Nicole Linkletter (born February 27, 1985)
is an American
fashion model, winner of
Cycle 5 of
America's Next Top Model.
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.
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,
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." 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.
Career
Nicole is currently signed with Nous Model Management in L.A.,
Diva Models in Singapore, Dream Models in Hong Kong, Agence Presse in Tokyo, and the L.A. Models runway division and Paragon Model Management in Mexico.
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),
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.
She is also currently modeling for the Christian Audigier "Crystal Rock" collection and for
Liberty's of London from Burberry,
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. She appeared on the cover of CLEO Malaysia with two male models for May 2009 Issue. She was also featured in a spread for CLEO Malaysia for June 2009 Issue.
Runway
Nicole has walked for Gharani Strok Fashion show,
(Fall 2006),
Fashion for Life Benefit Show 2006, The Society of Young Philanthropists Gala/Fashion Show 2006,
Bebe (Spring 2007),
Rozae Nichols Spring 07,
Juan Carlos Obando Spring 07,
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 in the
Top Models in Action segments on
America's Next Top Model, Cycle 11 and
America's Next Top Model, Cycle 13 .
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.
