IN an unprecedented move, nine of this year's Australia's Next Top Model contestants have been served with modelling contracts despite the controversy that turned Tuesday's live finale into an international talking point.
While runner-up Kelsey Martinovich still emerged as a winner - taking a $25,000 cash bonus, a trip to New York and half the Harper's Bazaar cover after host Sarah Murdoch mistakenly announced her as the victor instead of Gold Coast student Amanda Ware - she, along with Ware and seven of their peers, are now officially working models with the same agent.
Leading Australian model manager Priscilla Leighton-Clark, who is only officially obliged to represent the winner of the reality series, has scooped the pool of talent, stating the "calibre of girls this year was incredibly high".
Martinovich along with Sophie Van Den Akker, Joanna Broomfield, Jessica Moloney, Kathryn Lyons, Chantal Croccolo, Brittney Dudley and Ashton Flutey are all on the books. It is believed the most Leighton-Clark had signed in the six-year history of the show was three in one year. Judge Charlotte Dawson agreed: "We've had an amazing cast."
The Foxtel femme conceded the finale blunder, which was last night tipping three million YouTube views, had come full circle.
"It was a mistake and no one wants that to happen, especially Sarah, but the fact that it may have turned into a worldwide sensation is a positive thing," she said.
Most to benefit was Martinovich, who will share part of the winner's prize - a Harper's Bazaar cover - after the magazine announced it would produce two covers.
Source: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/confidential/australias-next-top-models-all-emerge-winners/story-e6fredq3-1225932679281
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