High Fashion Lacey America's Next Top Model

Strike a pose: Lacey Claire Rogers shows off her tiny graduation cap. Rogers, who graduated from El Dorado High School in May, will exist competing on Tyra Banks' reality show, America's Next Meridian Model.

By Joan Hershberger

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America's Adjacent Summit Model may just exist from El Dorado. In promotional materials released this week, the show names Lacey Claire Rogers, girl of Steve and Michelle Rogers of El Dorado, as a finalist on Cycle 22 of the show. She will exist one of 14 models competing on the latest installment of Tyra Banks' reality show.

Rogers graduated from El Dorado High School in May. In her personal blog, Rogers said she is attending school in Los Angeles, studying business marketing and communications. Rogers wrote that she began modeling in January 2014 after losing xl pounds in six months. She now weighs 118 pounds.

The News-Times has requested an interview with Rogers through the bear witness's publicist.

At 18, she will be i of the youngest members of the show competing with both male and female models to prove she has what it takes to win. At five feet 7 inches, Rogers is not the tallest competitor. In an online interview with Will Jardell posted by ANTM, Rogers talked about herself.

She said that growing up she was made fun of for having a mentum similar cartoon character Cherry-red Chin.

"People pay for that jawline," Jardell assured her.

Her favorite food is peanut butter, which she now rarely eats. As a child, Rogers said she and her older twin sisters, "grew up watching Sunday marathons of America's Adjacent Top Model. I would sit and spotter the marathons, eating potato chips, spooky on the burrow all mean solar day … watching how to smiling and be trigger-happy. We weren't the prettiest children – hence the spud fries."

"What is your dream in the modeling industry?" Jardell asked.

"I'm not the tallest model, the rail-i-est model. I'one thousand twigs. I am more similar a prank commercial type of girl. With this hairdo, I can see Faddy," she said touching a way shorter, straighter and darker than her graduation photo.

"What makes you lot dissimilar?" Jardell inquired.

"I am a genuine person. Yous can see if I don't like something or I like it. I can exist super sweet, innocent, soft and caring then I can turn information technology on and exist fierce and sassy," she replied.

Tuesday, Rogers posted the following on her Facebook page, "I would like to thank Pull a fast one on news for highlighting what I've worked and then hard for and everyone else that has been alongside me and has supported me with uplifting words. But for those of you who continue to endeavor and strip me down and make me experience less, shame on y'all. Yeah, I understand I am past no means perfect, and I besides understand that you are too not perfect. It'southward and so ironically sad that I am who I am today due to bullies tearing me downwardly and making fun of my advent. These are the people that brought me to this position. In decision, shame on you, to the people that are hiding behind a estimator screen, just also thanks for continuing to motivate me to better myself while proving yous wrong. Those savage pointless words, I stomp on. Take a nice day social media."

The show seen in 170 different countries, hosted by Tyra Banks, volition premiere at 7 p.m. on Aug. v on The CW. Information technology features seven men and seven women from beyond the country living under one roof and contesting for the title of America'due south Next Top Model.

The winner's prizes volition include $100,000 from Zappos Couture too as being the confront of their national luxury make re-launch in 2016, a way feature in Nylon Mag, as well every bit being offered a modeling contract with Next Model Management, according to a news release from the testify.

The panel of judges will once more include Banks, style public relations maven Kelly Cutrone, and runway coach J. Alexander (a.1000.a. "Miss J.") to determine who stays and who goes in the competition. Acclaimed lensman Yu Tsai also returns equally a photo shoot creative consultant.

This bicycle volition likewise feature special guests Jonathan and Drew Scott ("Property Brothers"), Supermodel Chrissy Teigen and globe-renowned fashion editor Joe Zee. This is the third "Guys and Girls" edition of the show which debuted in 2003.

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