think about some of the other winners of the show. where the heck are they?

eva has come a long way. from eva pigford ...
to ms. eva marcille ...


and the winner is ...


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