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Nicole Linkletter
Photo by Rodney Ray
Birth name	Nicole Linkletter
Date of birth	February 27, 1985 (1985-02-27) (age 24) 1
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) 341
Shoe size	(US) 9 ; (EU) 411
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 America's Next Top Model.

Contents 1 Biography 2 America's Next Top Model 3 Career 3.1 Print work 3.2 Runway 3.3 Commercial 3.4 Television 4 References 5 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.^{citation needed}

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,² 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.

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."^{citation needed} 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.

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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!

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Career

Nicole is currently signed with Nous Model Management in L.A.,³ Diva Models in Singapore, Dream Models in Hong Kong, Agence Presse in Tokyo, and the L.A. Models runway division.

Print work

Linkletter appeared in Elle Magazine (April 2006), Elle Girl (February 2006), Women's Health and Fitness Magazine (Mar 2006), Lemonade Magazine (April 2006), and Vanidades Magazine (July 2006),¹ 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.⁴⁵¹ She is also currently modeling for the Christian Audigier "Crystal Rock" collection and for Liberty's of London from Burberry,⁶ Sketchers shoes, Burberry Prorsum, Volcom and on the covers of Cleo Singapore, Urban Singapore and Marie Claire Malaysia. She also recently appeared in a fashion spread in August Singapore. In May 2009, she was featured in a spread for Elle Singapore.

Runway

Nicole has walked for Gharani Strok Fashion show,² Alice and Olivia (Fall 2006),⁷⁸ Fashion for Life Benefit Show 2006, The Society of Young Philanthropists Gala/Fashion Show 2006, Bebe (Spring 2007),⁹ Rozae Nichols Spring 07,¹⁰ Juan Carlos Obando Spring 07,¹¹ Italian Trade Commission Spring 2007 for Grimaldi Giardina Spring 2007, and Maria Bianca Nero.

Commercial

Linkletter was a guest on the internet talk show Covergirl's Talk Model, she did "My Life as a Covergirl" segments. 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. She has been featured on Cycle 11's Top Models in Action.

Television

Nicole was a finals judge at the Miss USA 2006 pageant. Linkletter's television credits also includes numerous appearances on The Tyra Banks Show.¹²

References

General

• http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/nicole_linkletter/

External links

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

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 Judges and personnel Tyra Banks • J. Alexander • Nigel Barker • Jay Manuel Current sponsors CoverGirl • Elite Model Management • Seventeen Cycles: former judges 1-4: Janice Dickinson • 1: Beau Quillian • 1: Kimora Lee Simmons • 2: Eric Nicholson • 3-4: Nolé Marin • 5-9: Twiggy • 10-12: Paulina Porizkova Former sponsors 1: Revlon • 1: Marie Claire • 1: Wilhelmina Models • 2: IMG Models • 2: Sephora • 2: Jane • 3-6: Ford Models • 3-6: Elle 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: Teyona Anderson • 13: TBA Related shows The Tyra Banks Show • Modelville • Stylista For the entire list of contestants, click here.