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America’s Next Top Model – Heather Couldn’t Make the Final Four

Heather, the 21-year-old college student from Valparaiso, IN, was sent packing last night as the final four contestants of America's Next Top Model were revealed.

But Heather was never one to display typical model-like behavior on the show. In fact, she was one of the most unique contestants to ever make the show, let alone the final five.

Heather: Photo Credit: CWTV.comHeather: Photo Credit: CWTV.comHeather, who struggles with Aspergers (a mild form of autism) as well as ADHD, found several of the challenges extremely difficult but successfully produced stunning photos week after week.

Last night's episode showed the five remaining women struggle to impress modeling executives at their go-sees.

And while only two of the girls (Bianca and Soleisha) actually made it back in time to win the competition, Heather spent most of the day looking lost, confused and discouraged.  By the end of the challenge, Heather had made it to only one interview and lost her designated cab driver for the majority of the day.

Needless to say, Tyra and the judges were not impressed and Heather was sent home brokenhearted.

Did Tyra make the right decision last night? Did Heather deserve to be eliminated?

To see Heather's complete portfolio, go to CWTV.com.

Average: 3.3 (6 votes)

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Anonymous (not verified)
I really liked to watch Heather from week to week. She really brought a uniqueness to ANTM. Now I am left without a favorite. I don't know if I will finish watching this season because there are a couple of them that annoy me so much that I don't even want to watch!!!
Anonymous (not verified)
I agree, Heather was so sweet, beautiful inside and out, her pictures were fabulous - I will miss her. Bianca and Soleisha are so mean and annoying, everyone at my work says this too. At this point, I hope Chantal or Jenna wins.
Anonymous (not verified)
Couldn't agree more! This season is over for me. Somehow this challenge left a bad taste in my mouth.....basically took a advantage of a handicapped person's challenges in my view.
Anonymous (not verified)
I agree. Heather made the show and I bet that most of the panel ,including Tyra, have personal assistants that help out with the type of situation they created on the last show.
Holly (not verified)
I know, I just don't care now because I really really wanted to see Heather win. I guess just as long as it isn't Bianca because she is just mean. She seemed to enjoy tormenting Heather. I would bet that Selisha will end up winning it. I hope Heather ends up getting signed by somebody, I am sure that she will, as it is obvious that all of America fell in love with her.
Anonymous (not verified)
I am so over ANTM I really thought that it was changing the way people thought about people. First they let go of Sara because she is too thin to be a plus model and too heavy to be a skinny model. What is that? So, if you are normal size you obviously suck. To me the challenges suck. Bianca could not even do here challenge last week and did not get booted. What Tyra needs to do is watch her footage before she makes decisions. She is going off personality. Yeah right!! Fake personality. If she watched her footage she would see Bianca nor Seleisha has a good personality. Tyra talks about things being equal and that is why the put plus size models and handicapped models on her show. Well, 2 great models got sent home this season because deep down they was not perfect enough. Well, I would rather open a magazine and see Heather or Sara anyday. Over catty bitches that are 2 skinny and sound like they never fineshed school when they open their mouth. I think I will stop watching too. I'm bored now that Heather is gone. To me it does not matter who wins they are nothing to brag about or right home to mom about anyway!!!!
Anonymous (not verified)
I agree. All the other girls seem petty and shallow. The way they treated Heather irritated me. Of course they were jealous. I feel bad that the other girls felt they could treat her the way they did. Oh well Karma is a bitch.
Molly (not verified)
I totally agree with you. They were wrong, wrong, wrong... she was one of the most interesting AND beautiful people to ever BE on ANTM. I'm so OVER this show now. Plastic and phony WINS THE DAY! Also MEAN! Adios ANTM... now I can finally get on with my real life. Ha!
Anonymous (not verified)
It's about showing the modeling industry who you are, about all of your assets and weakesses ! Despite Heather getting eliminated last night, no one denies that she's a beautiful girl! She doesn't try to be like anyone else but herself, which is most important. People watching from the modelling industry will notice her special qualities and will want to offer her more. Kudos to Heather for leaving the show feeling self-accomplished and proud.
Anonymous (not verified)
when you have a girl that is so unique and so beautiful why oh why would you ditch her. It was so refreshing to see someone that had such a different look. So whats left the bald girl with the cauliflower ears, the girl that looks like a reject from facts of life with a pointed head weave and two run o the mill blondes. hohum. heather won the veiwers choice evry week that must say something or the consumers and what they like to see. so i wont watch which is cool cause i cant stand those horrid unintelligeble commercial rom jacleen or what ever her name is
Anonymous (not verified)
She gave my daughter, who also has aspergers, hope. It also showed how insensitive and mean people can be that don't understand the disorder. Heather was truly the most beautiful person there, both inside and out...antm has proven once again that a person has to be "perfect". But the 4 left are far from that..
Anonymous (not verified)
I can certainly understand why you think they were mean. But, with all due respect. Business is business. The world will not step aside because of any disability. That is nature, the strong survive. The best you can do for your daughter is to teach her that no one is born entitled, you must teach her to be tough and deal with the reality of life and never, never feel sorry for herself or allow others to. She should be taught to deal with life straight on!
Anonymous (not verified)
whatever, genius. I'm sure you and your fellow ubermenschen working down at the tastee-freeze have a lot to tell us about the world of business.
Anonymous (not verified)
Heather was my favorite too, but come on, did anyone really think she was going to win? She can't walk on the runway, she can't do commercials, and now she can't even do go-sees? How can she be a successful model if she can't even get the opportunity to be booked? She still takes stunning pictures, but thats not enough to win.
Holly (not verified)
I kind of knew if would have been a long shot for Heather, but I just absoultely adored her. Her runway walk improved a lot since the early days, and they could have worked with her more. As for commercials, with practice and experience, she would have gotten better. I mean, anything is an improvement over those Jasline commercials - she is just annoying! I have seen every single season of ANTM and Heather is the most interesting and inspiring girl that has ever been on, I rank Anchal (season 7?)my second favorite, I absolutely loved her too. I know we will see more of Heather...somebody will book her for sure. She will end up with a better contract than the show awards.
zuray (not verified)
I have to say i was really dissapointed with Tayra's decision to send Heather home I have a disabilty as well and i feel proud of her becouse she showed america that people who are a bit differnt can make it too. On the other hand im a little just a little happy that she left just becouse she wont have to deal with that bitch Bianca (i hate her!). At this point im not sure if i'll keep on watching the show but if i do i really hope that Bianca doesnt win.
Clark (not verified)
I watch ANTM with my two teen daughters and have fun guessing who will be eliminated each week, which is usually foreshadowed by the way the show is edited. I found it interesting that Tyra somewhat acknowledged Heather's popularity in her parting comments. Perhaps we all enjoyed Heathers' vulnerability and genuine personality. But, this is a contest about who has the most potential to be a top model and over the years it hasn't mattered all that much whether or not a girl was nice or genuine. And yes, Jasline is a train wreck.
Anonymous (not verified)
HEATHER SHOULD HAVE NOT HAVE BEEN CUT!!!!!! EVER SINCE YAW DID THAT YAW SUCK NOW!!!!
Anonymous (not verified)
I wished it did matter more if they were nice and/or genuine. I'm sick of nasty and mean getting rewards (Soleisha and the bald girl)even if they do bring it. It sends the wrong message: Be a bitch and get whatever you want. It will take Heather longer to get there (being able to do commercials, etc.) but I don't think it's impossible for her. I could see that she was getting psyched out by some of the nasty attitude.
Anonymous (not verified)
Wake up people when was the last time you saw a beauty model speak on a commercial most are voice-over, this show is a farce.
Anonymous (not verified)
They were wrong, wrong, wrong... she was one of the most interesting AND beautiful people to ever BE on ANTM. I'm so OVER this show now. Plastic and phony WINS THE DAY! Also MEAN! Adios ANTM... now I can finally get on with my real life. Ha!
Molly (not verified)
They were wrong, wrong, wrong... she was one of the most interesting AND beautiful people to ever BE on ANTM. I'm so OVER this show now. Plastic and phony WINS THE DAY! Also MEAN! Adios ANTM... now I can finally get on with my real life. Ha!
Simone (not verified)
Heather was my favorite too,With her not being on the show there I dont think am going to watch it anymore. Dont worry heather that was just a start for you, someone will give you a job soon.. As for Jasline she sucks and Bianca is not going anywhere because she's hateful. Heather just take YAYA and all those other girls who didnt make it for example. You see those girls more than how you see the winner. One Love Heather!!
Anonymous (not verified)
Heather was one of the most beautiful, gracious, and photogenic models ever to be a contestant on ANTM! I am not the least bit intersted in who wins now and will not finish watching this season as the girls left are not even pretty, are boring and are self-absorbed. So, what if she got a bit lost at her go sees. She was in China for heaven's sake!! I am sure if she was on a real go see, she could have her mom or someone go with her in foreign countries. She was the only reason I watched this season and I am truly dissapointed that the panel of judges could not see that she could grace the cover of any Vogue magazine and make you want to buy whatever she was wearing or selling. Oh, well, I guess I have to find something else at 8 PM on Wednesdays to watch now! I still think Heather will go further than any of the other contestants on the show. She was leagues above them in beauty and grace.
Anonymous (not verified)
I am a devoted watcher of the show since the very beginning. I religiously watch the show every Wednesday to see who will be voted off. I am outraged that Heather was eliminated. As a special education teacher, I fell ANTM exploitated Heather for the sake of ratings. Heather has consistently taken the best pictures from week to week. She has displayed range and versatility as a model. I do not understand why Tyra eliminated Heather. Was it because she lacked social skills and personality? Well if you researched anything about Autism that is the exact definition and knowing this the people of ANTM should have given her a fair chance. Heather is a beautiful talent woman with special needs AND she deserved differnt treatment in order for it to be a fair competetion. Eliminating Heather was a big mistake and an unjustice to anyone with special needs.
Carly (not verified)
I think Heather was a unique person and will made a great model. The last challenge was not fair. Most of the time models, actors and other famous people have agents and/or personal assistants that help in this kind of situation. Heather made the show worth watching.
Anonymous (not verified)
I agree with everyone who thinks that Heather should not have been cut. The girl has natural talent and consistently takes amazing photos. Heck she took a great photo this episode despite it not being her best photo shoot. As for her not being able to get to more than one go-see I smell something rotten. She had a driver and an interpreter to get her to her go-sees. What gives? How freakin far away from the go-see location did the driver park? I thought the purpose of the driver was to drop her off in front of the go-see location and the purpose of the interpreter was to point out the right building. She could have gotten better service from a cab driver. Seems like she was set up to fail particularly since we didn't see any of the other girls having the same problem. With regards to Heather's poor performance in the Cover Girl commercial I have to agree with those that say she would have nailed it with practice (the same goes for her runway walk). That aside though I also agree with the person that stated how infrequently we hear top models actually speaking in commercials. Heather will go far in the industry and likely farther than the person that actually wins this season.
Anonymous (not verified)
I thought the top two would be Heather and Lisa. It is boring without them. Who cares anymore???
Anonymous (not verified)
I think it is about time Heather was cut. she can't talk and her runway walk was horrible..maybe she would not be asked to do tv commercials as a top model, but she would certainly have to walk a runway which she cannot do. I don't think that has anything to do with her Aspergers. And I do not think major designers ask models if they have any disabilities before they hire them!!! She was given favoritism throughout the season. chantal is pretty, but I don't see her as edgy..she is also boring, boring boring. Jenah takes great pics but she better lose that attitude...I think that will do her in and she will be gone next week. Saleisha has managed to pull off some great shoots despite that horrid hairdo they gave her against her will. Anyone who can do great pics with that hair deserves to win. Biana is mean, full of herself and doesn't stand out in her pics...I see Saleisha winning this which shocks me because panel has put her down everyone week until the last week
Aspergers isn't a mild form of autism. It's actually very severe, but people with Aspergers are often able to function at a high(er than average) level.
dana (not verified)
Christ, every one watching should know Tyra's f'ing racism. Seems like if your poor , black, and from the 'hood' you can treat people like shit, walk all over everyone, jump into others people's faces and still win. What modeling agency is going to want a black-trash model who starts fights? They don't. But Tyra lets them because their black. What kind of message does that send? It's so over. Stop watching America; promote the right racial message.
Anonymous (not verified)
I have been a die-hard ANTM fan since the beginning...I know it sounds silly but I have about 15 friends from all around the country who tivo the show so we can all watch at the same time and do the "text ring comment thing". It was a lot of fun and really made you feel like you were hangin' out w/ friends who moved that you don't get to see as much as you would like to. Heather was our obvious fav. she was a BEAUTIFUL girl, great model and very inspiring to watch. At the beginning of the show Tyra said this season was about role models, well she just kicked off the best role model she could find for young girls. And now our entire group is done with the show and Tyra. No one cares about her money grubbing ways anymore, no one watches ANTM and will not in the future or the Tyra Show and will not in the future. She is an embarressment to herself and her roots. Ratings are not everything if you are trying to become Oprah. With this move she proved she could give a crap about the "people" and she has no idea what a role model is...nor is she, herself, one.

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