The Time Has Come - BEN

As everyone knows by now the final show is here………….

Sit back and watch and see as BEN becomes a SuperModel! Everyone keep your fingers cross………… Ben, You Got This!

Dancer from area steps it up (The Charlotte Observer)

STEP IT UP & DANCE 11 p.m. Thursday, Bravo James Alsop was well on his way to a dancing career before his family moved to the Charlotte area at 14. “My brother and I were always putting on a show for somebody,” says Alsop, one of 12 contestants on the Bravo dance competition “Step It Up & Dance,” debuting Thursday after the finale of “Make Me a Supermodel.” His twin brother lost his …
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Time To Vote Ben The Winner

Ok I have asked you guys before for help but now it counts.

Tonight is the final vote and I need you guys to call, Text, and vote online for him.

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BEN! Still Alive in Make Me A SuperModel!

America has spoken and sent Casey packing this week. So as you had seen BEN is still alive and kicking. And he ROCKED it this week. I honestly think he was better then Holly, but who am I to say. The best part was BEN got to visit his home town of New Orleans. He also got to help Habitat for Humanity rebuild a house for a Hurricane Katrina victim. As BEN mentioned on the show this really hits home for him. BEN had many family members that lost everything they have ever owned in that storm. And I’m PISSED I couldn’t party on Bourbon St. with all the models.

GEAUX BEN!

Make Me A Supermodel: Brand Ambassadors - Ben Dichiara

Today’s episode begins with a quick goodbye to Frankie. Sorry, but America thinks you are not supermodel material! The other models weren’t exactly sorry to see him go. Shannon spent a few minutes describing his laugh as “a cross between Fran Drescher and a dolphin in a blender,” before admitting, “It’ll be nice not having Frankie around all the time.”Tyson shows up with an announcement. It’s host and judge Niki Taylor’s birthday, and there’s going to be a party. The models are told to dress to impress, since GQ magazine big shots will be in attendance. The boys huddle up to create a song, while Shannon and Holly make a big red cake. - Ben Dichiara

Adam Rapoport of GQ is not impressed with the girls. “Have a little bit more flavor,” he says about them. “I should want to sleep with them.” Apparently, the guys are have enough personality, even if they did embarrass themselves serenading Niki. Their song was a cappella, and it rhymed, and that’s about all that can be said about it. It’s a good thing this show is not “Make Me A Rock Star!”

This week is all about branding, and the photo assignment turns out to be a film assignment. Manu Boyer is going to make a video look book. “Casting will happen on the spot,” he advises, and some models may get left out. “Give it your best,” Tyson adds. “It’s serious now.”

Manu has the models act angry, jealous, and in love. Ronnie and Ben have a quick try at a tryst, but it doesn’t pan out. Holly and Ben are a hotter ticket. In a shocking first, the photographer is not in love with her performance. “Holly was really bad in the beginning,” he says. Shannon and Perry are assigned together, and although sparks fly briefly, there’s no real chemistry. Casey attempts to be… not awkward, but he doesn’t pull it off. The man seems uncomfortable, every time, everywhere and it’s just not working on film.

The models go home for some much needed rest, but they get an early wakeup call from judge Jennifer Starr. “I know it’s 7:30, but you’ve just been booked on a job. You have ten minutes.” The guys and girls manage to throw themselves together and head out for Bloomingdales.

Stephanie, the Bloomingdales rep, wants the models to have an informal showing for the ladies who lunch. She tells the models to know every detail about their clothes, including the price, and sell, sell, sell. Ben’s first outfit doesn’t suit him, and he’s sent off to change. He’s stiff in the second outfit, and has such a bad attitude Stephanie doesn’t even let him out on the floor. He seems pretty content to sit around the dressing room and pout, though. He hates the assignment, and doesn’t want to go out there and be like a used car salesman.

BEN READY TO STAY!

Its time again! Lets see if Ben can hang in there another week. I honestly believe that Franky will be going home tonight. Come on Ben! Stop messing around and win this thing already!

BUDDY TV Interview: Aryn Livingston lf ‘Make Me A Supermodel’

How’s it going?

It’s going good. Kind of crazy being back in real life, but I mean, it’s been an experience of a lifetime, I can tell you that.

How difficult was it for you to be in that really sexy photoshoot with Jay in the third episode? That’s the first thing I want to ask you.

I was really, really nervous. When we walked into the hotel room, we saw the bed and we saw Tyson, and we kind of all knew what was going to happen. It was just like one of those things where you’re like, “Wow. I can either give up now or I can just completely jump into it with 100 percent of what I have and just hope that that can be enough and that I can really perform and bring it.” And it was hard for me, really hard, because of all the guys, Jay and I had just never really talked before. And so, one of the really positive things that came out of working with him is that we actually got really close and we had a lot of time to talk. After that, we were really good friends, and even being in the bottom two together, we were just really leaning on each other through that whole experience. So, it was definitely a challenge, the whole thing.

Also, in that episode, we found out that you were starting to have some trouble with your boyfriend. And so, has that been resolved?

Well, actually, my boyfriend and I had had a lot of trouble before the show and a lot of trouble going into show. It’s a time in both of our lives where are having to make a lot of decisions, and sometimes those decisions have taken us in opposite directions. And that’s always hard, I think, when you get to a certain age. Growing up is all about just having to learn how to make decisions for yourself as opposed to others. I was just really disappointed how our conversation was portrayed in the show, but we are fine right now and we are just trying to work things out. We’re the best of friends right now and I actually spent all day with him yesterday and it was back to old times, laughing, joking. And to have the support of him and his family through this entire thing has just been really special.

Oh, that’s great. That’s good to hear. But, something else that I have to ask you is about your relationship with Ronnie and Ben. You guys got really close and so, was there anything there? Or, were you edited to look a certain way?

Yeah, that was really disappointing to come home and see the episode, just because I know what really happened. The girls in the house, particularly… I think that I gravitated towards Ronnie and Ben just because, I think viewers would agree, out of almost everybody on the show, they’re really the most real people, and they’re just as wonderful and nice in real life and in real person as they seem on the show. They’re amazing guys, and I was able to really have an amazing friendship with them. I didn’t have that with a lot of other people in the house just because there was a lot of cattiness and a lot of drama. And I think the three of us just decided we didn’t want to be a part of that. And that looked like something other than it was on TV. And it was just really innocent, and I really care for those boys, so I’m kind of disappointed to see people’s reaction to something so innocent, and something that we, all three of us, wanted to stay out of drama. Instead it kind of created drama.

Okay, and how did you get started in modeling?

Actually, I was at college and I’ve always wanted to do this, and I finally just called my mom. I was like, “You know, mom, I’m not getting any younger and I really want to give it a try before the window of opportunity is gone.” So, I just did a lot of research and found a mother agent who really believed in me and got me contracts in New York and L.A. It’s just one of those things where you have to work really hard and bust your butt and network as much as possible and I did that for about a year. You know, I had pretty much actually given up on any real success in the industry, and then the show came along, and it’s just been uphill since then. I’m really excited to see what’s next.

So, have you been getting a lot of positive feedback from the industry from your exposure on the show?

Yeah, that’s what’s really exciting, to come back and to know that majority of the people who watched the show, the majority of the people who were actually in the industry agreed that I didn’t go because I was the weakest person, talent-wise. And that was really encouraging. And I’ve actually gotten a lot of offers from the industry, and my mother agent and I are working right now figure out what’s next for me. There’s a lot of open doors and a lot decisions to be made in the next couple of months, for sure.

And, how do you think you compared to the rest of the models based on modeling abilities?

That’s a tough call to make because I think that there’s a lot of people who haven’t even begun to realize their full potential on the show yet. I think there’s a lot of models who are so new to this industry that they are just now starting to realize how much they have to offer the industry. I unfortunately didn’t get to stick around long enough to see how everybody used that potential and how everybody grew, so I don’t know. I mean, I know that there’s a couple that I was looking at as certainly big competition, and then there’s a couple that I kind of picked as my choice for sleepers in the competition who are really just now starting to come into themselves and learn more about the business and how to impress America and the panel. So, I’ll definitely be watching the show just to see how everything pans out.

And, what was the highlight for you for being on Make Me A Supermodel?

I think the highlight for me being on Make Me A Supermodel was just the validation of it saying that I do maybe have a future in this career. Just making it that far was such an accomplishment that it gives me the confidence, it gives me the drive, not to give up. Yeah, it’s not over for me yet, and all the things that I got to do, and all the people I got to meet can only help me in this industry. I’m just glad to have been a part of it for as long as I did.

Great. Well, congratulations on making it far and for performing well. I thought you did really well. And best of luck in the future.

Thank you. Actually, I was just on BuddyTV and saw some comments. Is there any way clear up something that was on BuddyTV?

Oh yeah. What was it?

It was just someone who commented on my bio. Bravo had said that I was a fifth-grade teacher, and there was a lot of people saying, “Oh, how can you do that without a masters degree?” And I just wanted to clear that up. Actually, in my senior year in high school, I was asked to teach fourth- and fifth-grade Latin to elementary students just because they couldn’t find anybody on short notice to tutor them, and I took that on despite everything I had going on my senior year. So I was just a tutor for Latin students. So, that’s all that was.

First up are Perry, Jacki Hydock and Ben DiChiara

First up are Perry, Jacki Hydock and Ben DiChiara, who are portraying anger. Their mini-story is that Perry pissed away all of Jacki’s money, and she wants to beat him up, and Ben holds her back. Perry and Jacki get into a hugely passive-aggressive right. Well, there’s hardly any passive in it, and they even start hitting each other. It’s an airing of grievances like no other.

MAKE ME A SUPERMODEL

Bravo is on the hunt for the next great Supermodels with hosts Niki Taylor and Tyson Beckford. It begins by unveiling the top 24 beautiful and talented men and women who will compete for a spot on the new reality competition series “Make Me A Supermodel.” In a casting special, the 24 finalists will be whittled down to the 14 models that will ultimately compete for $100,000 and a modeling contract with New York Model Management — a professional modeling agency committed to promoting top talent and exciting new faces to the fashion industry with a roster of models that includes Elle Macpherson, Sarah O’Hare, Omahyra, Travis and Mathias.

During the run of the series, Bravo viewers will vote each week to determine who stays to walk the “Supermodel” catwalk again and who goes home. Over a 12-week period, 14 hopefuls will live together in a New York City loft and explore friendships, romance and naked ambition while undergoing a series of creative challenges designed to test their professional modeling potential. This series will explore what it takes to turn the exceptionally good-looking into the king or queen of the catwalk.

“Make Me A Supermodel” is produced by Tiger Aspect Productions, a division of IMG Media. Lisa Perrin, Andrew Zein and Jamie Munro are executive producers. It is based on the successful UK series.