Meaghan Waller wins Canada’s Next Top Model

After starting Canada’s Next Top Model as the not-Heather blonde with braces, Winnipeg’s Meaghan Waller came into her own during a round of New York go-sees and made it quickly to the top. The very top. We chat with the Cycle 3 winner about her favourite moments and future plans.

What have you been up to since filming ended?
“I’ve actually gone back to my life, gone back to my friends, gone back to work. I’m trying to play it low key because going out is pretty hard.”

You must get recognized a lot. What’s the reaction been?
“Almost all of it has been very, very positive. Everyone in Winnipeg has been so supportive.”

Have you been able to tell anyone yet?
“Nope. My parents are having a big party tonight at their house.”

Have you been watching the show?
“I think it’s really awkward to see myself on TV. I don’t watch it unless my parents force me to come over. They always have my friends over every Tuesday. I’d go over and give them some behind the scenes.”
Was there as much drama as there seemed to be?
“We sat there for the whole month and half thinking, “I don’t know what they’re going to put on TV? It’s going to be such boring cycle–we all get along really well.” When you put 11 girls into a house obviously there’s going to be some drama, but there wasn’t as much as we thought.”

What inspired you to audition?
“I was picked up by a local agency while working in my retail job and they sent my pictures into the show and I got a call and went down to Toronto to audition.”

Did you have a favourite challenge?
“I loved the Bahamas shoot–the castaway bride–as well as the avant-garde beauty shoot. I just thought the whole creative for it was absolutely amazing.”

How long did you have to sit in makeup for that one?
“Too long. Hair alone took two hours maybe, putting the whole snow shoe metal coat hanger thing in my hair.”

Were there big surprises for you on the show?
“Every day was a surprise. We started off trying to guess what each day had in store for us, but we were always so off the charts, we decided, this is an experience, everything’s going be new and exciting, just take it as it comes.”

Did you ever get used to standing there in front of Jeanne Beker and the rest of the judges?
“I went in there shaking like a leaf and I came out of there shaking like a leaf every single judging day.”

Was it like a slumber party getting ready, or were there a lot nerves?
“It was usually like a slumber party–we’d share clothes, swap accessories, do each other’s hair and makeup.”

When you started on the show, did you think you could win it?
“I never got too far ahead of myself. I had to tell myself, this is an amazing experience, take it as it comes, day by day, because when you expect something that’s when it doesn’t happen. When you just try your hardest, that’s when good things come to you.”

Was there a moment, though, that was a turning point? Where you thought you could win it?
“I think the LG shoot was a huge boost in confidence. I was always a step behind Heather and when I finally was recognized for being Meaghan and not the other blonde, it was a huge turning point. But never once did I say to myself, okay you’ve got this in the bag, because that’s just not how I was raised.”

I want to talk about New York–you went down there, turned it on and came into your own. How did you do that?
“I was so nervous for that. It was a big scare for me but I knew that I couldn’t let my nerves get the best of me and to do what I had to do and give it my best. I’m glad it worked out in the end. I think some of the other girls let their nerves get the best of them. When you do that, everything’s a downwards spiral.”

Do you have any idea where you want to take your career?
“I’d love to go overseas and work on runways in Paris and Milan, as well as work with designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Hermès, shoot with people like Steven Meisel. Take it as it comes, take every opportunity that is thrown my way.”

What do you think the reaction’s going to be in Winnipeg tonight?
“I wish I could be there to see it. I think my mom will probably cry. My dad and me are really similar. He’s the one who would tell me, don’t get too far ahead of yourself, so he’s not expecting anything. I think when everything does happen, he’ll be very excited.”

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‘Suju’ Choi Siwon, attends AIDS fund donation ceremony “I want to be active and participate in it!”

‘MAC Viva Glam AIDS fund donation ceremony’ adalah sebuah acara dimana MAC, merek make-up terkenal, akan mendonasikan uangnya dari penjualan Viva Glam lipsticks dan lipgloss, kepada UNICEF.

Di hari tersebut, anggota dari ‘Culture, Media, Entertainment Christian youth meet [MunMiEn]” dimana terdiri dari orang-orang yang berbagi harapan mereka dan selalu aktif melakukan kontribusi-kontribusi kepada masyarakat, ini termasuk anggota Super Junior Choi Siwon yan datang karena dia menjadi salah satu bagian dari UNICEF ’envoy’.



Grup populer se-Asia, Super Junior Choi Siwon datang ke acara ” MAC Viva Glam AIDS fund donation ceremony” yang diadakan oleh UNICEF.
Choi Siwon bilang, “Kami dengan anggota dari MunMiEn , biasanya membantu dan paling tidak sedikitnya memberikan harapan dan cinta kepadaorang-orang tertinggal dan ditinggalkan, dan juga bagaimana kami sangat tertarik dengan kegiatan publik seperti ini.”. “Melihat senior Ahn Sung Gi yang bekerja dengan UNICEF untuk waktu yang laman, membuat diriku juga ingin bekerja untuk UNICEF. Dia sudah banyak berpartisipasi di acara penggalangan dana MAC AIDS untuk UNICEF dimana itu adalah awal untuk memulai semuanya, dan jika aku akan mencoba untuk lebih aktif untuk ke depannya seperti untuk acara amal dan sosialisasi lainnya.”


Lebih dari 3 ribu juta won yang sudah diterima oleh UNICEF saat ini, dan sudah diberikan dari MAC melalui penjualan Viva Glam lipstick dan lip gloss. Donasi ini akan digunakan di Korea tapi juga akan diguankan di Afrika Selatan dan Cambodia untuk para pasien yang terkena AIDS dan keluarganya. Hal ini akan meningkatkan kesadaran mereka. Sampai sekarang, MAC sudah menjual Viva Glam lipstick dan lipgloss dan membantu menolong oran-orang dengan penyakit AIDS dalam 16 tahun ini. Untuk perkiraannya, mereka sudah mendonasikan sebesar 180 ribu juta won untuk para pasien AIDS di seluruh dunia untuk pengobatan mereka.

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'Twilight' Stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart Turn Up The Heat To Prepare For Love Story

PORTLAND, Oregon — As this story goes live, Twilighters, you have 234 days, 15 hours, 47 minutes and 12 seconds until the movie hits theaters. You've watched the new behind-the-scenes video, read about the set visit and even voted on Stephenie Meyer vs. J.K. Rowling.

But the main question remains: Do "Twilight" stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have the chemistry to pull off Edward and Bella's timeless romance?

After reading this article and watching the attached videos, you may very well have your answer. Below, the two stars speak exclusively to MTV News about running through treetops like spider monkeys, planning out their kissing scenes and bonding over Brando.

(Head over to the MTV Movies Blog for exciting news about Edward's lullaby for Bella, which Pattinson might compose himself.)

MTV: So last night, we saw you guys shooting a romantic scene that had Edward and Bella sitting in a meadow. Was that the same famous moment Stephenie Meyer dreamed five years ago?

Robert Pattinson: No, no, that wasn't it. That was the precursor to that scene. The big scene where she dreamed [the "Twilight" premise] is the one where I'm in a meadow, and I'm demonstrating my vampire powers to try to scare her off. But that's not for a while. That's the big key scene in the book. I think that's the last scene we're shooting.

MTV: So, what was going on in the meadow last night?

Pattinson: That was one of the scenes that's supposed to be me and Bella getting to know each other. It's when we're essentially dating, after she finds out I'm a vampire. I'm trying to figure out how far I can let this relationship go and how much I can tell her. There are a few times when it's safe for us to be around each other, where we're just seeing what the other person's like, like a normal relationship.

MTV: Edward and Bella are an iconic love story for a whole generation. How do two actors meet, and then begin building a chemistry that the whole film will depend on? Any favorite movies, authors, books that helped you bond?

Kristen Stewart: Yeah, "Last Tango in Paris."

Pattinson: That's kind of what we're basing the entire [Edward and Bella] relationship on, in a lot of ways.

MTV: So you guys get together and watch NC-17 Marlon Brando movies?

Stewart: Just that one. And what else did you give me? "Doomed Love."

Pattinson: Yeah, I gave her a book of Virgil.

Stewart: "Doomed Love" by Virgil. It was good.

Pattinson: [Laughs.] We don't really get on at all.

MTV: What's something each of you have noticed about the other's acting style that really impresses you?

Pattinson: Kristen's the best actress of our generation, and that's why I wanted to do this movie. I don't know why she is. She's just better than everybody else.

Stewart: I think he's really handsome. He can't lie. He's, like, incapable of lying.

Pattinson: What she means is acting. [Laughs.]

Stewart: Nope. That's so not what I mean.

Pattinson: [Teasing] "He doesn't really understand the concept of, like, reading somebody else's words out and pretending to be somebody else." [Laughs.] I've always found that about myself.

MTV: Some "Twilight" fans get angry if you compare the franchise to "Harry Potter," while others see the similarities. How do you guys feel?

Stewart: I think they're both big moneymakers. That's the only similarity. Two big ole machines, pumping out movies.

MTV: They both empower teenagers who'd dream of having superpowers.

Stewart: Well, they're both fantasies, but they're different ones. And they're about kids, so kids are going to be drawn to them.

MTV: And they're both somewhat tied to the real world.

Pattinson: It's an essential growing up-story. It's about gaining confidence as a human being.

Stewart: Which is what every story is about.

Pattinson: [The difference is that each are] using different metaphors for things. The strange thing about this is it's so deeply entwined with sexuality, much more so than "Harry Potter," as virtually all vampire things are — mainly because it's a love story. "Harry Potter" isn't really a love story, so a lot of the metaphorical stuff [in "Twilight"] is about teen lust. It's a very erotic movie.

MTV: Along those lines, I wanted to ask you ...

Stewart: Do vampires have sex?

MTV: Um, you can answer that one too. Do they?

Stewart: Oh no, what was your question?

MTV: Well, people want to know, Kristen: What's it like kissing Rob?

Pattinson: Whenever we kiss, I just try to kill her all the time.

Stewart: And I love that. [Bella] is a total sadomasochist, if you think about it.

MTV: So are all the kisses these intense, violent things, like something out of a Michael Douglas sex thriller?

Pattinson: No. It starts off very kiddie, very tame. It's supposed to be very sweet.

Stewart: They're testing each other's limits.

Pattinson: Then it turns into, like, hell. [Laughs.] Like all kisses do.

Stewart: What are you talking about?

MTV: When you plan out a kiss, do you say, "I'm gonna come in with my head tilted right, you stay left," so that you guys don't bang noses or something?

Pattinson: Kristen doesn't have any idea what she's doing at all. [Laughs.] So it's always going to be difficult no matter what the direction is. It was kind of difficult. All the kissing scenes are the key relationship scenes as well. They're not just kissing scenes.

Stewart: They can't just make out. They can't just kiss each other like normal people.

Pattinson: The whole thing about both of them is that they think they should be able to, but there's always the elephant in the room. I always want to kill her, like all the time.

MTV: Do you guys carry the book around the set, or just the script?

Pattinson: For the key dialogue scenes, it's always handy to have the script. We're just playing the core element of the story, I think.

Stewart: It's a semi-long book. It needed to be condensed.

Pattinson: A lot of the feel of the scenes is different to the book, I think, in a way.

Stewart: But overall, it's the same intention.

MTV: The filmmakers have expressed their desire to make "Twilight" into a film series. What is the one scene from "New Moon" or "Eclipse" you most want to shoot someday?

Stewart: The second book opens pretty cool. It opens with a birthday party, and I cut my finger, and the whole Cullen family goes into a frenzy. And then it's like, "OK, we need to figure out how to make this work, because this isn't." I think that's going to be a cool visual.

Pattinson: I want to do the killing myself scene in Italy. That'll be fun. I think that'll be quite exciting.

MTV: Stephenie has come to the set several times. What questions did you have for her?

Stewart: Me and Stephenie got along pretty well. She's a warm person. But I didn't speak to her about my character or the books. I asked her how she got to write them and what other kinds of books she likes and stuff like that, but I didn't talk about the story.

Pattinson: The main thing I asked her is why Edward has accepted Carlisle as he has. He sometimes treats him as his father and sometimes as a sort of partner. I was just wondering why this 108-year-old guy would pretend to be a 17-year-old boy to someone who knows that he's not 17. And she said that Edward has judged Carlisle to be a good enough person to deserve him acting like his son — which I thought was very interesting. It's a very, very strange thing to do, if you have absolutely no relation to someone, and [to keep up the charade], just because they've stolen your soul against your will. Edward has found it within himself to forgive him to such an extent. ... There aren't many scenes that show that, but I thought it was an interesting dynamic.

MTV: Kristen, people are always saying you're an old soul. I interviewed Jodie Foster recently, and she was saying you're wise beyond your 18 years. Are you looking forward to the day you're no longer the youngest person on a set?

Stewart: I feel like age is completely relative and irrelevant. I'll be fine being the oldest person. People's connections don't always have anything to do with how old they are, how long they've been here on this earth. So I don't mind.

MTV: We had a big controversy break out back in January, when you told me up at Sundance that you were running over treetops. So settle this once and for all: Are Bella and Edward running on top of trees or through them?

Stewart: Through treetops, but then ultimately on top of them. We go through the trees. He pushes me out his window, and he scurries up to the top of the trees, and we're sort of jumping on branches. And at the end of the scene, it becomes overwhelmingly beautiful when we go up on top, so we can actually see the sky and the sun, and he sparkles — so both.

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Tyra Banks

Everyone knows Tyra as supermodel, as host and producer of America's Next Top Model and her own talk show, and as whip-smart business mogul. She is all those things. But I also know her as a close friend. When I started as an "Angel" for Victoria's Secret, Tyra was already an established pro there. During lunch, I'd grill her about the business: whom she would recommend as an accountant, an attorney, a business manager. Not everyone was, let's say, superfriendly, but Tyra was always nice. She shared her experience and knowledge with me. In this industry there are a lot of people who don't want to help each other, but I guess Tyra was and is secure because she was always willing to share what she had learned—and, trust me, I asked a lot of questions.

That open, warm side of her was more apparent as we became friends and spent a lot of time together at shoots. Tyra and I could always be goofy together and remind each other that, hey, this is fashion, not life or death. On the flip side, when situations got too crazy, we could always turn to each other for a reality check.

I'm not surprised that Tyra, 32, has achieved such phenomenal success. She's one of the most hardworking people I know—I've seen her go straight from a late night of press to an early-morning shoot with no complaints. Even more important, she is passionate about her projects and compassionate toward the people involved in them. Her appeal is obvious to anyone who knows her, whether personally or professionally or just from her shows. She is dynamic, positive and real, and we are only at the beginning of her special brand of global domination.

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Gossip Boy Chace Crawford Goes Shirtless

As one of the leading male stars on the set of Gossip Girl, Chace takes on the part of Nate Archibald and as expected, perfectly portrays the character's complex role in the elite Manhattan Upper East Side. His charisma and strong presence on screen is irrefutable and fans all over the globe are raving about his every appearance in each episode. Shirtless of fully clothed, for fans, Chace Crawford is still worth the chase.

The 23-year-actor is not entirely new to exposing his body on screen. Having been a model himself, Chace has been experienced in taking his shirt off for shoots and being plunged into hunkdom also entails for him to go bare-chested most of the time. This is especially true for his role in the very racy and risqué show such as Gossip Girl. Among all the male actors in the show, he is almost always the one that zooms in on being shirtless 80% of the time. He is definitely one of the reasons why the teen-oriented show is such a hit among female viewers, teenagers and young professionals alike.

Knowing this, GG production has considered Chace Crawford as a valuable asset to raise the ratings of the show. On a more rhetoric note, his smooth chest, rippled abs and shapely biceps are the show's trump card to allure a higher ranking among female viewership. There was even an episode wherein Chace already refused to take his shirt off for a scene. In an interview, he said that he just didn't see the point of him going bare-chested when the scene doesn't require one.

His looks and rocking body got him into a lot of endorsement deals with fashion labels. In fact, Chace and the rest of the GG cast are already involved in a number of fashion ad campaigns with some of the biggest brands in the world. Recently, there have been rumors of a possible collaboration between him and a famous male fashion brand that once featured big Hollywood hunks such as Edward Furlong, Pierce Brosnan and Patrick Dempsey. However, the said fashion label hasn't confirmed or denied anything about the possible endorsement deal for the actor.

Chace Crawford has already proven himself as one of the hottest young actors of this generation. His stint in GG is a powerful factor that launched his Hollywood career into the stratosphere. However, his acting talents and appealing looks also gave away one and a many reasons to skyrocket his status. Along with this comes his booming popularity. From covers of high-end magazines to posters on the internet, the face of this handsome model/actor/teen idol is everywhere. He's seen frequenting publicized Hollywood red carpet events and gatherings. To top it all off, he has also been dating some of the most beautiful and famous female actresses like Michelle Trachtenberg and singer Carrie Underwood.

Chace Crawford shirtless is a dream, and coupled with the right roles and his seamless acting skills, he becomes a budding Hollywood superstar.

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