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"Canada's Next Top Model" contestant gets ousted right after coming out

On Tuesday night's episode of Canada's Next Top Model, the contestants were put through the ringer in faux tabloid-esque interviews. They were asked questions about rumors relating to coke habits, baby bumps on the beach and other fashion world atrocities such as not recognizing Karl Lagerfeld.

Several AfterEllen.com readers let us know that Rebeccah, the 18-year-old blond tomboy from Cambridge, Ontario, was asked about a recent campaign in which she posed topless with another girl.

The "interviewer" asked her how she handled the "close quarters, girl-on-girl vibe" and she replied surprisingly truthful for a fake interview, saying: "I'm not uncomfortable with that at all, because I, myself, am a lesbian."

The interviewers didn't seem surprised, but said she gave a perfect answer and liked that she was so honest. (Like that wasn't totally planned on their part.)

One of the fellow contestants said they were all taken aback, not because Rebeccah was gay, but because she "finally had the guts to come out and say it."

Unfortunately, she was eliminated at the end of the episode, but said she was relieved because the pressure was intense and said she was going to go home and find out what she wants and what will make her happy. (I hope so, because she doesn't look so happy in any of her pictures.)

Well, now that she's out of the running, who are you rooting for to be Canada's Next Top Model?

SterlingMB's picture

Suspicious...

I believe the insinuation that Rebeccah's elimination was the result of her sexuality was pretty much the product of poor editing. It's unfortunate nobody would have noticed the potential for this misunderstanding and attempted to re-edit the ep. I loved Rebeccah and though she had a lot of potential (they addressed on girls braces - why not help out this one with an obvious anxiety disorder?) IMO she's by far one of the more all around contenders present in this competition with a little grooming she could have been the next Kristin McMemany (sp?).

Anyways - this ep. just hammered in the fact that these shows are far more about creating 'good television' that genuinely offering an opportunity to 'regular unknown people'. I can understand why Tricia Helfer chose to distance herself from this program...

SMB

s a r a h's picture

I am sad she was voted off

I am sad she was voted off because I was rooting for her. But I am also happy because Cambrigde is fifteen minutes away from my home town and small enough to run into her... ;)

To every feminist action, there is an equal and opposite reaction- Naomi Wolf

ice cream's picture

damn! i missed this episode,

damn! i missed this episode, i didn't know she came out or was eliminated yet. i was rooting for her to win too :(
Jenna's picture

I live right near Cambridge.

I live right near Cambridge. Wonder if I'll see her walking around.
Kat's picture

I haven't seen his

I haven't seen his episode...... but girls from my homeland yoyoyo
I'm Always......'s picture

oooo

she's a cutie too!
curlycue's picture

too bad

it's too bad was rooting for her :( the blog is missing my favorite picture of her though, the twiggyish one, i loved it! i often didn't see what the judges did when talking about her i often thought she did a lot better than they gave her credit for. i did unfortunately agree that her last photo not so good, but still don't hink she should of been eliminated. maybe i'll move to ontario to also run into her :)
Amaya's picture

She was

My favourite right from the start! I'm sad to see her go. I don't know who I'll be rooting for, Lindsay is pretty but I'm not fond of her personality. And Nikita although she is beautiful and makes some, sometimes rather stunning pictures, she needs an atittude adjustment or to get kicked off. I think I'll be supporting Miriam, perhaps a bit half heartedly, but to me its not just about the looks its also the personality and she's a bit "airy" I guess but she is sweet.

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pancreas's picture

That first pic is

That first pic is frightening. She's probably not *that* skinny but what an angle.
Misty Fye's picture

So as she made the comment

So as she made the comment my first reaction was "oooh I wonder what afterellen is going to blog about rebeccah". lol.

So I was super pissed when she got kicked off. She definitely did better than heather that week. I think every week that she ends up in the bottom two she did better than someone. It should have been Heather versus Linsay and Linsay should have gone home. She hasn't provided a single good photo.

 

I have dubbed this season of CNTM as "Canada's least attracitve models". Seriously...other than Rebeccah...they aren't that great. Megan and Heather are starting to grow on me but most of those other girls? Ridiculous. 

Mind you I seem to always want the andro girl to win.

bethyboo11's picture

so im so upset that she got

so im so upset that she got voted off... i was rooting for her, she went to my high school and shes a really nice girl, its too bad they sent her home
element's picture

one word..

 

 

 

     GLAMOROUS!!!!